Puccio Law PLLC

Kaitlin Puccio is an attorney and bioethicist, and the Director of the Art and Bioethics Initiative of the UNESCO Chair in Bioethics and Human Rights (Rome), where she is also a Research Scholar and collaborator of the Grupo Internacional de Bioestética. Her law practice focuses primarily on two areas that share an ethics nexus: bioethics and policy, and the fashion, sports, and entertainment industries. She is also a commentator and educator, promoting logical reasoning and civil discourse to analyze ethics, business, law, and policy.

A former model and film producer, Kaitlin’s intimate knowledge of standard modeling and entertainment industry practice complements her legal expertise, and she uses her experiences in the fashion industry to help other models navigate their career. She also assists agents, managers, and brands in writing contracts that are not only more ethical, but allow for greater business development. She also considers both the ethical and the practical implications of emerging technologies such as the use of AI in fashion.

Kaitlin is the host of the Insight series on fashion law and business and the Grey Matter series on bioethics, law, and policy. She is the author of the books Insight: The Business, Law, and Ethics of the Fashion and Modeling Industries; Torque, on the language of torture; and Elle on artificial intelligence. She is also a contributor to Psychology Today, a regular speaker at Coco Rocha Model Camp, and was formerly an Institute of International Economic Law Fellow.

Kaitlin teaches bioethics, law, and fashion courses at universities and institutes worldwide. She is an Adjunct Professor of Law at Fordham Law and a Professor at EIDM Madrid. She speaks French, Italian, and some Spanish.

Memberships and Volunteering: NY Bar, DC Bar, American Bar Association, Meridian International Center, Global Women’s Innovation Network, Fashion Group International, Veterans Consortium Pro Bono Program, Empire State Bioethics Consortium (Legal Workgroup; Topic Selection Committee), New York City Bar Bioethical Issues Committee

JD: Georgetown Law

MS (bioethics): Columbia University

BA (philosophy): New York University