Stephanie W. Bignon

Stephanie Bignon is an associate in the Washington, DC office.  She practices in the corporate and financial institutions groups.

Previous Experience

• Senior External Reporting Analyst in the External Financial Reporting group at Delta Air Lines; responsibilities included drafting the company’s annual and quarterly reports and managing the accounting and reporting processes for the company’s jet fuel hedging portfolio (2007-2008).
• Assurance Associate at Grant Thornton LLP; performed and oversaw audits for public, private, and governmental entities, including extensive work regarding accounting for stock-based compensation such as options and restricted stock (2005-2007).

Honors and Rankings

• Recipient of the Gold Key Award for earning the highest aggregate score on the Uniform CPA Examination in the state of Georgia during the 2006-2007 testing year (Educational Foundation of the Georgia Society of Certified Public Accountants, May 2007).

Pro Bono

• Representing a client with regard to a petition by the probation office to revoke supervised release.

Memberships and Affiliations

• State Bar of Georgia, Member
• American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, Member

Publications and Speeches

• "Rule 10b5-1 Trading Plans: Avoiding the Heat," Bloomberg BNA Securities Regulation & Law Report (3/11/2013), Co-Author
• "Giles v. California: Forfeiting Justice Instead of Confrontation Rights in the Court’s Most Recent Forfeiture by Wrongdoing Jurisprudence," 69 Md. L. Rev. 390 (2010), Author