Eleanor Rutledge

Eleanor Rutledge
Associate · Fraud Litigation & Recovery
Whitfield & Crane LLP
EleanorRutledge@Whitfieldcranelaw.com
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
