Poor Juliet. If Romeo had only been named Romeo Brown or Romeo McGillicudy or anything but Romeo Montague, he could have married Juliet and lived happily ever after. Instead, well, you know what happened: poison and a dagger, all because of their names. Names do not usually cause such tragic results, but even in our legal profession, they can still create a lot of trouble.

Originally published in SC Lawyer - March 2021.