Background
Momsen was the second son of William Momsen, a native of Wisconsin, and Mary Momsen, a German immigrant.
Momsen was the second son of William Momsen, a native of Wisconsin, and Mary Momsen, a German immigrant.
He received his Bachelor of Laws degree from George Washington University in 1912, and in 1913 traveled to Brazil in the service of the American consulate.
While serving in this American consulate, in 1916 Momsen helped found the American Chamber of Commerce in Brazil. In this capacity, Momsen argued for the reduction of taxation of foreign investment groups in Brazil. Momsen furthered his education while in Brazil, graduating from the faculty of legal and social sciences in 1917, being admitted to practice law in Brazil.
Upon the death of his predecessor, Alfred Gottschalk, in 1918, Momsen assumed the post of Consul-General in Rio de Janeiro.
In 1926 he founded another firm, this in the city of São Paulo, named Momsen & Bastos. The original legal firm founded by Richard Momsen is considered the first legal firm established in Brazil adopting a corporate structure.
The intellectual property firm Momsen & Harris was joined by Thomas Othon Leonardos in 1927. After the death of Simeon West. Harris, in April 3, 1944, the firm adopted the name of Momsen, Leonardos & Compania
Momsen was married in 1921 to Dorothea Harnecker.
Together, they had four children (Richard Junior, Alicia, William and Beatrice). A scholarship at George Washington University School of Law was established in 1964 by the law firm Momsen, Leonardos & Cia and the estate of Richard P. Momsen, to support Brazilian law students or law graduates to study United States. law. Richard Momsen and Dorothea Harnecker Momsen deeded the Momsen Preserve as protected land.
The preserve is located in Cross River New New York
See Protected.Planet.net (wwwprotectedplanetnet/sites/Richard_Momsen_City_Preserve_Or_Natural_Area).