R. Shawn Gunnarson is a shareholder at Kirton McConkie, where he represents The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in matters concerning religious freedom. He has participated in briefing 65 cases before the U.S. Supreme Court. Several of these cases include amicus curiae briefs representing the Church and other national religious organizations. Three recent cases illustrate that work. In Groff v. DeJoy, a postal worker sought an accommodation from the U.S. Postal Service to avoid working on Sundays for religious reasons; in 303 Creative, LLC v. Elenis, a Christian web designer invoked the Free Speech Clause to avoid creating messages that clashed with her sincere religious beliefs; and in Carson v. Makin, Maine excluded families from otherwise available state funding for their children’s education because the state did not deem their chosen schools secular enough. Shawn graduated from J. Reuben Clark Law School, cum laude, in 1994 and from BYU with a BA in political science and philosophy, magna cum laude and University Honors, in 1991.