Founder and Chancellor

Mat Staver serves as Founder and Chancellor of Covenant Journey Academy. He has founded and led nationally prominent organizations. As one of the nation’s preeminent constitutional attorneys, he has the highest AV rating given to attorneys by Martindale-Hubbell and is board certified in Appellate Practice by the Florida Bar.* In addition to being licensed in Florida, he is licensed by the District of Columbia.

Mat’s academic background includes experience as a former vice president of the largest Christian university in America, dean of a Christian law school, and tenured professor of law. Mat participated in the founding of a Christian law school and led the school through all levels of regional and national accreditation.

Mat holds bachelor’s, master’s, and juris doctor degrees, and two honorary degrees, a doctor of divinity and a doctor of laws. He has represented and argued several landmark cases before the United States Supreme Court as lead counsel and written numerous briefs to the High Court. Mat has argued in numerous state and federal courts across the country and has over 300 published legal opinions. He has authored hundreds of popular articles, eight scholarly law review publications, and numerous brochures, booklets, and books, including Eternal Vigilance: Knowing and Protecting Your Religious Freedom and Why Israel Matters.

He has testified before Congress in the U.S. House and Senate and served on the U.S. congressional Commission on Accountability and Policy for Religious Organizations.

Mat produces and hosts Faith & Freedom®, an 11-minute daily radio program, Freedom’s Call®, a 60-second daily radio program, and Freedom Alive™, a 30-minute weekly TV program. As a former pastor and one of the nation’s preeminent constitutional attorneys, he is a frequent guest on national network and cable TV and radio programs and also appears in several thousand print articles each year. Mat reads Hebrew, Greek, Aramaic, and Syriac. He is married to Anita Staver, who is also an attorney.

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*Licensed in Florida and the District of Columbia — Florida Bar Board Certified in Appellate Practice.