40 Under 40: Eric Bohl, lawyer

Eric Bohl

AGE: 28

FAMILY: Wife Sarah and son August

EMPLOYER: The Limbaugh Firm

POSITION: Lawyer

COMMUNITY AND PROFESSIONAL INVOLVEMENT: St. Andrew Lutheran Church (small group leader); Cape Girardeau Public Library Board of Trustees (treasurer); Cape West Rotary; Boy Scouts Explorer Post for Legal Careers; Leadership Cape 2008; Chamber of Commerce; Men's Fraternity.

HIS TYPICAL DAY:

Wake up around 5 a.m.; either run 5-6 miles with friends or go directly to work; work on various projects, usually drafting contracts or leases or reviewing documents; get home around 6 p.m. and play with August until he goes to bed at 8 p.m.; watch TV or read until going to sleep around 10:30.

MOST SATISFYING THING ABOUT HIS WORK:

Providing professional insight and support to companies or organizations that are integral parts of the community.

HIS WORST HAIRCUT:

My freshman year in high school, the "bowl" cut was popular (it looked like someone put a cereal bowl on your head and trimmed around it with scissors). Just about every guy my age had it for a while, and I was no exception. Those are the most embarrassing pictures I have!

HIS FAVORITE SONG FROM THE '80s:

"The Final Countdown" by Europe

HIS BIGGEST FIRST-DAY BLOOPER:

It took me at least three months to figure out all of our secretaries' names, so I just tried as hard as I could to structure my sentences so that I wouldn't have to use a person's name when talking to them. People catch on pretty fast to the fact that you just don't know their name.

HIS MOST EMBARASSING WORK MOMENT:

On three separate occasions I have forgotten to put a belt on in the morning. I've always figured it out and found one before anyone noticed, though!