@@spectralbrickz I know and I don't complain. Just pointed out that there is no point picking one unrealistic thing (name changes) when the entire show as just tons of egomaniacs fighting each other, trying to undermine each other's firms, having some kind of superpowers of being able to tell their clients what to do and rarely doing any actual legal work. Don't get me wrong... I love this show! It's just worth pointing out that it's just as realistic as Spiderman is xD
It's funny that the characters actually comment on how often the firm changes its name, and in the series finale Louis places an embargo on changing the name for the next five years.
Missing two names: Pearson Specter (between time Darby was removed and Litt was added) and Specter Litt (between time Pearson was removed and Zane was added).
Because it was too early for Mike to be a name partner but later on he ran his own firm in Seattle with Harvey so maybe that firm was called Specter Ross. Mike wanted to help people.
I think the show at the end saw all the feedback about the name changes, and even had the last partners sign a new agreement to not change the name for 5 years.
Pearson Specter by itself sounded cool too but it was unfair Louis didn’t get his name up there because he wasn’t Jessica’s favorite or had an associate like Mike to carry his workload
To be fair, they're a top law firm having clients like PFizer who get hundreds of lawsuits at a time. When you're that busy, you probably just want a lawyer and don't care about what's happening in the firm
@@aalooparathaa lol, it technically is, but it certainly isn’t remotely common. I’ve never met or heard of anyone who has it, but Google says it’s real, so there you go
I know the show wanted us to believe they were the most powerful prestigious law firm in New York but with all those name changes, there’s no doubt in real life that’d be a sign of weakness & instability. If I was rich I wouldn’t want my money going into that firm😬🥴
Shoooot,….with all the backstabbing going on there? I KNOW my money would be safe. They’d cut each others throats to prove they’re better lawyers while winning every case. They might cause me to end up doing time, but I’d be better off when I got out of the pen. 😂😂😂
Actually it's how well known the Lawyer is. Lawyers do bounce as partners to different companies. Some names could make the company look better. Just like a sports team
Last 2 season should not be canon or exist. That shit was just dumb at that point. Why even change the name and have all this drama. Money. I know. But still, have some integrity.
I like how the series starts with Louis Litt wanting to be a partner at the firm and ends with him being a name partner and that too starting with his last name :- Litt Wheeler Williams Bennett. A true ending !
People say that a serious law firm wouldn't survive so many name changes but considering what these jokers are up to over the course of the series, they wouldn'y have any credibility to lose anyway.
I like to believe that even Gordan Schmidt Van Dyke wasn't the original, long before Pearson and Hardman came along, Gordan, Schmidt and Van Dyke found some dirt on previous name partners and that kept happening for a very long time
Arthur reeves was the founder of the firm , and I would have guessed it started with Reeves LLP or simply Reeves, then when Stanley Gordon and his other partners found dirt on Arthur reeves. He disbarred him and took the firm and renamed the firm to Gordon Schmidt Van Dyke.
1:30 was so tagged on. Imagine working for YEARS as a top-notch lawyer and then 2 "younglings" get name partner after like 1-2 years. Also imagine going to clients and having to say: "Hi, I'm John Johnson and I work for Zane Specter Litt Wheeler Williams". Does NOT go off the tongue easily.
ZSLWW doesnt go to easy either. tbh the whole later seasons felt a bit weird, i get that they tried to raise the stakes and make it interesting again but it was convoluted as hell and the payoff was not worth the effort it took to keep up with it. @@INVINCIBLE-qs7no
Uh, what? Alex and Samantha have been working for over a decade too, what are you even talking about? Also firms with longer names usually either use abbreviations or just the first two names, not really a big deal
@@Tom_Stevens617 For over a decade - wow. Others worked for decadeS. But in the firm they were for about a year or so. Remember when Namepartner used to be a big deal (only Harvey as an exceotional lawyer) in earlier seasons and was like a last resort to save a firl (Darby)? Later they gave it out for solid work (Wheeler Whittaker). Specter Litt Wheeler Whittaker. Even in short version it sounds hard I work for "Es - el - double u - double u"
2 names sounds good and professional. I guess 3 names still acceptable. But anymore than that is just absurd. For public, it doesn't sound and look 'executive' appealing.
I'm not a US lawyer but where I live the name basically never changes. Name partners=founding partners and that's it unless you merge with another law firm the name stays the same
1. Gordon Schmidt Van Dyke 2. Pearson Hardman 3. Pearson 4. Pearson Darby 5. Pearson Darby Specter 6. Pearson Specter 7. Pearson Specter Litt 8. Specter Litt 9. Zane Specter Litt 10. Zane Specter Litt Wheeler Williams 11. Specter Litt Wheeler Williams 12. Specter Litt Williams 13. Litt Wheeler Williams Bennett Firstly, by the end there were just way too many names. Secondly, Zane jumped right to the top while everyone else was added sequentially.
All the firm names, in chronological order: Gordon Schmidt Van Dyke Pearson Hardman Pearson Pearson Darby Pearson Darby Specter Pearson Specter (not shown in the video) Pearson Specter Litt Specter Litt (not shown in the video; shows the scene where it's announced Pearson is removed but doesn't show the sign on the wall) Zane Specter Litt Zane Specter Litt Wheeler Williams Specter Litt Williams (not in the video but very brief, was not even shown in the show itself as Wheeler was brought back quickly) Specter Litt Wheeler Williams Litt Wheeler Williams Bennett
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