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John Stemberger, Esq., is President of Liberty Counsel Action and Senior Counsel for Liberty Counsel. John founded the influential Florida Family Policy Council (FFPC) and headed that organization for nearly 20 years.

Stemberger is an AV-rated Orlando attorney who has been a conservative policy advocate for over 30 years. In addition to his private law practice, Stemberger was the Founder and President of the Florida Family Policy Council from 2004-2024. Since starting the FFPC, he served as Chairman of the campaign to amend Florida’s Constitution to define marriage as the union of one man and one woman, which was adopted by 61.9% of Florida voters in 2008.

In 2009, Orlando magazine named Stemberger one of the top 50 most powerful people in Central Florida. In 2018, Florida Trend magazine named him one of the top 500 most influential business leaders in Florida.

As an Eagle Scout and former Scoutmaster, Stemberger was one of the primary founders and was named as Chairman of the Board Emeritus of Trail Life USA, a Christian scouting movement for boys that started in 2014 and now has around 50,000 members with over 1,000 troops chartered in all 50 states.

Stemberger has a unique understanding of law, government, and the media from his extensive political background advising state, federal, and presidential campaigns. A native Floridian, he attended Florida State University, where he studied political science and philosophy before obtaining a Juris Doctor of Law at the Cumberland School of Law at Samford University. He founded the Institute for Conservative Studies as a permanent student-led think tank at Florida State University.

In 2023, Stemberger published the book Legacy of Life. With a foreword by Ben Shapiro, this full-color commemorative coffee table book honors 50 of the greatest pro-life leaders from the last 50 years. Each tribute is written by a national leader.