Part-time Faculty
C. Hunter Wiggins
Biography
Mr. Wiggins is a partner in Sonnenschein's Litigation and Business Regulation and Corporate & Securities practices, focused on securities regulation defense and counseling.
Prior to joining Sonnenschein, Mr. Wiggins held several positions on the staff of the Division of Enforcement of the Securities and Exchange Commission in Washington, D.C., his most recent being Deputy Assistant Director. At the Commission, he managed numerous investigations covering a wide range of securities issues, with primary emphasis on complex financial fraud by large corporations, corporate officers and external auditors. He has substantial experience with Sarbanes-Oxley, PCAOB, and Foreign Corrupt Practices Act requirements. Before becoming Deputy Assistant Director, he was a Senior Counsel and original member of the Enforcement Division's Financial Fraud Task Force, which among other investigations prosecuted Xerox and KPMG for accounting fraud. As Deputy Assistant Director, he supervised one of the first Sarbanes-Oxley certification cases filed by the Commission, and directed investigations of numerous Fortune 500 public companies, mutual fund complexes, and broker/dealers.
Before joining the SEC, Mr. Wiggins spent several years as a litigation associate with Kirkland & Ellis in Washington, D.C. He has extensive client counseling and litigation management experience, including management of multiple local counsel and large litigation teams for multi-state and nationwide class action suits. He has represented large clients in sophisticated litigation, and regulatory matters, including securities, products liability, First Amendment, intellectual property, telecommunications, insurance, business crimes and antitrust matters. He also clerked for the Honorable Robert E. Payne in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia.
Since joining Sonnenschein, Mr. Wiggins has represented large and small public companies and their officers and directors in SEC, NYSE Enforcement and NASD inquiries. He has also represented hedge funds, public companies, and boards of public and private companies in Sarbanes-Oxley, corporate governance, and compliance matters.
| Education: | B.A., magna cum laude, University of Iowa, 1990 J.D., cum laude, University of Michigan, 1994 |
| Present Position: | Partner, Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal |
| Course taught: | Securities and Exchange Commission Enforcement Procedures |
| Contact: | 312-876-8992 hwiggins@sonnenschein.com |
