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Executive Spotlight- Stephen Babcock
By STAFF REPORT
Business Report
March 21, 2007
Full name: Stephen Babcock
Title: Founding Partner
Company: Babcock Law Firm
Age: 33
Hometown: Ruston
What was your first job?
Residential framing carpenter
What is the best advice you've ever received?
The only place success comes before work is in the dictionary.
Who do you most admire in the local business community and why?
Lane Grigsby. His actions might not always be the most popular, but he always does what he believes is right. An admirable quality.
If you could have any job other than your own, what would it be?
Professional golfer.
What book are you currently reading?
Digital SLR Cameras and Photography for Dummies by David Busch
If you could have dinner with any three living people, who would they be? (Authors? Leaders?)
John Roberts, Tony Blair, George Bush
What is the most expensive purchase you've made for yourself?
A rare Panerai watch
What is your favorite weekend activity?
Golfing
What's your favorite spot in Baton Rouge?
My back porch.
How do you take your coffee/tea?
I don't drink coffee or tea.
What is your favorite movie?
Holiday Inn (you'll have to go back a long way to find it... 1942)
TV show?
Lost
Band?
Dave Matthews
What is your favorite gadget?
I'm sorry, were you saying something? I was too busy typing on my BlackBerry!
What is something that you can't live without?
Nutter Butter cookies and ice-cold milk.
If you could change one thing about Baton Rouge, what would it be?
The traffic.
What is your greatest hope for Baton Rouge?
A city full of color blind citizens with well-educated children driving through synchronized traffic lights talking about our tremendous job and industry growth while on their way to see the a game at the new professional sports complex.
What is your greatest fear for Baton Rouge?
A city full of unaccepting citizens with poorly-educated children driving through unsynchronized traffic lights talking about our self imposed recession and stagnant industry growth while on their way to see their bankruptcy attorney listening to a radio show called "politics as usual."
