ST. PAUL — If you passed Haley Taylor Schlitz on the streets of St. Paul and saw her hanging out with friends, on the hunt for a sweet treat or walking her miniature dachshund, Liora, she’d look a lot like an average 20-something.

Taylor Schlitz is, however, one of the youngest women and the youngest African American to graduate from law school in the U.S., and from 9 to 5 she’s at her desk, suited up and working on case after case in the Minnesota Attorney General’s Office.

Taylor Schlitz was hired as an assistant attorney general, assigned to the Minnesota Department of Public Safety, in June 2024, according to the office.

Saying yes to the job meant leaving Fort Worth, Texas, and her family, which was challenging. But it helped that her dad was a big Bud Grant and Minnesota Vikings f

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