Elizabeth C. Puccio-Williams

Associate

Office:  646.480.1390
Direct:  646.586.5358

Elizabeth is a commercial litigator with experience working on a range of business disputes, particularly those arising in the real estate, hospitality, and healthcare staffing industries. Her experience includes drafting and responding to dispositive and non-dispositive motions, developing litigation strategy, and participating in the discovery process. Elizabeth’s notable representations include obtaining a directed verdict at trial which was later unanimously affirmed on appeal, securing summary judgment for several clients, and maintaining an active pro bono practice focusing on asylum matters, LGBTQ rights, and reproductive justice.

      • J.D., New York University School of Law, 2021, Review of Law and Social Change, Staff Editor

      • B.A., Barnard College, Columbia University, 2016, cum laude

  • BAR:

    • New York

    Courts

    • U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York

    • U.S. District Court, Eastern District of New York

    • Best Lawyers, 2025, Listed in New York for Commercial Litigation as “One to Watch” 

    • New York State Bar Association, 2024, Outstanding Pro Bono Volunteer Award 

      • NAACP Legal Defense and Education Fund, Legal Extern, January-May 2021

      • Lambda Legal, Legal Intern, May-August 2019Legal Aid Foundation of Los Angeles, Veterans Justice Center, Summer Law Clerk, May-July 2018

    • Immigration Equality, Associate Board, Co-Chair, 2024-Present

    • Latin School of Chicago, Alumni Board Member

    • National LGBTQ+ Bar Association, Member

    • New York State Bar Association, Member