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Legal Names vs. Trade Names or “Samuel J. Kavalier DBA Sam”

August 3, 2021

I called the customer service line for my utility provider the other day and had a moment of confusion when I was addressed as “Samuel J. Kavalier.” The name I heard was not “Sam,” the name by which friends and family have known me for as long as I can remember, and the name I … Read more

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