Stacy Fresch is a Partner in FRA’s Washington DC office and has nearly 30 years of private and public sector experience providing advice on a variety of multi-national compliance, financial reporting and forensic accounting matters. Stacy provides expert advice on compliance matters, assists clients responding to SEC, DOJ and other international regulatory inquiries, and investigates accounting irregularities. ​

Stacy is serving as an Independent Consultant related to an SEC agreement with a multinational global mining group and has served as an Independent Consultant for an SEC settlement related to an audit firm’s quality control system and policies and procedures in response to a SEC Administrative Proceeding. Stacy was also appointed by the PCAOB and served as an independent Monitor for a member firm of the "Big 4" accounting firm in connection with a high-profile enforcement action to assess the firm’s design and execution of its overall system of quality control in relation to policies and procedures, training, consultation, investigation, leadership’s tone at the top and communication. ​

Stacy has worked both in support of DOJ-appointed independent compliance monitors and with multinational companies preparing for the compliance reviews. She was the lead partner on several projects, including a DOJ-appointed FCPA monitorship project in the aviation industry, an FCPA monitorship compliance support project for a global medical device company, and a DOJ-appointed independent compliance monitor for a global real estate company following a plea agreement by the company’s military housing division. The projects involve evaluating implementation and enforcement of the corporate compliance program and adherence to anti-fraud laws through reviewing corporate governance structure, understanding the business model and risk profile, analyzing and summarizing financial and accounting records, identifying internal control gaps, and making recommendations.​

Stacy has been recognized as a Digital Forensic Expert by Lexology Index, who note her “deep technical knowledge of complicated forensic accounting matters.” One source said, “I don’t know anybody else quite at Stacy’s level, given all of her experience in the field.”​

Before joining FRA in 2016, Stacy was a Managing Director in KPMG’s Forensics practice, where she led complex litigation support assignments, multi-jurisdictional forensic accounting investigations, and global compliance reviews. Prior to her time at KPMG, Stacy served as an Assistant Chief Accountant in the SEC’s Division of Enforcement where she completed a variety of financial and accounting fraud investigations of SEC registrants, corporate officers, external auditors, and other third parties. ​

Stacy is a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) and Certified Fraud Examiner (CFE). She received an MBA from the College of William and Mary and a bachelor’s degree in Economics from Dickinson College.​