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Senior Corporate Counsel

Dallas, TX; Lansdowne, VA; Scottsdale, AZ

Make a difference with us! At Alliance Defending Freedom, we believe God has brought you here for His purpose—to stand for truth and defend the God-given right to live and speak it. Together, we protect religious freedom, free speech, the sanctity of life, marriage and family, and parental rights. Review our Statement of Faith to ensure we’re a fit for you.

Location: Dallas, TX / Lansdowne, VA / Scottsdale, AZ

Team Overview

You will support the General Counsel in ADF’s day-to-day legal operations, supporting the organization and its subsidiaries. In this role, you will play a key role in providing expert legal guidance across a range of areas while helping ensure ADF’s operations remain compliant, mission-focused, and protected from risk.

Key Responsibilities

  • Partner with the General Counsel to drive the strategy and execution of ADF’s corporate counsel team.
  • Advise on a variety of matters, including general corporate and non-profit, tax, and regulatory compliance, corporate governance and global entity management, contracts, IP, privacy and data protection, HR, ethics, and risk management
  • Assist General Counsel in ensuring ADF’s domestic and international operations remain compliant with evolving laws and regulations.
  • Advise on litigation and dispute-related matters involving ADF or its officers.
  • Conduct proactive risk assessments and pre-litigation work to protect the ministry and safeguard its rights.
  • Research complex legal issues and track legislative and regulatory developments that may impact ADF.
  • Draft clear, well-reasoned legal opinions, agreements, policies, and other documents.
  • Collaborate with and manage outside counsel as needed.
  • Anticipate and mitigate legal and non-legal risks to strengthen organizational resilience.
  • Take on special assignments from the General Counsel that advance ADF’s mission and legal strategy.

Minimum Qualifications

  • J.D. from an accredited law school with excellent academic credentials.
  • Active license in at least one US state bar and capable of meeting admission requirements in relevant jurisdiction within one year.
  • 10+ years of relevant legal experience with strong corporate legal practice and governance expertise.
  • Global or international corporate law experience.
  • Demonstrated ability to work independently and within teams while handling sensitive, confidential information with professionalism.
  • Excellent communication, analytical, organizational, and problem-solving skills with proven attention to detail.
  • Proficiency in legal research tools and office software (e.g., Microsoft Office, Westlaw).

Preferred Qualifications

  • Prior in-house counsel experience and/or big law background.
  • Subject matter expertise in one or more areas such as employment, data protection, intellectual property, taxation, real estate, contracts, risk management, or legal ethics.
  • Experience advising nonprofit organizations and knowledge of nonprofit and tax compliance.
  • Strong leadership experience, including managing attorneys or legal teams.

Pay & Benefits

At Alliance Defending Freedom, we offer a competitive compensation and benefits package to support your well-being and growth. While we do not disclose specific salary ranges, our compensation is competitive with top non-profit law firms. Our benefits include 100% covered medical and dental insurance, medical and dependent care reimbursement, paid disability, long-term care, life insurance, and a 401(k) plan with a 4% company match. We prioritize work-life balance with paid time off and 12 paid holidays each year.

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Statement of Faith

Based on our adherence to the inspired, infallible, inerrant, and authoritative Word of God in Scripture, we profess with the Christian Church throughout time and around the world the faith expressed in the Apostles’ Creed:

I believe in God, the Father almighty, creator of heaven and earth.
I believe in Jesus Christ, his only Son, our Lord,
who was conceived by the Holy Spirit,
born of the Virgin Mary,
suffered under Pontius Pilate,
was crucified, died, and was buried;
On the third day he rose again; he ascended into heaven,
he is seated at the right hand of the Father,
and he will come to judge the living and the dead.

I believe in the Holy Spirit,
the holy catholic Church,
the communion of saints,
the forgiveness of sins,
the resurrection of the body,
and the life everlasting.
Amen.

Doctrinal Distinctives

Also, based on this confession, we are committed to honoring God by obeying the two Greatest Commandments, loving God and loving neighbor, and based on that commitment and derived from the inspired, infallible, inerrant, and authoritative Word of God in Scripture, we profess the following as necessary for living the gospel:

  • We believe in the spiritual unity and equality of believers in our Lord Jesus Christ.
  • We believe that the Lordship of Christ requires us as disciples to seek to conform our actions, thoughts, and desires in obedience to Him.
  • We believe God creates each person with an immutable biological sex — male or female — that reflects the image and likeness of God.
  • We believe God designed marriage as a unique conjugal relationship joining one man and one woman in a single, exclusive, life-long union, and God intends sexual intimacy only to occur within that relationship.
  • We believe God endows all human life with inherent dignity, and it must be respected and protected from conception to natural death.
  • We believe that God has endowed all humans with the natural, and inalienable right of religious freedom to believe, pursue truth, and live within ordered liberty such that no civil government may justly infringe upon it.
  • We believe that God, through His Son, Jesus Christ, calls all of us to deny ourselves, take up our cross, and follow Him, knowing that He promises us abundant and eternal life.
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