Stinson Mag & Fizzell and Morrison & Hecker had hammered out all the details of their merger except one: what to call the new firm. The firms had agreed to limit the new moniker to three founders, but which two and in what order? So they decided to flip a coin. It's a pretty safe bet that Stinson Morrison Hecker is the only post-merger law firm name to be chosen by coin toss. But short of a round of rock, paper, sissors among shareholders, what variables should a firm consider in defining a new identity?
March 30, 2005 at 12:00 AM
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The original version of this story was published on The Recorder
After a year of negotiations, Stinson Mag & Fizzell and Morrison & Hecker had finally hammered out all the details of their 2002 merger agreement except one: what to call the new firm. In keeping with the trend toward shorter legal names, the two Kansas City, Mo., firms had agreed to limit the new moniker to three founders, meaning that two had to go. But which two, and in what order should the remaining names appear?
So they decided to flip a coin. The winner: Stinson Morrison Hecker.
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