Maggie Filler, JD ’12, is an attorney with the Department of Justice’s Civil Rights Division in the Special Litigation Section, where she works to protect the rights of persons in state and local prisons and jails. Prior to joining DOJ, Maggie was an attorney with the Roderick and Solange MacArthur Justice Center in Chicago, Illinois, and a clinical fellow with the Northwestern Law School Bluhm Legal Clinic. At MacArthur, Maggie focused her practice on pursuing justice for those wrongly convicted of serious crimes and on strategic litigation on behalf of persons who endured years of extreme solitary confinement in prisons across the country. Maggie previously worked at Prisoners’ Legal Services of Massachusetts, a statewide legal services organization for persons incarcerated in Massachusetts jails, houses of correction and prisons. Her focus at Prisoners’ Legal Services included disability rights, access to medical care, conditions of confinement and legislative reform.

Maggie is a former law clerk to the Honorable Marsha S. Berzon of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals and the Honorable Myron H. Thompson of the Middle District of Alabama. She is a graduate of Wesleyan University and Stanford Law School.