Attorneys & Staff

Tiffany R. Winters joined Brustein & Manasevit in July 2006. Ms. Winters assists her clients with both fiscal and programmatic aspects of federal education programs, including the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA), also known as the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB), and the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA). Ms. Winters also works with clients on the requirements of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Circulars and other administrative regulations, such as the General Education Provisions Act (GEPA) and the Education Department General Administrative Regulations (EDGAR).

Since joining the Firm, Ms. Winters has developed and conducted trainings on federal grants management and the fiscal and programmatic requirements under ESEA and IDEA. Ms. Winters also conducts mock monitoring of State educational agencies and local educational agencies for fiscal and programmatic compliance with ESEA Title I, Part A, Title II, Part A, Title III, Part A and IDEA Part B and Part C. Ms. Winters co-authored the IDEA: New Expectations for Schools and Students, 2nd, 3rd and 4th Edition and contributes to the 504 Compliance Handbook, published by Thompson Publishing Group. Ms. Winters also actively represents several charter schools in IDEA due process litigation.

Prior to joining the firm, Ms. Winters served as a law clerk at the Superior Court of the District of Columbia. During law school, Ms. Winters acted as a student attorney at Columbus Community Legal Services where she represented parents in IDEA due process hearings and wrote a seminar paper on the District of Columbia's child find process under IDEA.

Ms. Winters graduated cum laude from Clemson University with a Bachelor's Degree in Political Science in 2001 and graduated from the Catholic University Columbus School of Law in 2004. Ms. Winters is a member of the District of Columbia bar, the Maryland bar, and the United State District Court for the District of Columbia bar.