Alumni Career Snapshots

Ann Livingston
 

Employer Name  

BakerBotts, LLP

Employer  Website

 http://www.bakerbotts.com/Home.aspx

Job Title  

Patent attorney

Current Location Dripping Springs, TX

Major and Class Year

BA Political Science-1974

Additional education

St Mary's School of Law, JD, 1979

Briefly describe what you do   

Patent attorney

What are the key skills, abilities, and personal qualities necessary to succeed in this type of work?  

Engineering degree

What do you enjoy most about your current position?  

Not a typical lawyer!  Clients are intelligent and upbeat.

Most important/valuable lesson or activity in college that impacted your career  

I wasted opportunities, and had to go back to engineering school after law school to become a patent lawyer.

What advice for someone entering this field?  

Don't give up your engineering studies.

Questions?

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