Francis Pizzulli

Francis Cosmo Joseph Pizzulli (May 16, 1950 – December 12, 2021) was an American attorney. He is known for specializing in bioethics issues and the impact of emerging technologies, genetics and cloning, intellectual property rights and defamation law. His case Khawar v. Globe International was a landmark case that went to the US Supreme Court and sided with the plaintiff, his client.

Early life and education Francis Pizzulli was born the son of Rosa and Dominick Pizzulli. He had a brother, Cosimo Pizzulli.

He attended UC Santa Barbara majoring in physics. He completed graduate work at the University of Southern California, Gould School of Law, awarded "Order of the Coif". He was admitted to The State Bar of California in 1975.

Pizzulli was a research fellow at the Institute of Society, Ethics and the Life Sciences, Hastings Center, New York.

Cases that Pizzulli tried and prevailed include: Khawar v. Globe International was a landmark defamation case in which Francis Pizzulli successfully represented the plaintiff. The case went to the U.S. Supreme Court, which ruled in favor of the plaintiff, reinforcing key principles of defamation and reputational harm. Is There A Right To Clone? Constitutional Challenges To Bans On Human Cloning Reproductive Misconception: Why Cloning Is Not Just Another Assisted Reproductive Technology

Personal life Pizzulli has two daughters.