Tiffany Payne represents clients facing white-collar criminal prosecution, enforcement and regulatory matters, and high-stakes business litigation. Having practiced for more than a decade in New York and Washington, D.C., Tiffany understands how to effectively navigate constantly evolving regulatory requirements and develops creative legal and business-minded solutions to complex and highly technical issues.

Overview

Tiffany’s practice focuses on white collar and government enforcement defense matters, internal investigations, and regulatory advice and compliance. She proactively counsels clients through complex regulatory frameworks and manages sensitive matters to reduce legal and reputational exposure.

She represents individuals, financial institutions, accounting firms, self-regulatory organizations, and publicly traded companies before the Department of Justice, the Securities and Exchange Commission, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, and state attorneys general. Tiffany has experience with anti-money laundering requirements, insider trading, accounting independence and standards, the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, the Commodity Exchange Act, and state and federal securities laws and regulations.

Tiffany also represents clients in contested matters in federal and state courts across the country, including those involving securities laws, the Racketeering Influenced and Corrupt Practices Act, the Truth in Lending Act, the Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act, the Fair Debt Collections Practices Act, state and federal unfair and deceptive acts and practices laws, state consumer lending laws, breach of contract, business torts, fraud, and probate laws. 

Outside of her white collar and financial services-related practice, Tiffany is committed to pro bono work relating to reproductive rights, criminal justice reform, and immigration. She has drafted amicus briefs in state and federal courts on these topics and has represented clients in petitioning for asylum. 

Prior to joining the firm, Tiffany was a Counsel in the New York and Washington, D.C. offices of Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP and an associate in the Washington, D.C. office of Goodwin Procter LLP.

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  • Member, National Asian Pacific American Bar Association

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J.D., George Washington University Law School, 2008

B.S., University of Virginia, 2005

Admissions

  • South Carolina, 2021
  • North Carolina, 2021
  • USDC, District of South Carolina, 2022
  • USDC Western District of North Carolina, 2022
  • USDC District of Columbia, 2011
  • USCA Ninth Circuit, 2010
  • District of Columbia, 2009
  • New York, 2009
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