Christopher Ferrara serves as Senior Counsel for Thomas More Society. In 1990, he founded the American Catholic Lawyers Association and joined Thomas More Society in 2020. Ferrara’s legal work focuses on sanctity of life, religious liberty cases, and combatting unjust laws targeting Catholic institutions and infringing parental rights.

Ferrara graduated from Fordham College in 1973 and Fordham Law in 1977 and is admitted to the bars of New York, New Jersey and South Carolina.  He has been lead counsel in numerous reported decisions in state, federal District and Circuit courts involving victories for pro-life advocates and other victims of deprivation of rights under the First Amendment. These victories include winning an injunction against closure of California churches during the COVID-19 pandemic (Burfitt v. Newsom), and winning an injunction against Governor Andrew Cuomo’s gathering and church restrictions. (Soos v. Cuomo).

Ferrara is the author of six books and hundreds of articles on political philosophy, theology, and liturgy. His study of political philosophy and history, Liberty, the God That Failed, has been hailed as “an intellectual landmark in Catholic ecclesiastical history.” (Graham Ward, Regius Professor of Divinity, Oxford).

Ferrara is married and has six children and five grandchildren. His steadfast commitment to defending life and religious liberty and his extensive legal experience make him an invaluable asset to Thomas More Society.