Dead Kennedys explained, "...I wanted to make sure it was something simple and easy to spray-paint so people would graffiti it all over the place, and then I showed it to Winston Smith. He played around with it, came back with a bunch of designs that had the circle and slightly 3-D looking letters and he had ones with different patterns behind it. I liked the one with bricks, but ultimately I thought simple red behind it was the boldest and the best." Dead Kennedys have been described as a hardcore punk band. Dead Kennedys were noted for the harshness of their
Kennedys Law move that added 70 employees and a Brussels office to the firm. In 2016 Kennedys merged with Danish firm Advokatfirmaet Erritzøe and acquired an office in Copenhagen. On November 1, 2016 Kennedys merged with boutique marine and shipping law firm Waltons & Morse. Kennedys merged with a US insurance law firm Carroll McNulty & Kull (CMK) in 2017, increasing their US practice in all their key markets. "Chambers UK 2016" have ranked Kennedys as Band 1 in nine practice areas, and have listed 38 lawyers as Leading Individuals. "The Legal 500 UK 2016" have ranked Kennedys as a ‘top-tier firm’