Ms. Maggie Garrett
Assistant Legislative Director, Americans United for Separation of Church and State
Maggie graduated from Hamilton College and The George Washington Law School. After law school she was hired as the first Madison Fellow at Americans United for Separation of Church and State. She then moved down to Montgomery, Alabama for a 1-year fellowship at the ACLU of Alabama. There, she was part of the litigation team that challenged the Ten Commandments monument that was placed in the rotunda of the Alabama Supreme Court by Chief Justice Roy Moore. She then moved on to ACLU of Georgia. In Georgia she continued to litigate cases, but also took on the role of Legislative Director. Some of the high-profile cases she was involved in include Selman v. Cobb County, the evolution disclaimer case; Budlong v. Graham, a Bible tax case; Burk v. Richmond-Augusta County, a protest case involving women’s groups who wanted to protest the Masters; and Common Cause v. Billips, a challenge to government-issued photo id requirements for voting. Her legislative work also touched on a range of issues, including free speech, religious freedom, voting rights, and reproductive rights. She recently left Georgia and is now back at Americans United where she is the Assistant Legislative Director