This week’s 5Q features Tripp Lake, a member of the Intellectual Property Practice at Dickinson Wright in Denver. Lake’s practice focuses on intellectual property and commercial litigation. As a founding member of the Digital Globalization Consortium, he contributes to the development of international policies for advanced artificial intelligence technologies, collaborating with global leaders.
Question 1: If you could choose to master a musical instrument that you don’t already know how to play, which one would it be, and why?
Lake: I wish I could play acoustic guitar well. I love the old Spanish guitar and would really like to be able to re-create that sound and experiment with ways to create new variations on classics.
Q2: What is your favorite clause of the Constitution, and why?
Lake: It’s hard to pick just one, because the 13th, 14th, 15th and 21st Amendments collectively eliminated slavery and guarantee citizenship and the rights to vote to all persons born in the United States irrespective of race or gender. Those have to be in a list of favorites for anyone, I’d think, but if I had to pick just one, it would be the 4th Amendment. If a right is only as good as your ability to exercise it, then the other rights don’t mean as much if you can have your life, liberty or property taken away without due process of law, including the rest of the Constitution and its various Amendments.
Q3: Which celebrity was on the posters you had hanging on your teenage bedroom wall?
Lake: Secretariat, the horse.
Q4: What’s your favorite book, and why?
Lake: Old favorite: “The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy” by Douglas Adams was such good writing overlaying dry British humor. Modern favorite: “James” by Percival Everett. It is an incredible telling of Huckleberry Finn from the slave Jim’s perspective. The story is compelling on its own and was as thought-provoking as one might imagine. I won’t spoil it.
Q5: What’s your favorite restaurant, and what’s your favorite thing to order there?
Lake: In Denver, Table 6 is a long-time favorite. Their menu changes seasonally, but it always feels like a cross between fine dining and comfort food, and the atmosphere is really relaxed.
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