About Tiffany

Tiffany is a first generation college student, born to a teenage single mother who worked multiple jobs at times to ensure that she had a path forward for achieving her life’s goal of becoming a lawyer.

Today, Tiffany R. Spann-Wilder is the owner of Spann Wilder Law, LLC.  Tiffany’s passion for people was evident even from her days in law school and was reflected at graduation when she received the G.G. Dowling Student Award presented by the law school’s faculty for being a student in the graduating class who possessed scholarship, integrity, commitment and concern for the general welfare of colleagues.

After completing law school, Ms. Spann-Wilder served as a law clerk to the late-great  Honorable Matthew J. Perry, Jr., Senior United States District Court Judge for the District of South Carolina. She then worked as an Honors Staff Attorney in the United States Justice Department, Federal Bureau of Prisons Division. In this position she was trained as a Federal Law Enforcement Officer and graduated with Honors from The Federal Law Enforcement Center (FLETC).

In August 2000, Tiffany returned to the lowcountry and entered private practice in a local personal injury firm, then formed the first all African-American Female law firm in Charleston County in 2003.  In March 2006 opened the doors of Spann Wilder Law, L.LC. handling matters of personal injury, auto and trucking accidents and workers' compensation.

During this time Ms. Spann-Wilder also served our country as an Officer in the United States Army Reserves, Judge Advocate General’s Corp. (JAG) having been honorably discharged  in October 2006 at the rank of Captain. She has also served as an Associate Municipal Court Judge for the City of North Charleston from October 2001 until October 2005 and as a Charleston County Magistrate from April 2019 to December 2023.

She is a native of North Charleston, SC and continues to reside in the community. She gives generously of her spare time to multiple civic organizations in the community – always with a focus on bettering the lives of children and families. She enjoys traveling, reading and spending time with her husband of 23 years, Jeff Wilder and is the proud mother of two (2) - a college sophomore and high school sophomore. She is supported by a large family unit of North Charleston residents.

 

 

Education

High School:

• Academic Magnet High School (Burke High School Campus – 1st Graduating Class)

Colleges:

• BA, Psychology, cum laude – Winthrop University Honors College
• Juris Doctor, University of South Carolina School of Law

Leadership Training Programs

• South Carolina Bar YLD Leadership Academy (2009)
• Leadership South Carolina, Class of 2010 (Clemson University Leadership)
• Liberty Fellowship, Class of 2013 (Wofford College/Aspen Global Leadership Network)
• Furman University, Riley Institute Diversity Leaders Initiative (2016)

Professional Affiliations

• Past President, South Carolina Young Lawyers Division (2008-2009)
• South Carolina Bar Board of Governors (2009-2010)
• Injured Workers Advocates
• South Carolina Trial Lawyers
• Charleston County Bar Association
• South Carolina Women Lawyers Association
• South Carolina Black Lawyers Association
• Million Dollar Advocates Forum, Member

Community Involvement

• St. Matthew Baptist Church (North Charleston, SC)
• Former Commissioner, SC Governor’s Commission on Women (Gov. Mark Sanford appointee)
• Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. (Charleston Alumnae Chapter)
• Jack & Jill of America, Inc. (Charleston Chapter & Mid-Atlantic Region)
• The  Charleston (SC) Chapter of The Links, Inc.
• Ladies Enriching the Community, Inc. (LETC) (Former Board Member)
• Art Forms & Theatre Concepts (Former Board member)
• Trustee, Jack and Jill of America Foundation (Former Trustee)
• Girl Scouts of America (Lifetime Member) (Church of Christ Azalea Drive Troop Mom)
• Member, Unity Chapter #370 OES, Prince Hall Affiliate

Past Awards & Honors

• G.G. Dowling Student Award (USC School of Law Class of 1998)
• Charleston Business Journal “Forty Under 40”
• North Charleston Alumnae Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. Community Service Recipient
• Mu Alpha Chapter, Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc., Leaders in Law
• National Council of Negro Women, Inc., Innovators Under 35
• University of South Carolina Alumni Association Silver Compleat Lawyer Award, Silver Medal (2010)
• Lawyers Weekly Magazine Leadership in Law Recipient (2010 & 2020)
• Leadership South Carolina Dick & Tunky Riley Alumni of Year
• Charleston Alumnae Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. – DELTA OF THE YEAR