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… as deputy solicitor general for the state of Missouri from 2017 to 2020 and as assistant solicitor general for the … Before entering government service in 2013, Blake was a litigation associate at Baker Botts L.L.P., where she …

… counsel with Alliance Defending Freedom, where he was a member of the Center for Christian Ministries. Schmitt … Schmitt received his law degree magna cum laude from the University of Illinois College of Law in 2017. During law school, Paul externed with the Illinois …

… Tasy Media Relations Manager Bernadette Tasy serves as a Media Relations Manager at Alliance Defending Freedom, … the sanctity of life and religious freedom. Originally from Reedley, CA, she previously worked on numerous pro-life … efforts at the local, state, and national levels. In 2017, with the help of ADF, Bernadette took legal action …

… Defending Freedom’s Appellate Team. Since joining ADF in 2017, Warner has focused primarily on protecting the freedom … . He has also defended religious freedom more broadly. In A.H. v. French , Warner successfully represented a Christian … a preliminary injunction that stopped state officials from discriminating against a student based on her religious …

… Defending Freedom, Sears led all strategic initiatives from 1993-2017. In his 23 years at the helm, he built an ADF team committed to a comprehensive legal strategy that includes training, …

… Ryan Tucker Senior Counsel, Director of the Center for Christian Ministries Ryan Tucker serves as … under the First Amendment. Tucker began his work at ADF in 2017, defending the conscience rights of Christian business … v. Municipality of Anchorage , he defended the rights of a faith-based ministry to operate consistently with its …

… Ali Kilmartin Senior Counsel, Vice President of Allied Legal Affairs Alison (Ali) M. Kilmartin serves as … of which have set national and multinational precedents. From 2018 to 2021, Kilmartin was a senior executive service appointee in the Trump …

… Michael Whitehead has nearly 50 years of experience as a Kansas City trial attorney defending churches and ministries from trial courts to the U.S. Supreme Court. In 1981, Mike … of Columbia, Mo. v. Comer , “the playground case.” In 2017, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled 7-2 in favor of Mike’s …

… counsel with Alliance Defending Freedom, where she is a member of the Center for Conscience Initiatives. Before … Circuit in Portland, Oregon. Vrdolyak earned her J.D. from Notre Dame Law School in 2019, where she was a member of … from the University of Notre Dame in 2016. She is a 2017 Blackstone Fellow. She is a member of the state bar of …

… Administrative Assistant Elise Gillson graduated from St. Cloud State University with a Bachelor’s in Piano Performance. Shortly after, she left … in 2016. She joined the Alliance Defending Freedom team in 2017 as Development Administrative Assistant. She enjoys …