Mrs. Schwent is a 1977 graduate of the University of Missouri School of Law, and was one of the first female attorneys in the State of Missouri. Shortly after graduating law school, Michele was the first woman to start her own law firm in Jefferson County, MO. Mrs. Schwent is licensed to practice law in the State of Missouri, before the United States District Court in both the Eastern and Western Districts of Missouri, and before the U.S. Supreme Court. She has over 43 years of experience in the general practice of law and has experience in a very broad spectrum of legal fields.