/St-LouisAs a scientist for the Environmental Protection Agency, Manita Rawat analyzed dangerous levels of arsenic found in California's soil.
She was stationed at the EPA's Sacramento, Calif., office and often chatted with the agency's lawyers. Eventually Rawat, who has undergraduate degrees in biochemistry and applied mathematics, decided to head to law school.
These days, Rawat works for the Las Vegas office of Armstrong Teasdale, although she frequently travels back to California, where most of her clients are based, and to St. Louis, where the firm is headquartered. Rawat attended law school at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign and has lived in Las Vegas for five years working as an attorney.
A year and a half ago, Rawat wasn't sure she wanted to be a lawyer. But, she discovered patent law and Armstrong Teasdale, which charged her up about the profession.
"I finally found a niche," Rawat said.
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