Eleanor Rutledge

Eleanor Rutledge

Eleanor Rutledge

Associate · Fraud Litigation & Recovery

Whitfield & Crane LLP

New York

Biography

Eleanor Rutledge is a Associate in the firm’s Fraud Litigation & Recovery group who has been with the firm since its early years. She focuses on civil fraud, RICO claims and judgment enforcement against scam operators. 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.

Representative Matters

  • Traced and froze assets layered through 10 entities in 6 countries in a single matter
  • Won restitution for 19 investors in a $88 million Ponzi scheme
  • Recovered funds held at correspondent banks in 8 countries after recall attempts failed

Education

University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School
B.A., Columbia 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
French

Recognition

Recipient of the firm’s Fraud Recovery Award