Elise Rosen Puzio is the Managing Counsel for General Affairs & Intellectual Property. She joined the SUNY Office of General Counsel in early 2014, initially serving as counsel to various campus clients, Secretary to the Patents & Inventions Policy Board, and legal liaison to the Board of Trustees Academic Affairs Committee. From 2018-2023, she served as counsel to the University at Albany, where she provided legal and risk management advice to campus clients on a variety of matters, including student affairs, contracting, real estate and energy projects, data and information security, intellectual property, record management, and research compliance. While at OGC, she has headed the planning of two System-wide legal conferences (Shall Make No Law: An Exploration of Current First Amendment Issues on College Campuses (2018) and Navigating the Legal Terrain of Mental Health Issues on Campus (2020)) and served as lead agency counsel on a number of high profile cases, including Haug v. SUNY Potsdam (N.Y. 2018), Jacobson v. Blaise (N.Y. 2020), Graham v. SUNY Albany (2d Cir. 2023), and Heim v. Daniel (2d Cir. 2023). Prior to joining SUNY, Elise has worked at the San Francisco District Attorney’s Office, the New York City Law Department, and the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of New York.
In her current role, Elise manages a team of five attorneys and oversees a portfolio of fourteen State-operated campuses. Elise is deeply committed to serving her campus clients and upholding the mission of SUNY. She is a proud SUNY Geneseo alum and graduate of the Cardozo School of Law.
Elise Rosen Puzio, Why Can’t We Be Friends?: How Far Can the State Go In Restricting Social Networking Communications Between Secondary School Teachers and Their Students?, 34 Cardozo L. Rev. 1099 (2013)
http://www.cardozolawreview.com/content/34-3/PUZIO.34.3.pdf