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January 11, 2007

Funniest Law Firm Names

posted by Daniel J. Solove

lawbooks4a.jpgI recently heard the name of a law firm that struck me as incredibly funny, and so I immediately thought "blog post fodder." I went searching for a few others. Here is a list of some of the funniest law firm names I found. All of these are real:

1. Low, Ball, & Lynch

2. Harness, Dickey, & Pierce

3. Cummings & Lockwood

4. Lawless & Lawless

5. Johnson & Cox

Posted by Daniel J. Solove at January 11, 2007 12:39 AM

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The way I always heard it, the beauty of Low Ball & Lynch was that they did some insurance defense work. Another perfectly named firm, since renamed, was the slip-and-fall firm, Walkup & Downing.

Posted by: John Steele at January 11, 2007 01:58 AM


I have always liked the You Me law firm

Posted by: Michael Risch at January 11, 2007 09:39 AM


The prominent New Jersey law firm currently known as Gibbons, Del Deo, Dolan, Griffinger & Vecchione (or just Gibbons) was formerly known as: Crummy Del Deo Dolan, Griffinger & Vecchione (or the Crummy firm).

Yikes.

Posted by: aperiodeperiod at January 11, 2007 07:09 PM


Fitzpatrick, Lenz & Bubba. Near Allentown, PA. We always thought Bubba was the collections guy.

Posted by: anon at January 11, 2007 08:38 PM


Ball & Weed

http://www.ballandweed.com/

Posted by: Carter at January 12, 2007 01:40 AM


Lowe, Price, Leblanc & Becker
http://pview.findlaw.com/view/1781030_1

Posted by: Anon at January 12, 2007 09:15 AM


See Green v. Reed Constr., 91 So. 2d 634 (Fla. 1957) for the Miami law firm of Ruff & Ready.

Posted by: David Grogan at January 12, 2007 09:48 AM


My favorite has always been the firm of Craig, Kelley and Faultless. (Personal injury, of course. They have a billboard on I-74 near their Batesville, Indiana office.)

Posted by: Rick Goheen at January 12, 2007 12:32 PM


Argue & Phibbs, in Sligo, Ireland. Sadly they changed the name about 15 years ago.

Posted by: Paul at January 12, 2007 12:37 PM


"Harness Dickey & Pierce" is cool because it's a complete sentence... for some poor fellow named Dickey

Posted by: HDP at January 12, 2007 05:06 PM


Stammer, McKnight, Barnum & Bailey.
http://www.smbblaw.com

Posted by: Sean O'Hara at January 14, 2007 06:40 PM


Payne & Fears LLP (www.paynefears.com), headquartered in Irvine, CA with branch offices in Los Angeles, San Francisco and Las Vegas.

Posted by: Ed at January 14, 2007 07:04 PM


LeBoeuf, Lamb, Greene & MacRae, a/k/a "Old Beef, Mutton, Salad, and a side of fries."

Posted by: Loya at January 14, 2007 10:36 PM


I see someone post the lawfirm name "Ruff & Ready." The "Ruff" was my grandfather, Wallace Ruff and the "Ready" was Thomas Ready. The law firm name was in the Sunday newspaper edition of Ripley's Believe It Or Not twice in the Miami Herald. At the time my grandfather practiced, it was illegal for attorneys to advertise. As a result, fresh law school grads hanging out their shingles actively sought partners based upon their law names as a form of legal advertising. My grandfather named some other firmsl, but the only other name I remember was "Hunter & Lyon."

Cheers.

Posted by: Eric Ruff at February 5, 2007 05:53 PM


Saw your blog in The Lawyer (a UK legal profession paper) and thought I'd share with you that there's a firm over here called "Wright Hassall". Doesn't suggest they are keen to embrace the Law Society's drive to improve client service standards and approachability, does it?

Posted by: Oliver at August 9, 2007 06:59 AM


My vote goes for Altheimer & Gray in Chicago.

Posted by: J at December 27, 2007 09:32 AM


I always thought Dickstein Shapiro was funny. Not as good as these, but I giggle like a 10 yr old boy when I hear 'Dickstein.'

Posted by: Rosie at May 6, 2008 04:56 PM


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