Background
Mikels, Richard Eliot was born on July 14, 1947 in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Albert Louis and Charlotte Betty (Shapiro) Mikels.
Mikels, Richard Eliot was born on July 14, 1947 in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Albert Louis and Charlotte Betty (Shapiro) Mikels.
Boston University (Bachelor of Science in Business Administration, 1969. Juris Doctor, cum laude, 1972). Editor, Boston University Law Review, 1971-1972.
Worked at Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, Professional Corporation (Boston, Master of Arts) specializing in General Practice. Antitrust and Trade Regulation, Banking and Financial Services, Bankruptcy and Creditors" Rights, Biotechnology, Communications, Corporate, Energy Project Finance, Employment, Environmental, Estate Planning and Probate, Federal Legislative and Regulatory Practice, Group Benefits and Executive Compensation, Health Care, High Technology, Higher Education, Immigration, International, Insurance, Labor, Medical Technology and Pharmaceuticals, Municipal Bonds, Non-Profit Organizations, Real Estate, Securities, State and Local Government Relations, Taxation, Venture Capital. Trial and Appellate Practice including Commercial Transactions, Construction, Corporate, Product Liability, Securities, Trade Secrets and Unfair Competition, White Collar Crime and Other Civil and Criminal Litigation.
Admitted to the bar, 1972, Massachusetts
Editor, Boston University Law Review, 1971-1972. Member: Association of Commercial Finance Attorneys.
Commercial Law League of America. American Bankruptcy Institute.
American College of Bankruptcy.
Master of Laws Strategies and Master of Laws Global are wholly-owned consulting affiliates of Mintz Levin. All of the firm"s attorneys are members of the American Bar Association. In addition, all of the Firm"s Boston attorneys are members of the Massachusetts and Boston Bar Associations.
Training advising committee Jewish Vocational Svc., Boston, 1991, 95, 96, board directors, 1995-1999, vice chair microenterprise advising committee 1997. Vice-chair lawyerscom. Combined Jewish Philanthropies, 1994, 95.
Fellow American College Bankruptcy. Member American Bar Association, American Bankruptcy Institute, Association Commercial Insurance Attorneys, Commercial Law League American, Massachusetts Bar Association, Boston Bar Association, Boston University Law Alumni Association (member Executive Committee, vice president Executive Committee).
Married Deborah Gwen Katz, August 29, 1970. Children: Allison Brooke, Robert Jarrett.