b'A Note from BobManaging Member Greetings from Mintz! implemented internal initiatives and policy changes to We hope this summer 2021 edition of the alumnipromote diversity and equality. We also introduce you newsletter finds you and your family safe, well, andto our new laterals and Members, provide an update looking toward the future with hope and optimism.on recent awards and recognition received by the The first quarter of our fiscal year 2022 is complete,firm, and share our thought leadership publications and as we implement our plans, were reflecting onexploring developments in health care enforcement, the successes of the past months. SPACs, and merger and acquisition activity in the life sciences, as well as our pro bono journal,Resilience.At the end of March, we wrapped up our sixthWe remain committed to staying in touch with you, successive year of record revenue and profit whileand as business and other areas of life return to significantly expanding our ranks. We brought on 21normal, we look forward to meeting again in person. lateral Members across five offices in 2020,In the meantime, please take care and feel free to expanding Corporate, Litigation, and several otherreach out. strategic practice areas, including Real Estate and Employment, Labor & Benefitsand have continuedPlease visit the website, sign up for updates, and be to add Members in a number of practice areas thissure to send us your feedback.year. To help support this growth, we hired nearly 40 new Associates and Patent Agents in fiscal 2021, and more than 20 Associates, Patent Agents, and Technical Advisors in the current fiscal year. Amid this evolution of the firm, we deepened our commitment to advancing women into leadership roles, electing seven women to membership in the firm out of a group of nine in December.In this issue of our newsletter, we review our progress on the commitments we made on Juneteenth 2020 to address racism and inequality. Along with stepping up our recruitment of Black attorneys, weve partnered with outside organizations focused on Bob Bodian social justice and combatting racial inequities, and Managing Member'