Mintz Levin Mourns the Loss of Richard G. Mintz
4/27/2011
Boston, MA – Richard G. Mintz, the son of one of the founding partners of Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C., died Wednesday, April 20th at Tufts New England Medical Center. He was 89 years old.
The eighth attorney hired by the firm then known as Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Mr. Mintz remained an active member of the firm until just weeks before his death. In 2008, he celebrated his 60th anniversary at the firm. Mr. Mintz practiced in the Real Estate, Trust and Estates and Corporate Sections.
In a note to the firm informing employees of Mr. Mintz’s death, Chairman R. Robert Popeo said, “Richard enhanced the reputation of this firm by his consummate skills as an attorney which earned for him the respect and admiration of his clients, colleagues, lawyers, judges and the larger community in which he lived. His infectious enthusiasm for the law firm and his sincere and deep love for the people who comprised it, helped shape the identity of the firm and created a unique culture that will be his greatest legacy.”
Mr. Mintz was born in Boston in 1921. He attended Harvard College and graduated from Harvard Law School in 1948. He served in the United States Navy as a Naval Aviator during World War II.
His many community activities included the James Jackson Putnam Center (Board and President); American Jewish Committee (Boston Board and Chapter Chairman); Combined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater Boston (Lawyer Division Chair); Newton Charter Commission (elected); Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (Board); Prince Building Condominium Trust (Board and President); Vilna Shul-Boston’s Center for Jewish Culture (Board and President); James D. St. Clair Court Education Project [Discovering Justice] (Board); and Kenneth B. Schwartz Center (Leadership Counsel).
Mr. Mintz is survived by his wife Evvajean, two daughters from a previous marriage and a stepson and stepdaughter.
