Tom Ciesielka is the founder and president of TC Public Relations, a company that specializes in crisis communications, media relations, and social media strategy for churches, ministries, lawyers, and nonprofit organizations.

Reed Smith is Director of Litigation for the Christian Legal Society’s Center for Law and Religious Freedom where he helps to defend and advance religious liberty. Recently, Reed discussed the problems with the American Bar Association’s newly adopted and controversial rule on behalf of the Christian Legal Society.

Jeanette Ward is a conservative candidate running for Illinois Senate in District 25 who has promised to tenaciously defend life, liberty, sound fiscal policy, parental freedom, and the 2nd Amendment. Previously, Jeanette was a member of school board U-46 for four years, the largest elected school board in Illinois.

Jerry Evans is a Christian entrepreneur, small business owner, and family man who is running for Congress in Illinois’ 14th District. Jerry has invested first-hand in his community, owning a music school in Wheaton where he teaches students to play a variety of instruments.

Reed Smith is Director of Litigation for the Christian Legal Society’s Center for Law and Religious Freedom where he helps to defend and advance religious liberty. Prior to joining CLS, Reed worked as legal counsel at First Liberty Institute where he defended the Constitutional rights of student groups, churches, other attorneys, and more. Reed also practiced commercial and intellectual property litigation at a chambers-rated litigation boutique in Houston, Texas and clerked for the Honorable Catharina Haynes on the Fifth Circuit and Judge Paul Stickney in the Northern District of Texas.

Jeanne Ives served three terms as an Illinois State Representative and demonstrated not only a willingness to lead on difficult issues, but also an insightful understanding of policy. In 2018 she ran a close race against Illinois’ incumbent Republican Governor Bruce Rauner and today she is running for Congress in Illinois’ Sixth District.

Bruce Strom is the Founder and CEO of Administer Justice, one of the largest legal ministries in America. Administer Justice actively engages Christ Followers to serve the legal and spiritual needs of the poor by establishing Gospel Justice Centers across the country.

Wesley Covert is a partner at the law firm of Laner Muchin who focuses his practice on all aspects of employee benefits law. As a Christian attorney with a firm specializing in labor law, Wesley can speak to religious accommodations and the rights of employers when it comes to religious expression in the workplace.

Drew Hutcheson and Brad Taunton are the founders of Vigilant Ministry Partners. Vigilant Ministry Partners is a company on a mission to help prevent children from sexual abuse in the church and other settings with extensive background checks. They represent the interests of local churches, mission agencies, schools, and nonprofits.

Natt Gantt is Professor and Associate Dean for Academic Affairs as well as the Co-Director of the Center for Ethical Formation and Legal Education Reform at Regent University School of Law. Natt also regularly writes about professional identity, ethics, and other areas of significance to lawyers and law students.