| Douglas C. Mintz | |
| Residence: | Norwalk, Connecticut |
| Office: | Member of the Connecticut House of Representatives from the 140th District |
| Term Start: | 1986 |
| Term End: | 1992 |
| Predecessor: | Janet M. Mills |
| Successor: | Donnie Sellers |
| Party: | Democratic A Connecticut Party |
| Alma Mater: | University of Michigan (BGS) Western New England College (JD) |
| Occupation: | Lawyer |
| Spouse: | Elaine Velleca Mintz |
Douglas C. Mintz (born 1952) is a judge on the Stamford/Norwalk District Superior Court in Connecticut.[1] He is a former Democratic member of the Connecticut House of Representatives from Norwalk, Connecticut's 140th House district. He resigned his seat to become a judge, causing a vacancy and a special election was held to fill it in February 1993. Mintz is now a partner at leading Connecticut law firm, Carmody Torrance Sandak & Hennessey LLP.
He is the son of Lewis and Lea Mintz. He graduated from the University of Michigan with a Bachelor of General Studies and from Western New England College with a Juris DoctorHe was admitted to the bar in 1978.[2] In 1991, while serving in the Connecticut House, he met and married, the former Democratic clerk in the appropriations committee, Elaine Velleca.[3]
Mintz was chair of the Norwalk Conservation Commission.[4] [5]
He defeated incumbent Republican Janet M. Mills in 1986.
In 1992, he was selected by Governor Lowell P. Weicker Jr. to become a superior court judge.[6] A special election was called to fill the vacancy.[7]