Honors and Awards:

• Order of the Coif, UCLA Law School
• 2005 - California Lawyer of the Year ("CLAY") Award. Civil Rights Law

Bar/Professional Activity:

• Los Angeles County Bar Association

Scholarly Lectures and Writings:

• Written for assessors who prepare reports for use in special education litigation, this article provides guidelines on how to prepare a more effective report., Co-Author, How to Write an Assessment Report, The Educational Therapist, 2005

Verdicts and Settlements:

• F.T.C. v. Indiana Federation of Dentists, 476 U.S. 447 (1986)., 1986
• Van Scoy v. San Luis Coastal USD, 353 F. Supp. 2d 1083 (C.D. Cal. 2005)-Clarified law regarding stay put when student advances to a new grade level., 2005
• Record $6.7 million settlement of civil rights case premised on violation of student's educational rights under the IDEA against Manhattan Beach Unified School District., 2006
• Draper v. Atlanta Independent School System, 480 F. Suppp. 2d 1131 (N.D. GA 2006), aff'd., 518 F.3d 1275 (11th Cir. 2008)- 11th Circuit decision affirming ditrict court order in favor of student who had been wrongly labeled as mentally retarded., 2008

Representative Clients:

• Our clients include students with physical disabilities, autism, specific learning disabilities (e.g. reading, writing, math), downs syndrome, emotional disturbance, etc.

Other Outstanding Achievements:

• In addition to her work in the area of special education law, Ms. Tiffany has had a distinguished career, having practiced law with Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton and Hughes, Hubbard & Reed; served as Antitrust Counsel and Chief Economist on the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee; Executive Assistant to the Chairman, F.T.C.; Acting General Counsel, F.T.C.; Los Angeles Regional Director, F.T.C.; U.S. Trustee, Central District of California; and General Counsel of Hughes Electronics.

Educational Background:

• B.A., UCLA, 1974
• M.A. Economics, UCLA, 1978