PLP 08 Profile: Jacob Rooksby

Name:    Jacob Rooksby
Age:  26
Born:  Indianapolis, Indiana
Current Digs: Richmond
Occupation:  Intellectual property litigation attorney
Favorite part about the job:  Representing colleges and universities
Your first job ever?  Sales clerk at a fruit and vegetable market
Favorite book?  The Winter of Our Discontent by John Steinbeck
Favorite movie?  Magnolia
Comfort food?  Macaroni & cheese (the thick kind served in cafeterias)
What's in your car CD player right now?  Soundtrack of songs from films by Pedro Almodóvar
Next journey?  To Barcelona in September – I’ll be the best man in the wedding of a friend I met years ago while studying in Spain.  Incidentally, he recently gave me the Almodóvar CD (see above).
Favorite Virginia vacation spot?  Colonial Williamsburg – in any season, but particularly in the fall
First political memory?  At the age of six, being babysat by my Grandpa Rooksby who lectured me on Reagonomics and all things Reagan (he wasn’t a fan) while we watched politicians be interviewed on Larry King Live. This was a repeating occurrence.
Whom do you admire and why?  W. Taylor Reveley III, interim president at William & Mary, former law school dean, former law firm managing partner, author.  I admire the depth and breadth of his achievements in private, public, and academic spheres.
Best advice you ever got?  When you lose, don’t lose the lesson.
Describe a perfect day.  With my family.  Wake up at a bed & breakfast.  Have bacon and eggs for breakfast.  Go on a long hike in the mountains.  Drink cocktails on a large deck and watch the sunset.  Have a three-hour, multi-course dinner.  End the day back on that deck and in a hot tub.
One thing most people might be surprised to learn about you?  I’ve stood at the highest point of 25 states.  Obviously not an accident – my wife and I belong to the Highpointers Club and aim to reach the rest some day (minus Mt. McKinley).
Ambition, political or otherwise?  To live in a small town and own and operate a winery, or a local/regional magazine.