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… Defending Freedom. In this role, he is responsible for working with U.S. legal litigation leaders to understand opportunities, needs, goals and priorities for client development; leveraging ADF networks to identify … Affairs team where he and his team focused on recruitment, professional engagement, and integration of allies into ADF’s …

… to Texas laws and claims against state officials. For example, Thompson defended numerous challenges to Texas … including 12 arguments before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit and eight before the Supreme Court of Texas. Before her government service, Thompson clerked for the Hon. Andrew S. Oldham of the 5th Circuit, the Hon. …

… all frequent Supreme Court advocates who did not work for the federal government, he had the 3rd highest success rate for persuading justices to adopt his legal position. Bursch served as solicitor general for the state of Michigan from 2011-2013. He also worked for …

… Ryan Bangert serves as senior vice president for strategic initiatives and special counsel to the … with strategic initiatives and appears as counsel for ADF clients. Before joining ADF, Bangert served as deputy first assistant attorney general and deputy for legal counsel in the office of the Texas attorney …

… state and federal courts and oversaw all civil appeals for the state. In February 2023, Campbell argued Biden v. … to forgive over $400 billion in federal student loans for over 40 million people. In June 2023, the high court ruled for the states and declared the president’s program unlawful. …

… the Virginia attorney general’s office, Schandevel clerked for the Honorable Stephen R. McCullough on the Court of … school, he founded a student organization called Advocates for Life at Virginia Law. He also completed ADF’s Blackstone … Fellow in 2010 after an internship with ADF’s Center for Life. Schandevel earned his B.A. in Social Work from …

… than 70 attorneys. He achieved numerous excellent results for clients through trial, motion practice, alternative … resolution, and effective negotiation. Bruno also served for many years on his prior firm’s pro bono committee, … the Liberty University Rawlings School of Divinity. His professional office is ADF’s Washington, D.C. location, and …

… from Harvard Law School. After graduate school, he served for three years as an officer in the U.S. Marine Corps, … including combat duty in Vietnam.  During his civilian professional career, he continued to serve in the Marine … Orchestra, Presbyterian Church (USA) Foundation, The Fund for American Studies, Freedoms Foundation, New Covenant Trust …

… Alliance Defending Freedom. He has been practicing law for over 25 years, and currently supervises attorneys and … Nazarene University v. Burwell , successfully defending for-profit and non-profit religious employers from providing … nominal damages to hold government officials liable for constitutional violations; NIFLA v. Beccera , …

… his MBA in 2008. Prior to joining ADF, Dustin worked for nearly 17 years for a statewide trade association in California, and prior to …