Ms. Mantin is an associate in the maritime practice group at Foreman Friedman, P.A. Her practice focuses on complex commercial and tort litigation, as well as regulatory compliance and employment matters. She attended Bryn Mawr College in Pennsylvania, where she double-majored in Political Science and Philosophy and graduated cum laude. While in college, Ms. Mantin was nominated for a fellowship with the Center for the Study of the Presidency. This fellowship culminated with an original paper on an issue of the modern presidency and the Center published the abstract for Ms. Mantin's paper, which dealt with the importance of Congressional checks over the President during wartime. During the summers, she interned for both Hillary Rodham Clinton's Senate Office and Senate re-election campaign.

After college, Ms. Mantin attended the University of Miami School of Law, where she earned her Juris Doctor degree cum laude. During law school, Ms. Mantin worked as a judicial intern for Magistrate Judge Barry L. Garber at the United States District Court of the Southern District of Florida and Chief Judge Juan Ramirez, Jr. at the Florida Third District Court of Appeal. She also participated in the Street Law Program, where she taught law-related subject matter to incarcerated high school aged students. Ms. Mantin also worked at the Miami-Dade Public Defender's Office as a Certified Legal Intern, where she handled a variety of criminal cases. After graduating from law school, Ms. Mantin worked as an associate at a civil litigation firm, focusing primarily on insurance defense, prior to joining Foreman Friedman.