Section 1212. Limited liability company name  


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  • (a) Notwithstanding any other
      provision of law, the name of a professional service  limited  liability
      company  may  contain  any word that, at the time of formation, could be
      used in the name of a partnership or  professional  service  corporation
      practicing   a   profession  that  such  limited  liability  company  is
      authorized to practice and may not contain any word that  could  not  be
      used   by  such  a  partnership  or  professional  service  corporation;
      provided, however, the name of a professional service limited  liability
      company may not contain the name of a deceased person unless:
        (1)  such person's name was part of the name of such limited liability
      company at the time of such person's death; or
        (2) such person's name was part of the name of an existing partnership
      or professional service corporation and  at  least  two-thirds  of  such
      partnership's  partners  or  corporation's shareholders, as the case may
      be, become members of such limited liability company.
        (b) A professional service limited liability company  name  shall  end
      with  the  words  "Professional  Limited  Liability Company" or "Limited
      Liability Company" or the abbreviation "P.L.L.C.", "PLLC",  "L.L.C."  or
      "LLC".  The provisions of subdivision (a) of section two hundred four of
      this chapter shall not apply to a professional service limited liability
      company.