Lawrence "Larry" Scinto

Lawrence, or Larry as everyone knew him, was born on Mulberry Street in New York’s Little Italy in 1927, later moving to 176 Hester Street to be raised by his mother, aunts and uncles after his father’s untimely death in 1938 when Larry was 10 years old. Larry was admitted to Cardinal Hayes High School in the Bronx, making the daily trip from lower Manhattan to the Bronx. He joined the Army in 1946, serving in Japan as a member of the Occupation Force. Upon his discharge, Larry went to Worcester Polytechnic Institute, earning a BS in civil engineering and later to Saint John’s Law School from where he would earn his LLD in 1956.

It was while in law school that Larry was intentionally seated next to a young nurse named Emily DiYuliio at the wedding of mutual friends. The two were married in September 1955, moving to Scarsdale in 1959 to raise a family in the house on Madison Road in Edgewood that would be home for the next 52 years. He was a fixture on the sidelines coaching his sons’ football teams, a position he would fill for Edgewood football for at least a generation after his sons left the team.

In 1970, the year he was admitted to the bar of the Supreme Court of the United States, Larry and three other associates formed their own patent law firm: Fitzpatrick, Cella, Harper and Scinto. Over the next four decades, the firm grew from this humble beginning to an internationally renowned intellectual property firm with over 100 attorneys, offices first on Park Avenue and then 30 Rockefeller Center, and a client list of Fortune 100 and other giant international companies. The firm was often cited by New York Magazine as the top intellectual property firm in New York

With the arrival of grandchildren, Larry began to shift his focus away from this celebrated firm that he had built and back to family. He spent a great deal of time in Farmington, CT and Pensacola Beach, FL, first playing with them and then rooting for them. He watched them graduate from high school and then college and ultimately get married, continually supporting their interests and endeavors.

Larry is survived by his three children: his son Michael, his wife Laurie and their two children Sam and Melissa, his son David, and his daughter Laurie Gill and her son Travis. He is also survived by his brother Joe and sister Martha. He will be eternally reunited with Emily, his beloved wife of 63 years and with his precious grandson Zane Gill.

Larry Scinto will be sorely missed by all who had the good fortune to know him. In keeping with his wishes, the family asks that in lieu of flowers, donations be made to the Saint John’s University School of Law.