Maggy Krell

Special Advisor to the Attorney General, California Department of Justice

Maggy Krell, Special Advisor to the Attorney General, California Department of Justice.

Maggy Krell is a legal trailblazer who has taken on impactful cases as a criminal prosecutor and human rights lawyer. Krell was a prosecutor for 15 years, serving as Supervising Deputy Attorney General in California and cross-designated as a Special Assistant United States Attorney. Krell prosecuted high-profile cases including murder, organized crime, human trafficking, domestic violence and white-collar offenses. Krell’s most notable accomplishments stem from her tireless efforts to combat human trafficking and protect and empower survivors, including her ground-breaking prosecution of the sex-trafficking website, Backpage.com and her pro-bono representation of survivors while in private practice. Krell also served as Chief Legal Counsel for Planned Parenthood Affiliates of California where she fought to protect and expand reproductive rights and access to healthcare. Her human rights work has also included representing refugee families who were separated at the Mexico-Texas border. Krell has frequently been relied on by media as an expert legal commentator on sexual abuse, trafficking, and the Communications Decency Act and has published columns in the Washington Post and NBC news. She recently released her own book, Taking Down Backpage:Fighting the World's Sex Trafficker via New York University Press. Krell currently serves as Special Advisor to the Attorney General on Survivor Policy and Advocacy. She lives in Sacramento with her family.