Holly Carmichael serves as legal counsel with the Alliance Defense Fund and works to protect marriage and the family as a member of the marriage litigation team. After her service with ADF as a contract lawyer, she joined the organization as a full-time attorney in 2010. Carmichael is admitted to the bar in California and the U.S. Courts of Appeals for the 1st and 9th Circuits. She earned her J.D. from the University of California-Davis and is ADF Blackstone Fellow.