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===Alliance Defending Freedom===

Sears led the [[Alliance Defending Freedom]] (ADF), a [[Christian right]] legal advocacy group, for more than twenty years. Under his leadership, the ADF won a string of victories in lawsuits on behalf of the conservative Christian movement.<ref name="Eckholm">Erik Eckholm, [Legal Alliance Gains Host of Court Victories for Conservative Christian Movement], ''New York Times'' (May 11, 2014).</ref> By 2014, the ADF had an annual budget of $40 million and more than 40 staff attorneys, and had "emerged as the largest legal force of the religious right, arguing hundreds of pro bono cases across the country."<ref name="Eckholm"/> Sears retired as ADF's president and CEO in 2017.<ref>[https://www.adflegal.org/detailspages/press-release-details/adf-founder-alan-sears-named-2017-wilberforce-award-recipient ADF Founder Alan Sears named 2017 Wilberforce Award recipient], Alliance Defending Freedom (press release) (May 23, 2017).</ref>{{better source|date=January 2020}}

In June 2017, Sears was named a knight of the [[Order of St. Gregory the Great|Papal Order of St. Gregory]].<ref>{{Cite journal|url=https://catholicbusinessjournal.biz/content/breaking-news-alan-sears-religious-liberty-advocate-named-papal-order-st-gregory|title=Alan Sears, religious liberty advocate, named to Papal Order of St. Gregory|journal=Catholic Business Journal|access-date=2017-09-15|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170915114107/https://catholicbusinessjournal.biz/content/breaking-news-alan-sears-religious-liberty-advocate-named-papal-order-st-gregory|archive-date=2017-09-15|url-status=dead}}</ref>