Kelly Shackelford

Kelly Shackelford, Esq., is president and CEO of First Liberty Institute, the largest legal firm in the nation dedicated exclusively to protecting religious freedom for all Americans. He has served in this role since 1997, leading First Liberty’s efforts to defend religious freedom in the courts and in the public arena. Under his leadership, First Liberty’s legal team have won more than 90 percent of their cases.

Shackelford is a constitutional scholar who has argued before the U.S. Supreme Court, testified before the U.S. House of Representatives and Senate, and has won a number of landmark First Amendment and religious liberty cases, including a recent watershed, precedent-changing victory at the U.S. Supreme Court in The American Legion v. American Humanist Association.

Shackelford is a speaker and frequent guest on national news and talk shows including Good Morning America, The Today Show,  CNN,  Fox and Friends, MSNBC, and Hannity. He also has been featured in the National Law Journal, Associated Press, The New York Times, Washington Times, Washington Post, Los Angeles Times,  and many others. Shackelford is on the board of trustees of the United States Supreme Court Historical Society and earned his law degree from Baylor University.