Jeff Kinkle

I founded Kinkle Law in 2025 after spending several years litigating at firms in New York City. My practice focuses on art law, intellectual property, and commercial litigation, with an emphasis on providing accessible legal services to artists, designers, musicians, galleries, and other people working in the creative industries.

Litigation still accounts for the majority of my work, although I also spend a considerable amount of time drafting and negotiating agreements, advising on copyright and licensing issues, and helping clients resolve disputes before they end up in court. Current matters include representing a mural artist in a First Amendment lawsuit in federal court, pursuing claims against galleries for failing to pay artists, advising a death metal band on the sale of its music catalog, and handling appeals involving constitutional and commercial disputes. On the transactional side, I work with artists, galleries, designers, musicians, and other creative businesses on everything from commissions and licensing to commercial agreements.

Before starting my own firm, I clerked for Judge Jenny Rivera on the New York Court of Appeals and worked at Patterson Belknap, Beldock Levine & Hoffman, and other New York firms. I also teach legal writing at Fordham Law and co-chair the Art Law Committee of the New York County Lawyers Association.