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{{Short description|American Samoan attorney}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Mitzie Jessop Taase
|office birth_place = Acting [[Attorney General =of [[American Samoa]]
| office governor = [[Attorney General ofLolo AmericanMatalasi SamoaMoliga]]
|term_start = February 19, 2020
| status = Acting
| termstart term_end = FebruaryJanuary 1921, 20202021
| predecessor = [[Talauega Eleasalo Ale]]
| governor successor = [[Lolo MatalasiFainu'ulelei MoligaAlailima-Utu]]
|birth_name = Mitzie Jessop
| alma_mater = [[University of Utah]] ([[Bachelor of Arts|BA]])<br>[[J. Reuben Clark Law School|Brigham Young University]] ([[Juris Doctor|JD]])▼
|birth_date =
|birth_place = [[American Samoa]]
|death_date =
|death_place =
▲| alma_mater education = [[University of Utah]] ([[Bachelor of Arts|BA]])<br>[[J. Reuben Clark Law School|Brigham Young University]] ([[Juris Doctor|JD]])
}}
'''Mitzie Jessop Taase''' is an [[American Samoa|American Samoan]]n attorney servingwho served as Actingacting [[Attorney General of American Samoa]]. Taase was appointed to the role to succeed [[Talauega Eleasalo Ale]], who resigned to run for [[Lieutenant Governor of American Samoa]] in the [[2020 American Samoa gubernatorial election]].▼
 
▲'''Mitzie Jessop Taase''' is an [[American Samoa|American Samoan]] attorney serving as Acting [[Attorney General of American Samoa]]. Taase was appointed to the role to succeed [[Talauega Eleasalo Ale]], who resigned to run for [[Lieutenant Governor of American Samoa]] in the [[2020 American Samoa gubernatorial election]].
 
== Early life and education ==
TaaseJessop-Ta'ase was born and raised in [[American Samoa]]. She earned a Bachelor of Arts in English literature from the [[University of Utah]] and [[Juris Doctor]] from the [[J. Reuben Clark Law School]] at [[Brigham Young University]].<ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-03-13|title=BYU Law School Graduate is New Attorney General for American Samoa|url=http://news-nz.churchofjesuschrist.org/article/byu-law-school-grad-is-new-attorney-general-for-american-samoa?imageView=Mitzi-Jessop-Taase.jpg|access-date=2020-06-07|website=news-nz.churchofjesuschrist.org|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Ms. Mitzie Jessop Taase Lawyer Profile on Martindale.com|url=https://www.martindale.com/attorney/ms-mitzie-jessop-taase-2317385/|access-date=2020-06-07|website=www.martindale.com}}</ref>
 
== Career ==
After graduating from law school, TaaseJessop-Ta'ase returedreturned to [[American Samoa]]. For several years, Taase worked in the office of the [[Attorney General of American Samoa]], including as deputy attorney general and director of the Department of Legal Affairs. In 2017, TaaseJessop-Ta'ase left the attorney general's office to serve as Senate Counsel of the [[American Samoa Fono]]. She was named Acting Attorney General by [[Talauega Eleasalo Ale]] in February 2020, shortly before Ale's resignation.<ref>{{Cite web|title=NAAG {{!}} Mitzie Jessop Taase|url=https://www.naag.org/naag/attorneys-general/whos-my-ag/american-samoa/mitzie-jessop-taase.php|access-date=2020-06-07|website=www.naag.org}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Mitzie Jessop Taase named Acting AG|url=https://www.talanei.com/2020/02/19/mitzie-jessop-taase-named-acting-ag/|access-date=2020-06-07|website=Talanei|language=en-US}}</ref> She was later confirmed as the first female attorney general for American Samoa.
 
== Personal life ==
Jessop-Ta'ase's husband, Bone Ta'ase, is a football coach at Faga'itua High School.
 
== References ==
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[[Category:State attorneys general in the United States]][[Category:American Samoan Attorneys General]][[Category:University of Utah alumni]][[Category:J. Reuben Clark Law School alumni]][[Category:American Samoan lawyers]]
 
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[[Category:University of Utah alumni]]
[[Category:Female justice ministers]]
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