Douglas Colt: The College Years

admin — Fri, 08 May 2009 16:26:00 +0000

Lawyer, Douglas Colt has fond memories of his college years at Washington University in Saint Louis, MO.

Douglas Colt attended Washington University on an academic scholarship and was a resident of Liggett Hall during his freshman year. In 1994, he became active in the student government and won a seat on the Student Union Senate.

The following year, he founded the Campus Programming Council, which is now the highest-funded student group at Washington University. He headed the farewell ceremonies for Chancellor William H. Danforth and took an active role in the inaugural welcoming ceremonies for Chancellor Mark S. Wrighton.

Douglas Colt was elected Student Union Treasurer in 1996 and graduated with honors in 1997, earning degrees in both Economics and Political Science. He was the recipient of the Sally E. Strain scholarship and was keynote speaker at the annual alumni awards ceremony in 1996.

Today, Douglas Colt is an associate at Quinn Emanuel Urquhart Oliver & Hedges where he specializes in Trademark, False Advertising, Copyright, Unfair Competition, Trade Secret, and Commercial Litigation.

To read more information about Douglas Colt please visit www.Douglas-Colt-lawyer-info.com

To become a good lawyer

admin — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 19:21:05 +0000

a lawyer must decide his field of interest or specialization to put into practice. Some lawyers find it advantage to specialize based on their college courses. A student graduated of accountancy is best suited to become a corporate lawyer. A pre-med graduate finds it’s easy to deal with legal matters in the court concerning medical malpractice and other medico-ethical cases. Good lawyers initiate and perform their job well if familiarity in legal issues governed the case is established. Others take different fields of specialization aside from their course in college for they find it a challenge to tackle unfamiliar fields of interest. It’s also good for a lawyer to stand for what he believes in, but it even better if a lawyer seeks opinions from other lawyers or seniors. This allows collaboration of opinions and derivation of a better solution or conclusion to a problem.

A good medium of acquiring knowledge and development of systematic skills is to have an internship in a courtroom or to become a student assistant of a court lawyer. It’s a good opportunity for a law student to see what it really takes to become a good lawyer.

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