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… children. Before joining ADF in 2022, Wagner served the state of Arkansas as deputy solicitor general. There he represented Arkansas at all levels of the … class. He is a 2012 Blackstone Fellow. Immediately after law school, he clerked for then-Chief Judge Ed Carnes of the …

… joining ADF, Payne worked at the Office of the Indiana Attorney General as a deputy attorney general for five years. While at … 7th Circuit, the Southern District of Indiana, and Indiana state courts. Payne graduated cum laude from Indiana …

… schools, and Christian ministries to exercise their faith without government interference. Since joining the … earned her Juris Doctor in 2010 from Oak Brook College of Law and Government Policy, where she graduated first in her … to become a Blackstone Fellow. She is admitted to the state bar of California, the District of Columbia, the U.S. …

… Freedom, where he focuses on the impact of administrative law on religious freedom, the sanctity of life, and family. … the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services as Deputy General Counsel, and then in the Office for Civil Rights. … He is a member of the bar of the District of Columbia and Michigan and is admitted to practice at the U.S. Supreme …

… University of Southern California and a J.D. from Harvard Law School. After graduate school, he served for three years … He was the managing partner of Sherman & Howard (a multi-state law firm), an adjunct professor at the University of … as assistant secretary of the Navy (first term) and as general counsel of the Department of Defense (second term).  …

… to joining ADF in March 2023, Campbell was the solicitor general in the office of Nebraska Attorney General Douglas J. Peterson and Michael T. Hilgers. In that role, he represented the state of Nebraska in cases before state and federal courts …

… across the country. Blake served as deputy solicitor general for the state of Missouri from 2017 to 2020 and as assistant … cases, including Town of Greece v. Galloway . Following law school, she served as a law clerk for Judge Paul J. …

… joining ADF, Bangert served as deputy first assistant attorney general and deputy for legal counsel in the office of the Texas attorney general. In those roles, he oversaw the state’s Special Litigation Unit, which handled critical …

… has over 40 years of experience as a Kansas City trial attorney defending churches and ministries from trial courts … in favor of Mike’s client, the church. He has served as general counsel for the Missouri Baptist Convention and … also teaching courses as associate professor of church and law. Mike grew up in Independence, Missouri and graduated …

… Court as well as numerous federal courts of appeals and state courts of last resort. She also worked at the Department of Justice, serving as counsel to Attorney General Michael Mukasey. As an academic, Hawley served as an …