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| A law firm may continue to use a deceased or retired partner's name in its title. Although declining to indicate whether a lawyer who has only been an independent contractor of a firm may continue to use the firm's name after all of the firm's partners retire (calling the question a "legal issue") the Bar refers to a Maryland LEO indicating that such use would be improper. As long as the lawyer was a "successor in interest" to the firm, the lawyer could continue to use a deceased partner's name in the firm name. Although sole practitioners may not use words like "group" or "associates" in their firm's names, using a deceased lawyer's name is acceptable as long as the firm's letterhead indicates that the other lawyer is deceased. |