Talauega Eleasalo Ale

Eleasalo Va'alele "Salo" Ale is an American Samoan attorney and political candidate who served as Attorney General of American Samoa from 2014 to 2020. On January 13, 2020, Ale resigned as attorney general to seek another office.[1]

Salo Ale
10th Attorney General of American Samoa
In office
January 28, 2014 – February 19, 2020
GovernorLolo Matalasi Moliga
Preceded byAfoa Moega Lutu
Succeeded byMitzie Jessop Taase (acting)
Personal details
Born
Eleasalo Va'alele Ale

American Samoa
Alma materTruman State University (BA)
Drake University (JD)

Early life and education

Ale was born in American Samoa and attended Marist Brothers High School. He left American Samoa to earn a Bachelor of Arts degree from Truman State University in Missouri and a Juris Doctor from the Drake University Law School in Iowa.[2]

Career

After earning his undergraduate degree, Ale worked as a legislative assistant to then-U.S. Senator Daniel Inouye. After law school, he served as a clerk for Judge James Burns on the Hawaii Intermediate Court of Appeals. For 17 years, Ale worked as an attorney at Faegre Baker Daniels in Minneapolis. Ale was nominated to serve as the 10th Attorney General of American Samoa in 2014 by then-Governor Lolo Matalasi Moliga. He resigned from his position in 2020, citing an interest in seeking another elective office.

In February 2020, it was announced that Ale would run for Lieutenant Governor of American Samoa in the 2020 American Samoa gubernatorial election as the running mate of Lemanu Peleti Mauga.[3]

References
  1. "American Samoa's AG to resign from post to pursue politics". RNZ. 2020-01-13. Retrieved 2020-06-07.
  2. "Biography". legal-affairs. Retrieved 2020-06-07.
  3. "UPDATE: AG Talauega officially steps down to run for Lt Gov". www.samoanews.com. 2020-02-16. Retrieved 2020-06-07.
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