Hell, as the last of eight kids, my own mother rarely got my name right. My first name.
I know where your mother was coming from. I am doing the same thing with my grandkids. Their names all start with a J, so I keep going down the list of J names. First names are ok to get wrong. Now if she got your last name wrong that might have been a problem. :-)
I agree the lawyer did lay it on the reporters otherwise. I do wonder why Zimmermon quit them though.