# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/michael-farris
# Generated: 2026-08-12T19:02:13.004Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/michael-farris"
name: "Michael Farris"
slug: "michael-farris"
description: "Michael P. Farris is an American lawyer. He is a founder of the Home School Legal Defense Association (HSLDA) and Patrick Henry College, which share a campus in Purcellville, Virginia. From 2017 through 2022, he was CEO of and general counsel for Alliance Defending Freedom."
tagline: "American academic"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Michael_P._Farris.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Lawyers"
  slug: "lawyers"
profileType:
  name: "Lawyer"
  slug: "lawyer"
birthDate: "1951-08-27"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           44.55
  momentum:             0.992529348986126
  historical:           5.970413333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D9%8A%D8%AE%D8%A7%D8%A6%D9%8A%D9%84_%D9%81%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%B3"
    title: "ميخائيل فاريس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%8A%D9%83%D9%84_%D9%81%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%B3"
    title: "مايكل فاريس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%DB%8C%DA%A9%D9%84_%D9%81%D8%A7%D8%B1%DB%8C%D8%B3_(%D8%B3%DB%8C%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%AA%DA%86%DB%8C)"
    title: "مایکل فاریس (سیاستچی)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Farris_(lawyer)"
    title: "Michael Farris (lawyer)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%DB%8C%DA%A9%D9%84_%D9%81%D8%A7%D8%B1%DB%8C%D8%B3_(%D9%88%DA%A9%DB%8C%D9%84)"
    title: "مایکل فاریس (وکیل)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%A6%DB%8C%DA%A9%D9%84_%D9%81%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%B3_(%D9%88%DA%A9%DB%8C%D9%84)"
    title: "مائیکل فارس (وکیل)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6830227"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump