Alexandra Davenport

Alexandra Davenport

Alexandra Davenport

Senior Counsel · Investment Fraud Litigation

Whitfield & Crane LLP

New York

Biography

Alexandra Davenport is a Senior Counsel in the firm’s Investment Fraud Litigation group who has been with the firm since its early years. She focuses on Ponzi schemes, platform collapses and claims against third-party enablers. returned millions to fraud victims worldwide.

She advises clients across the Americas and Asia and works with the firm’s investigators and forensic accountants to move from first report to first freeze as quickly as the facts allow. She is admitted in New York and regularly coordinates matters with local counsel worldwide.

Alexandra is a graduate of Stanford Law School and Duke University, where she served on the law review. She writes and speaks frequently on fraud trends and is a member of the firm’s 24-hour incident-response desk.

Representative Matters

  • Recovered a $91 million vendor-impersonation wire within 52 hours of the loss
  • Won restitution for 15 investors in a $9 million Ponzi scheme
  • Recovered a $40 million vendor-impersonation wire within 61 hours of the loss

Education

Stanford Law School
B.A., Duke University

Bar Admissions

New York
U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York
U.S. District Court, Eastern District of New York

Languages

English
Italian

Recognition

Benchmark Litigation: Future Star