It all started with a proposal—albeit one Dallas litigator Rachel Lindsay felt was so far-fetched that she had nothing to lose by saying yes. She and her boyfriend had recently split up. The casting team from The Bachelor. was in town scouting single women willing to look for love on national TV. And a group of colleagues had just walked into the office and asked her to interview for a spot on the hit ABC show. Lindsay agreed to give it a go. To her surprise, she was chosen, and in January, she became one of the 30 women vying for the attention of that season’s star. She made it all the way to the finals before coming home, still single. This summer, however, the 32-year-old Cooper & Scully associate got another chance at romance as the star of The Bachelorette.
Q. Were there any legal skills that you called on to help you on the shows?
A. Dispute resolution—especially when I was on The Bachelor, being in the house with the other girls! On The Bachelorette, it was the ability to read through people and really analyze what they were saying, if they were genuine or feeding me stuff. That really paid off.
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