Alan sears biography

American lawyer

Alan E. Sears is an American lawyer. He served as the president, CEO, and general counsel of the Alliance Defending Freedom until January 2017. Sears was also the staff executive director of the Attorney General's Commission on Pornography, popularly known as the Meese Commission.

Education, faith, and family

Sears graduated with a bachelor's degree from the University of Louisville.^[1] He earned a J.D. degree from the University of Louisville Louis D. Brandeis School of Law.^[1]

Sears was raised in the Baptist church, but converted to Roman Catholicism in 1988 before marrying his wife, Paula.^[2] Sears and Paula were jointly invested in the Pontifical Equestrian Order of St.

Gregory the Great on June 29, 2017.^[3]

Career

Government

Sears served as a prosecutor in the U.S. Attorney's office for western Kentucky. During his time as a federal prosecutor Sears served as staff executive