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Tiffany A. Rowe

Counsel
Washington, DC | 202.854.2826
Fax | 202.217.2771

Tiffany Rowe helps public and private companies implement practical compliance strategies tailored to their business goals and federal regulatory requirements. Her clients include broker-dealers, investment advisers, and other companies in the financial services, technology, and life sciences industries. 

C-suite executives and directors have turned to Tiffany regarding internal compliance policies and procedures, corporate governance and management oversight, and accounting and financial regulatory requirements. She has extensive experience helping clients navigate enforcement and litigation pursued by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB), and Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA), including high-stakes investigations involving corporate governance and securities law compliance.  

Tiffany has served as a consultant to the chief compliance officer for companies through her previous consulting business. She is a certified compliance specialist through Interfima, a credential that underscores her deep understanding of global compliance frameworks and enhances her ability to help companies anticipate and mitigate regulatory risk. 

Her compliance counsel is informed by her significant experience with complex business litigation, as well as government and internal investigations. She has defended companies and individuals in civil and criminal litigation, U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) investigations, and other regulatory enforcement actions. She has prior experience working for two of the world's 40 largest law firms, where she represented large accounting firms, accountants, and issuers in complex securities litigation, prominent government investigations involving the federal securities laws, and PCAOB inspections and enforcement actions.

Tiffany earned her law degree from Catholic University of America and her undergraduate degree from George Washington University. Outside of work, she is an avid cyclist and runner. 

Representative Experience

  • Represented over 20 public issuers and registrants in SEC enforcement actions regarding internal controls over financial reporting (ICFR), cybersecurity disclosures, Regulation FD, and application of generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) and generally accepted auditing standards (GAAS).
  • Conducted complex internal investigation for global technology company into high profile zero-day vulnerability cyberattack, including scrutinizing the company's cybersecurity risk assessment and financial statement disclosure procedures, in response to SEC investigation. 
  • Represented financial technology platform in federal civil litigation for breach of contract and tortious interference based on service provider's fraudulent invoicing and shutdown of client's customer user interface.
  • Defended senior audit executive of Big Four accounting firm in federal criminal action alleging role in multi-count federal indictment resulting in plea agreement and significantly reduced sentence.
  • Represented luxury real estate developer in class arbitration alleging breach of contract and breach of fiduciary duty arising from private placement memorandums and use of investor capital.
  • Resolved SEC and DOJ actions against former branch chief of securities regulator alleging false statements to the government.
  • Defended aerospace company in SEC investigation regarding whistleblower allegations of material misstatements and omissions in public financial reporting.
  • Settled Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB) investigation of Big Four accounting firm regarding misstatement of audit client's revenue recognition in annual financial statements.
  • Achieved settlement in lieu of jury verdict in state action against Big Four accounting firm stemming from audit work for funds that invested with Bernard L. Madoff. 
  • Represented Big Four accounting firm tax partner in SEC investigation regarding multiple financial restatements at prominent oil and gas conglomerate and avoided Wells notice.
  • Obtained Second Circuit affirmance dismissing federal securities claims against Big Four accounting firm arising from audit of broker-dealer.

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Memberships

  • Safe Place, General Counsel to the Board of Directors, 2024
  • American Bar Association Litigation Section, Leadership Committee, 2024-present; Professional Liability Litigation Committee, Co-Chair, 2020-2023
  • Women's White Collar Defense Association, 2025-present