Fiona Sterling

Fiona Sterling

Fiona Sterling

Partner · Fraud Litigation & Recovery

Whitfield & Crane LLP

Hong Kong

Biography

Fiona Sterling is a Partner 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.

Fiona is a graduate of UCLA School of Law and Emory 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 $18 million vendor-impersonation wire within 63 hours of the loss
  • Secured a $65 million judgment against offshore operators and their enablers
  • Returned $23 million to victims of a romance-token scam spanning 3 countries

Education

UCLA School of Law
B.A., Emory 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
Korean

Recognition

Benchmark Litigation: Future Star