Lawyer Names

I have a bizarre request.  In the novel, I've got a series of e-mails that readers send Anonymous Lawyer relating to various things.  And I'm overthinking the names of these one-off e-mailers.  Like, do I have the right proportion of Jewish-sounding names, women, foreign-sounding names, are the last names too common, too unusual, etc.  This isn't that hard.  I need some lawyer names.  Not over the top lawyer names like Bill McClient or Thurston Lawyerworthy IV.  Just normal names like Sara Goldfarb or Joe McReynolds.  I don't know.  So throw some names in the comments.  Maybe I'll use them, maybe I'll mix and match, maybe they'll inspire some normal names.  Heck, throw your own name there if you want to maybe be in my book.  Actually, that could be sorta fun.  Yes, this could be cool.  You want to be named as an e-mailer, potentially (no promises)?  Drop your name in the comments (or shoot me an e-mail).  Seriously.  Tell your friends.  I want your names.

Also, fake law firm names are welcomed too.  I'm still deciding whether to use real ones or fake ones -- these are content-less contexts, just as names of firms for e-mails, not a commentary on anything they're about, good or bad -- but if I use fake ones, they're fun to invent.  You can help.

Okay, so that's what I need.  You, too, can be a published author.  :)

Comments

[Sarah]

The baby name voyageur (http://babynamewizard.com/namevoyager/) and its accompanying name news blog (http://babynamewizard.com/blog/) may be of help to you for first names. The name voyageur graphs the frequency of names by year (remember that most partners are 35+ and managing partners are likely 60ish). One of her posts discusses a pet peeve of mine -- when tv shows, movies, or books use a "new" name for a middle-aged person. Like using Mackenzie as the first name of the POTUS on the ABC show Commander-in-Chief.

P.S. You should enable limited HTML in your comments so that the links aren't so ugly.

[Sarah]

Now those links don't work, sorry.

Here's the voyageur: http://babynamewizard.com/namevoyager/

And the blog: http://babynamewizard.com/blog/

[the dude]

Jeremy, could you please enlarge fonts on your blog.

And, about the name, how about Miliband Ferentzvar

[Pamela Casey]

how about my name: Pamela Casey

[Mark]

How about Butler and Allums for the law firm? And Ben Butler for the name?

Mitt Wexler or maybe...
Ben Lazarewicz (pronounced Lazarvitch)

[Christopher J. Perras]

Christopher J. Perras, Esq.

[Irwin Alice Magevney]

What about me, Irwin Alice Magevney?

[Mark Lyon]

Some suggestions from real life:

M. Henry Lyon
Robert Ringer
Kristi Tabb
James Bobo ( http://www.mssc.state.ms.us/scripts/isyswebext.exe?op=get&uri=/isysquery/irl7495/1/doc )

Suggestion: Visit some state bar websites, and look at their directory. Take the first name of one person and add it to the last name of the next.

Use firm names that are a combination of last names from the list.

http://www.msbar.org/lawyerdirectory.php

[Jack Bogdanski]

Real lawyers:

Drew Gardner
Dick Gleason
Wally Van Valkenburg
Dave Hollander
Gordon Gannicott
Rich Josephson
Rives Kistler
Barnes Ellis
Sanjiv Kripilani
Gersham Goldstein

[Kristin]

Kristin Beals (me)

(fake or not-me)
Thoms Suker
Ann Portis
Mark Gagliano
Daniel Lafay
Josephine Rosipino (my nana)
Julia Caro
Opal Lee
Ernesto Zedillo
Piotr Mytnyk

This is actually a real name:
Irving Bizar.

Isn't that great?

[Jon]

How about:

Jonathan Brandt

I'm a little bias, it's my name...I don't mind it though...

[LA]

Mixing first and last names from my law school directory:
Meredith Schoen
Cristin Andersen
Geoff Herzog
Danette Austin
Mallory Boyd

[Pam Linberg]

Use my name, please!

Pam Linberg