A Post With No Name
The Law Offices of Moose and Squirrel will cease to exist on March 31, 2004.
Maybe sooner, depending on the effective date of my name change.
I hated that part of our firm meeting the other night …
Where we decided what to do about the firm name.
I put a lotta sweat into the place …
And it’s really hard on me being removed from the picture,
Even if removal is my choice.
The Others have certainly made it clear …
They support me, welcome me, and wouldn’t have a problem if I stayed here as Amy …
Moose and Squirrel continued.
But the reality logistics of it …
Would just call way too much attention to myself if I did such.
If we change the firm name to include my new last name … then that would highlight my change in my professional settings.
If I kept my same last name … I could stay a part of the firm name longer … but that would make my change more prominent in my personal settings.
And for one of the first times in my life … I’m putting my personal life over my professional life.
Personal satisfaction over professional satisfaction.
Now of course, it was said that if I chose to stay around …
We could always add my new last name to the new firm name at some point in the future …
But again, the reality is … that won’t happen.
Once separation has been made, even if only in firm name, momentum is set and it’d be hard to reunite.
Besides, I’m sorry … history has given me an ego … it’d be difficult for me to go from having my name first on the list to last.
Further, whether one will admit it or not, once you’re named, your investment in the firm becomes greater, your commitment more personal … you want it to succeed even more … because, well … it’s a greater reflection of you.
And me being around unnamed … will just be in the way of The Others … as they take control in a more personally vested way.
It’s not so much that I have made a choice in this part of my transition,
But that the other choices I have made,
Leave me with no choice to make here.
I’ll be an unnamed member of The Law Offices of Shaft, OBP and Spuddy …
Until either my practice as Amy takes off or I pursue other options.
And the thought of that leaves me feeling really, really …
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Amy,
Long time viewer, new poster (is that a word?) I’m a lawyer too. I would not give up on Moose & Squirrel; I’d stick it out with whatever damned name you like. Seriously, people will get over it and eventually they’ll forget about it. I was encouraged by the female DA who didn’t recognize you at first-it could have been a whole lot worse.
I go to a medical clinic where one of the partners transitioned. One day I got a postcard in the mail announcing:
“XYZ Medical Clinic is pleased to announce that Susy Doctor (formerly Jim Physician) has rejoined the practice after a sabbitical. We all wish her the best. Dr. Doctor is now accepting new patient’s . . . .”
And that was about 5 years ago. I see Dr. Susy all the time now, and when my doc is gone, she treats me. She treated me as Dr. Jim before she transitioned. As the years have gone by the transition, the effects of the hormones, and I am guessing breast augmentation, have made her appear to be the middle aged woman she is today-the difference is amazing-not that I would call her a great beauty-she just looks like a middle aged female doc.
I think it will take some time for folks to get used to the change, but you look great, and they seriously will get over it.
Just my 2 cents.
Marcia
“I’ve been to the desert on a [post] with no name.
It felt good to be out of the rain.”
Thanks Auntiesolder !! 🙂
*hugs* to you Amy. While loosing your name on the firm, it will certainly make your life a bit easier.
As a professional musician, I decided to change my name very little – which has actually made for some interesting situations. My first name was just feminized, and my family name didn’t change at all. Everyone in the industry knows me, and at times, that can be a large infringement on personal space. Especially when you meet someone for the first time, and give your name. There’s sometimes a second of recollection in the eyes. You learn to live with it but…
There are days when I would like to have control over being out or not.
And dearest Amy, why would your new practice be anything but a success? I think there’s a lot of people who’d like to have a attorney who had your balls! 😉 Girl power… whooo hooooo!