Marcy J.K. Tiffany

Marcy J.K. Tiffany is a partner in the law firm of Wyner & Tiffany.  Ms. Tiffany is a seasoned litigator who successfully argued on behalf of the FTC before the U.S. Supreme Court in the case of Indiana Federation of Dentists v. FTC, 476 U.S. 447 (1986), and has also appeared before the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, in numerous cases in federal district court cases and in administrative due process hearings.
        
Before developing her practice in special education law, Ms. Tiffany was a community/parent activist on behalf of special needs children, and helped form the Palos Verdes Parents Coalition to provide education and support for parents of special needs students in her local community.  Prior to forming Wyner & Tiffany in February 2003, Ms. Tiffany practiced special education law as a sole practitioner.        
        
Ms. Tiffany graduated from UCLA Law School in 1977, where she was named a member of the Order of the Coif and served as an editor on the Law Review.  She received a M.A. in Economics from UCLA in 1978.  She clerked for the Hon. Marianna Pfaelzer, USDC, Central District, California and for the Hon. Abner Mikva, USCA, D.C. Circuit.  
        
She has served in various government positions including: Antitrust Counsel and Chief Economist to the Senate Judiciary Committee, Acting General Counsel of the Federal Trade Commission, Director of the Los Angeles Regional Office of the Federal Trade Commission, and United States Trustee for the Central District of California.  She also practiced law at Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton, in Los Angeles, and at Hughes, Hubbard and Reed, in Washington D.C., and served as General Counsel of  Hughes Electronics.