Ethan Clarke is a Counsel in the firm’s Business Email Compromise & Wire Fraud group who joined Whitfield & Crane from an international investigations firm. He focuses on 48-hour wire recalls, freezes and banking liability claims. built the intelligence behind judgments and injunctions across three continents.

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

Ethan is a graduate of University of California, Berkeley School of Law and University of Virginia, where he served on the law review. He writes and speaks frequently on fraud trends and is a member of the firm’s 24-hour incident-response desk.

• Coordinated the freeze of crypto assets across 17 exchanges after an exploit
• Identified and froze extortion payments flowing through mixer services
Recovered $34 million for victims of a cross-border investment-platform collapse

University of California, Berkeley School of Law
B.A., University of Virginia

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

English
Swedish

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