Cutting starting salaries will hurt young lawyers

By Rick Colosimo / February 17, 2009 / Comments Off on Cutting starting salaries will hurt young lawyers

The WSJ Law Blog recently noted a suggestion by — that law firms reduce starting salaries for their lawyers in exchange for some sort of (read: unenforceable) promise to keep things together for some period of time. There are a range of problems that I see with this proposal, and here are some suggestions as…

Bailout pay caps – not unconstitutional

By Rick Colosimo / February 7, 2009 / Comments Off on Bailout pay caps – not unconstitutional

I have been dismayed by the assumptions inherent in the pay cap proposals, as well as the vast number of ways to apparently avoid the restrictions. But this opinion page article in the WSJ, by a current Fox news legal correspondent and former state court judge, is more way more opinion  than article, more bald…

Should judges sentence you to the Army?

By Rick Colosimo / January 30, 2009 / Comments Off on Should judges sentence you to the Army?

In response to this WSJ law blog post, I provided the following comment: Almost loathe to comment on such a complex issue. First: I am a former Army infantry officer who directly led troops; my own leadership/discipline resume includes enlisted infantry basic training, officer candidate school, airborne school, Ranger School, and a few others. There…

Clean up your writing by eliminating deadwords

By Rick Colosimo / January 23, 2009 / Comments Off on Clean up your writing by eliminating deadwords

Eliminate words no one uses from your writing to make it flow more smoothly.