Daniel Whitehead clerks for Judge Manion on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit and afterward is slated to work as an assistant general counsel for Governor Ron DeSantis. He previously clerked for Judge Joseph Toth on the U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims. Additionally, he was an appellate litigator in the appellate division of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs and also a civil rights analyst in the Conscience and Religious Freedom Division of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Daniel graduated from Ave Maria School of Law and Ave Maria University with a degree in classics and literature. He is a Fellow of the Leonine Forum run by the Catholic Information Center, and a Law and Policy Fellow for Americans United for Life.