Mitzie Jessop Taase: Difference between revisions

|term_end = January 21, 2021

|successor = [[Fainu'ulelei Alailima-Utu]]

'''Mitzie Jessop Taase''' is an [[American Samoa]]n attorney servingwho served as 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]].

After graduating from law school, Jessop-Ta'ase returned 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, Jessop-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 served in this role until the [[American Samoa Fono]] confirmed [[Fainu'ulelei Alailima-Utu]] as Attorney General.