About & Contact

Treg Taylor, Alaska Attorney General

Treg Taylor has served as Alaska’s Attorney General since Jan. 29, 2021, following two years as Deputy Attorney General overseeing the Department of Law’s Civil Division. In that time, he has guided the state’s legal work to defend Alaska’s sovereignty, protect public safety, and preserve the freedoms and opportunities that define life in the Last Frontier.

Under Taylor’s leadership, the Statehood Defense effort has been a central tool for addressing federal overreach and safeguarding Alaska’s ability to manage its own resources and its own destiny. The Department has secured Alaska’s ownership of the vast majority of the Fortymile River, kept Southeast Alaska’s commercial troll Chinook fishery open in the face of an imminent shutdown, and successfully defended the approvals for Willow, the largest standalone oil development in Alaska in more than two decades. Other wins include blocking an expansive federal “Waters of the United States” rule that would have hindered development, and vacating critical habitat designations for certain seal species where the designations offered little benefit and covered almost the entire coastline of Alaska but posed major economic costs.

On public safety, Taylor has placed particular emphasis on tackling Alaska’s nation-leading rates of sexual assault and domestic violence as well as addressing the scourge of human trafficking. He has championed additional prosecutorial resources for these cases, supported stronger penalties for fentanyl trafficking, and advanced closer coordination with rural and tribal communities to meet unique law enforcement challenges.

Taylor has also worked to protect the rights of parents to direct their children’s education, defending the public correspondence school allotment program used by more than 22,000 Alaska students against constitutional challenges. During the COVID-19 pandemic, he led multi-front litigation to block federal vaccine mandates that infringed on individual privacy and state authority, achieving significant victories in the U.S. Supreme Court and other courts.

Before joining the Department of Law in 2018, Taylor served as Senior Counsel for ASRC Energy Services, LLC, a subsidiary of Arctic Slope Regional Corporation, and as Counsel for McKinley Capital Management. He began his legal career in commercial litigation in Anchorage.

A graduate of Brigham Young University’s J. Reuben Clark Law School, Taylor lives in Anchorage with his wife, Jodi. They have six children. The Taylor family is active in charitable and community work and believes strongly in serving the state they call home.

About the Department

The Department of Law is part of the executive branch of Alaska state government. The attorney general is the principal executive officer of the department, and is appointed by the governor of Alaska. The attorney general serves as the legal advisor for the governor and other state officers, prosecutes all violations of state criminal law, and enforces the consumer protection and unfair trade practices laws. The duties and powers of the attorney general are found in AS 44.23.020.

The Attorney General's Office supports the attorney general as legal advisor to the governor and chief administrator of the three divisions of the Department of Law.

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Contact information for the Attorney General and the Department of Law can be found below. If you have a specific question, please visit our Frequently Asked Questions page first to see if your question may have already been answered.

About Seeking Legal Advice

Please note that the Attorney General's Office and Department of Law staff cannot provide legal advice to private citizens or organizations, but only to agencies and employees of the state.

Please contact an attorney if you need legal advice. The Alaska Lawyer Referral Service or your local bar association may be able to assist you in locating a lawyer.

Pro bono legal services include many types of legal services performed without or at a substantially reduced rate of compensation. Rule 6.1 of the Alaska Rules of Professional Conduct states that "[e]very lawyer has a professional responsibility to provide legal services to those unable to pay." Consistent with this rule, the attorney general urges attorneys to give back to the community by providing pro bono legal services. Although providing legal representation or advice to private individuals or entities is outside the scope of the duties of the Department of Law, the department strongly encourages pro bono legal work.

If you need pro bono legal services, visit the Alaska Bar Association's list of pro bono legal service providers.

Media Contacts

Civil Division Offices & Sections

Criminal Division Offices

Administrative Services

Department ADA Coordinator

Vacant
P.O. Box 110300
Juneau, AK 99811-0300
tel: 907-375-7701, Relay Alaska 1-800-770-8973
fax: 907-375-7719
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Alaska ADA Coordinator's Office