N.Y. Limited Liability Company Law § 1212: Limited liability company name

§ 1212. Limited liability company name. (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.