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… Cody Barnett Legal Counsel Cody Barnett serves as legal counsel on Alliance Defending Freedom’s Appellate … Rehnquist Fellow at Cooper & Kirk PLLC.  He then went on to clerk for the Honorable Amul R. Thapar and the Honorable … his J.D. from the University of Kentucky College of Law in 2017, where he graduated first in his class.  He also served …

… Lathan Watts VP of Public Affairs Lathan Watts serves as VP of Public Affairs at Alliance Defending Freedom. He … General Counsel. He also develops communications content—to include messaging documents, fact sheets, opinion … crisis communications processes and plans. Prior to joining ADF, Watts spent nearly twenty years in various …

… Tasy Media Relations Manager Bernadette Tasy serves as a Media Relations Manager at Alliance Defending Freedom, … efforts at the local, state, and national levels. In 2017, with the help of ADF, Bernadette took legal action … chalk messages. She and her group won the lawsuit, helping to intensify her passion for the pro-life movement. …

… Alan Sears Founder Alan Sears served as founder of Alliance Defending Freedom, building on his experience as longtime leader of the organization to strengthen alliances, forge new relationships, and develop … Freedom, Sears led all strategic initiatives from 1993-2017. In his 23 years at the helm, he built an ADF team …

… family. He most recently joined ADF in December 2020. From 2017 to 2020, Bowman was a senior executive service appointee in … courts, a case where the Supreme Court later protected the free speech of pro-life pregnancy centers. In 2012 Bowman …

… Hailey Vrdolyak Legal Counsel Hailey Vrdolyak serves as legal counsel with Alliance Defending Freedom, where she … Before joining ADF, Vrdolyak served as a law clerk to Judge Diarmuid F. O’Scannlain of the U.S. Court of Appeals … from the University of Notre Dame in 2016. She is a 2017 Blackstone Fellow. She is a member of the state bar of …

… Christy Hirsch Legal Counsel Christy Hirsch serves as legal counsel with Alliance Defending Freedom’s Center for … rights and navigate religious liberty issues. Prior to joining ADF, Hirsch clerked for Justice Clint Bolick of … the University of Virginia School of Law in 2019. She is a 2017 Blackstone Fellow and a member of the state bar of …

… of the Center for Christian Ministries Ryan Tucker serves as senior counsel and director of the Center for Christian … Defending Freedom. He oversees all litigation efforts to maintain and defend the constitutionally protected freedom … under the First Amendment. Tucker began his work at ADF in 2017, defending the conscience rights of Christian business …

… years ago, Dr. James C. Dobson founded Focus on the Family to undergird Christian values for families in today’s world. … with a radio program on a few stations in 1977 has grown to a network of more than 3,000 facilities in North America – … commentary heard by more than 220 million people. After a long history of service with Focus on the Family, Dr. Dobson …

… Shortly after, she left her home state of Minnesota to pursue a Master’s in Piano Performance Pedagogy from … in 2016. She joined the Alliance Defending Freedom team in 2017 as Development Administrative Assistant. She enjoys flaunting …