John Bursch serves as Vice President of Appellate Advocacy at Alliance Defending Freedom. He has litigated hundreds of appeals with an emphasis on free speech, religious liberty, and the right to life and will soon be arguing his 14th case at the U.S. Supreme Court. A married father of five and papa to four, John volunteers as Legal Counsel to the Michigan Knights of Columbus and authored Loving God’s Children: The Church and Gender Ideology, published by Sophia Press Institute.