DO YOU KNOW: Trip Riesen

Trip Riesen

BIRTH DATE AND PLACE: December 1969, Charleston.

RESIDENCE: Mount Pleasant.

OCCUPATION: Attorney.

JOB DESCRIPTION: Assistant solicitor, 9th Circuit solicitor's office.

FAMILY: Wife, Allison.

EDUCATION: College of Charleston, B.A. business administration. Golden Gate University School of Law, J.D.

FIVE WORDS THAT BEST DESCRIBE ME: Honest, motivated, outgoing, organized and cheap (I take after my father).

TALENTS/HOBBIES: Hunting, fishing, snow skiing and racquetball.

THE BIGGEST CHARLESTON COUNTY ISSUE: Overdevelopment.

CELEBRITY I WOULD LOVE TO MEET: Tennis player Roger Federer.

CELEBRITY I HAVE MET: Actress Ashley Judd.

FAVORITE TELEVISION SHOW: "Lost."

LAST MOVIE I SAW: "No Country for Old Men."

FIRST JOB: Teaching tennis.

FAVORITE LOCAL PLACE TO EAT: The Boathouse.

FAVORITE LOCAL PLACE TO SHOP: Sam's Club.

ACCOMPLISHMENT OF WHICH I AM MOST PROUD: Tough one. At the time, when I was in high school, it would have been qualifying as one of 16 teams nationally to compete in the mother/son U.S. Open mixed doubles tennis tournament at Flushing Meadows, N.Y.

DREAM VACATION: Backpacking in Australia and New Zealand, although my wife would never do the "backpacking" part.

MY FAVORITE WAY TO RELAX OR DE-STRESS: Cooking and grilling out.

THINGS I DO TO KEEP IN PHYSICAL SHAPE: Racquetball and gym.

FAVORITE CHILDHOOD MEMORY: Going dove hunting with my father, my Red Ryder BB Gun and our Brittany spaniel, Casey.

ONE THING I MUST HAVE IN MY FRIDGE AT ALL TIMES: Frank's Red Hot sauce.

HOW I MET MY SPOUSE: On a float trip with friends down the Edisto River.

IF I COULD CHANGE ONE THING ABOUT THE WORLD TODAY, IT WOULD BE: Ending poverty.

FIRST CAR: A 1978 GMC Sierra with "three on the tree."

INTERESTING FACT ABOUT MYSELF: Lived in Kenya for a summer and climbed Kilimanjaro.

LEAST FAVORITE CHORE: Laundry.

THE CELEBRITY WHO WOULD PLAY ME IN A MOVIE ON MY LIFE: Actor Edward Norton.

IF I COULD TRADE PLACES WITH ANYONE FOR A DAY: Britney Spears. I'm just kidding. Tiger Woods on his final day of The Masters.

SONG THAT WAS POPULAR WHEN I WAS IN HIGH SCHOOL: "Pour Some Sugar on Me," Def Leppard.

-- Jessica Johnson