Tiffanie McDowell

Partner | She/Her/Hers

Overview

Tiffanie McDowell is a partner in Crowell & Moring's Orange County office, where she practices in the firm's Antitrust and Competition Group and Health Care groups. Her practice focuses primarily on complex antitrust litigation, pharmaceutical advertising, pricing and access issues, and health care recovery.

Tiffanie represents health care and life sciences clients in actions involving patent settlement agreements, product line extensions and alleged product hopping, regulatory approvals and gaming, pharmaceutical pricing and advertising, and market allocation and licensing agreements. She has defended health plans in government investigations, actions involving the 340B program, and actions involving drug access and pricing issues. Tiffanie regularly counsels clients on issues related to rebate agreements and formulary access, PBM agreements and the drug supply chain, drug pricing (including under Medicare, Medicaid, and 340B) and access issues, pharmaceutical advertising, and drug overcharge and reimbursement issues.

From 2017 to 2018, Tiffanie served as a judicial law clerk to the Honorable John F. Walter of the United States District Court for the Central District of California. Before joining Judge Walter’s chambers, Tiffanie was a floating law clerk to the Honorable Dale S. Fischer in the Central District.

Career & Education

    • University of Missouri, B.S., cum laude, political science, 2006
    • University of Missouri, B.A., cum laude, international studies, 2006
    • University of Missouri, B.B.A., cum laude, international business, 2006
    • University of San Diego School of Law, J.D., Academic Scholarship, cum laude, 2012
    • University of San Diego School of Law, LL.M., Dean's Academic Scholarship, cum laude, taxation, 2014
    • University of Missouri, B.S., cum laude, political science, 2006
    • University of Missouri, B.A., cum laude, international studies, 2006
    • University of Missouri, B.B.A., cum laude, international business, 2006
    • University of San Diego School of Law, J.D., Academic Scholarship, cum laude, 2012
    • University of San Diego School of Law, LL.M., Dean's Academic Scholarship, cum laude, taxation, 2014
    • California
    • California

Tiffanie's Insights

Client Alert | 3 min read | 10.17.25

California Enacts New Requirements and Restrictions for Health Care Transactions

California recently enacted two laws instituting new restrictions and requirements for health care transactions. On October 6, Governor Newsom signed SB 351, which codifies elements of the state’s corporate practice of medicine doctrine and strengthens restrictions against private equity, hedge fund, and other private investor control of health care organizations and operations. On October 11, Newsom signed AB 1415, which expands the scope of parties and relevant transactions that require pre-transaction notice to the state’s Office of Health Care Affordability (OHCA). Both laws are intended to provide the State of California greater oversight of transactions involving health care entities, and raise additional hurdles for parties seeking to acquire or sell health care operations in the state,[1] consistent with a broader trend across the country. The key points of each of the California laws are summarized below:...

Tiffanie's Insights

Client Alert | 3 min read | 10.17.25

California Enacts New Requirements and Restrictions for Health Care Transactions

California recently enacted two laws instituting new restrictions and requirements for health care transactions. On October 6, Governor Newsom signed SB 351, which codifies elements of the state’s corporate practice of medicine doctrine and strengthens restrictions against private equity, hedge fund, and other private investor control of health care organizations and operations. On October 11, Newsom signed AB 1415, which expands the scope of parties and relevant transactions that require pre-transaction notice to the state’s Office of Health Care Affordability (OHCA). Both laws are intended to provide the State of California greater oversight of transactions involving health care entities, and raise additional hurdles for parties seeking to acquire or sell health care operations in the state,[1] consistent with a broader trend across the country. The key points of each of the California laws are summarized below:...