In Re Weiss, Healey & Rea

The opinion of the Court was delivered by

O’HERN, J.

Lawyers and judges often ask, as did the playwright, “What’s in a name?” Scholastic Sys., Inc. v. LeLoup, 307 So.2d 166, 171 (Fla.1974); Brazeal v. Redburn, 638 S.W.2d 771, 772 (Mo.App.1982); Farmers Ins. Co. v. State Farm Mut. Auto Ins. Co., 613 S.W.2d 158, 161 (Mo.App.1981). Apparently a lot. At least, a lot of people think so. In this case, three attorneys seek to use their individual names to designate their professional association.

“Weiss, Healey & Rea” is the name under which an association of eight attorneys, all of whom are full-time…