Stephanie Gardner is an associate managing director with K2 Integrity’s Investigations and Disputes team. She has more than a decade of expertise leading complex investigations for corporate clients and their counsel.
Stephanie works with clients across an array of industries to develop actionable information on complex issues, ranging from assessing investment decisions to developing litigation strategies to developing facts to support a corporate contest. Using a variety of strategies and resources, she finds facts clients can use—whether assessing a business partner or tracing assets resulting from multimillion-dollar fraud schemes. These complex investigations often require collaboration across disciplines including forensic accounting and cybersecurity.
Prior to joining K2 Integrity, Stephanie was the founder of a successful investigative practice. Earlier in her career, Stephanie gained experience as a senior director at Kroll Associates in Chicago.
Stephanie received a B.A. in English from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. She is a licensed private detective in the state of Illinois.