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… respond to opportunities. As the first president, CEO, and general counsel of Alliance Defending Freedom, Sears led all … Edwin Meese III, including service as an Assistant U.S. Attorney and Chief of the Criminal Section for the Western … He has helped fashion the language for numerous state and federal laws and has testified before committees of the U.S. …

… joining ADF, Bangert served as deputy first assistant attorney general and deputy for legal counsel in the office of the … Unit, which handled critical litigation against the federal government, and oversaw multiple divisions within the …

… that all Americans should be free to rely on what the law says and that redefining “sex” to mean “gender identity” … Education, one of several ADF challenges to the Obama-era federal mandate that denied students, parents, and community … privacy. Prior to joining ADF, Anderson was an associate attorney with Ellis, Li & McKinstry, PLLC, in Seattle, where …

… and free speech cases at the trial and appellate levels in federal and state courts throughout the United States. Early in his legal career, Shafer operated a solo general practice firm in Cincinnati, Ohio, with a particular … of religious institutions under the federal Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act; advocating the First …

… joining ADF in 2018, Mr. Brooks worked with the New York law firm of Cravath, Swaine & Moore for 25 years, 19 of those … pregnancy centers against intrusive investigations by the attorney general of New York. When the ACLU sued to overturn New …

… Baptist was a partner at Wiley Rein LLP—one of the largest law firms in Washington, D.C.—where he employed his expertise … U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. As the senior deputy general counsel and deputy assistant administrator, he … to practice before the U.S. Supreme Court and various federal courts of appeal. … Erik Baptist … Erik Baptist …

… joining ADF, Payne worked at the Office of the Indiana Attorney General as a deputy attorney general for five years. While at … federalism, the Commerce Clause, criminal procedure, federal habeas corpus procedures, civil asset forfeiture, …

… Wagner served the state of Arkansas as deputy solicitor general. There he represented Arkansas at all levels of the state and federal judiciary, including leading thirty states in an … class. He is a 2012 Blackstone Fellow. Immediately after law school, he clerked for then-Chief Judge Ed Carnes of the …

… time at the DOJ, he served as an Assistant United States Attorney in two U.S. Attorneys’ Offices and as a trial … and Focus on the Family Magazine. Rogers received his law degree from the University of Mississippi and served as a … of the bar in North Carolina, Mississippi, and various federal district and appellate courts. … Joshua L Rogers … …

… clients in friend-of-the-court briefs filed in state and federal appellate courts and in the U.S. Supreme Court. … Before joining ADF, Schandevel served as an assistant attorney general in the Criminal Appeals Section at the Office of the …