Stefanie Wayco

Stefanie M. Wayco focuses her practice on representing financial services firms, broker-dealers, investment advisors, clearing firms and securities industry professionals in regulatory and enforcement matters, civil litigation, arbitrations and internal investigations. She has experience handling mass actions, clearing firm cases, products liability cases, alternative investments, anti-money laundering, Bank Secrecy Act, outside business activities, selling away, privilege issues, compliance policies, supervisory policies and standard operating procedures for financial services firms. In the enforcement arena, Ms. Wayco works with and litigates against securities industry regulators, including the SEC, FINRA and state regulators, among others.

Ms. Wayco is a member of the Duane Morris Digital Assets and Blockchain Group, a multidisciplinary group of Duane Morris partners providing a full suite of services to clients in the cryptocurrency, digital asset, and blockchain industries, both domestically and internationally.

Ms. Wayco is active in the financial and legal industries, currently serving as Co-Chair of Southeastern Women in Financial Services (SWIFS) and Advisory Board Member,  an organization comprised of women lawyers practicing in the financial services industry. She previously served as Board Secretary.

Ms. Wayco also serves as the New York Regional Committee Chair for the Georgia Tech President’s Scholarship Program. Ms. Wayco is also the Founder and Chair of the Lustgarten Foundation for Pancreatic Cancer Research K and has served the Lustgarten Foundation for Pancreatic Cancer Research (nationally) since 2011 as a volunteer and team leader.

Ms. Wayco is a 2009 cum laude graduate of the University of Georgia School of Law, where she was articles editor for the Georgia Journal of International and Comparative Law. She also received an M.A. from New York University in 2006 and a B.A., with highest honors, from the Georgia Institute of Technology.