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Mintz has named Boston office managing member and corporate division head Mike Fantozzi to succeed Bob Bodian as the firm's managing member, effective 1 July 2027, according to Mintz. Law.com reported the change after Bodian's 18 years running the firm. Bodian becomes Chair.
Bodian's 18 years took Mintz revenue from $280m to $780m
Bodian became managing member 18 years ago as the first leader appointed from outside Boston, a New York native running a firm built in Massachusetts (Boston Globe). Over his tenure Mintz's gross revenue rose from $280m in 2009 to $780m in 2026, a 179% increase, while profits per equity partner climbed from $835,000 to $2.75m (Mintz). The firm now runs eight offices and more than 600 attorneys.
His move to Chair fills a seat vacant since founder Bob Popeo died in 2023 (Boston Globe). In the role Bodian will keep his litigation practice while concentrating on client relationships, lateral recruitment and strategic growth (Bloomberg Law).
Fantozzi returns the top job to Boston and to corporate work
Fantozzi has spent three decades at Mintz and led the Boston office for more than a decade (Boston Globe). He heads the firm's Corporate, Tax, Private Client and Immigration division, with a practice focused on corporate and transactional work for life sciences, healthcare, technology and financial services clients (Mintz). His appointment returns the top job to Boston and to the corporate side of the firm.
Boston remains Mintz's largest base, anchored at One Financial Center, with recognised strengths in intellectual property, private equity and healthcare, the practices behind its roughly $770m in FY2026 revenue and 11 consecutive years of growth (Boston Globe).
Mintz's recent hiring skewed to New York litigation
The corporate pedigree of the incoming leader sits against a recent run of litigation investment. In February 2026 Mintz added a six-partner antitrust team in New York led by Philip Iovieno, with Nicholas Gravante Jr., Sean O'Shea, Michael Petrella, Matthew Karlan and Mark Singer (Mintz). It named securities litigator Francis J. Earley managing member of the New York office effective 1 April 2026 (Mintz), and hired trial lawyer Mark W. Lerner to lead employment litigation (Mintz).
The firm also elevated 12 attorneys to partner on 1 January 2026 across the US and Canada, following 14 lateral partner hires in 2025 (Mintz). A corporate-led managing member now oversees a firm that has been building most heavily in disputes.
Boston's five largest firms cut local headcount in 2025
The handover lands in a Boston market where every one of the top five firms shed local lawyers last year. Ropes & Gray, Goodwin, Mintz, WilmerHale and Choate Hall all cut Massachusetts-based headcount in 2025, with Ropes & Gray falling to 503 local lawyers, its lowest since 2016 (Bloomberg Law).
Those same firms have tightened office attendance: Goodwin required four days in-office from 5 January 2026 for its 2,400 US staff, joining WilmerHale and Ropes & Gray on four-day mandates (Boston Globe). Bodian's focus on lateral recruitment from the Chair's seat signals Mintz intends to keep hiring through the transition (Bloomberg Law).
Mintz enters the transition with revenue near its peak and a decade of growth behind it. A corporate lawyer is taking over a firm whose newest investment has been in litigation. It does so in a Boston market where its largest competitors are smaller than they were a year ago.
