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Gregg Walters

Gregg Walters serves as senior counsel for the Center for Academic Freedom with Alliance Defending Freedom, where he defends the First Amendment freedoms of college students and student organizations on university campuses. Before joining ADF in 2020, Walters served as an Assistant United States Attorney in the United States Attorney's Office for the Central District of Illinois. During his eighteen years with the Department of Justice, Walters prosecuted a wide variety of federal criminal cases, including child exploitation, fraud, and violent crime matters. In his last five years as a federal prosecutor, he served as appellate chief, personally briefing an arguing over 60 appeals in the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit. Before his time with the Department of Justice, Walters clerked for the Honorable Michael M. Mihm, United States District Judge, and was in private practice. A former officer in the United States Army, Walters graduated from the United States Military Academy with a B.S. in Systems Engineering. After his military service, he earned his J.D. summa cum laude from the Southern Illinois University School of Law. Walters is a member of the state bars of Arizona and Illinois and is admitted to practice in multiple federal district and appellate courts, including the U.S. Supreme Court.

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Multiple groups ask US Supreme Court to take case to rein in immunity for lawbreaking govt officials

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ADF lawsuit prompted policy change at Arkansas State University, but lower court left no consequences for officials who acted unconstitutionally Tuesday, Mar 9, 2021 WASHINGTON – Multiple groups have filed friend-of-the-court briefs encouraging the U.S. Supreme Court to take an Arkansas State University student’s case against university officials. Alliance Defending Freedom attorneys representing the student, Ashlyn Hoggard, are […]

ADF letter prompts New York high school to accept conservative student club

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ADF represents student at Harrison High School Wednesday, Jan 13, 2021 HARRISON, N.Y. – Alliance Defending Freedom attorneys representing a Harrison High School student and his conservative student club have secured official recognition from school district officials allowing the group equal access to resources and the ability to recruit new members. In June, ADF sent a letter on behalf of […]

Oral arguments completed at US Supreme Court in pivotal case on govt accountability

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January 12, 2021 WASHINGTON – Alliance Defending Freedom General Counsel Kristen Waggoner argued Tuesday before the U.S. Supreme Court in Uzuegbunam v. Preczewski, a case that asks whether government officials, including those at public colleges, will be accountable to victims when they violate constitutional rights. “Our constitutional rights are invaluable and must always be protected,” said Waggoner. […]
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