PUT HOWARD'S NAME BACK ON THE DOOR

There’s buzz galore this week at the Polo Lounge and The Grill as top lawyers in the biz wonder aloud if, after they’ve passed, their names would be removed from the names of their firms.

Conference rooms and Zooms at said firms were alive with the same chatter on the heels of reports that the late Howard Weitzman’s name will be removed from the door of the firm he established, which will henceforth be known as Kinsella Holley Iser Kump and Steinsapir.

“I’ve never heard of any of you guys,” goes a message from Irving Azoff directed at the firm, “but put Howard’s name back on the door and I will hire you to sue someone. P.S. Shame on you.”

The firm’s PR spin that Weitzman’s name was removed as a “tribute” isn’t cutting much ice with those who knew and loved the legendary barrister, who died in 2021. Try removing Grubman, Branca, Passman, King, Greenspan and/or Paterno from your door and see how that works out for you.

"What a great way to honor Howard, by taking his name away," reads a quote from Weitzman's widow, Margaret Weitzman, that appeared on Instagram. "This is wrong and ridiculous."

"I can only say that my dad would never have treated his partners—or, God forbid, their families—this way," Howard's son Jed Weitzman told us. "He always tried to do the right thing. It’s just shameful that they chose to do this."

"Howard's legacy will live on," Margaret adds. "He's much bigger than the name on the door."