When Illinois lawyers Traci Nally and Deborah Feinen lost a big employment discrimination case, they were a little sour on the law. That’s when they heard a radio report about the gourmet animal biscuit business. Now they’re hooked and trying to make a go of a niche market in downstate Illinois.

One might think the relatives of Champaign lawyer Traci E. Nally would be taken aback by her recent entrepreneurial interest in “making a go” of a gourmet doggy biscuit business.