Helena Cartwright is a Partner in the firm’s Investment Fraud Litigation group who joined Whitfield & Crane from the U.S. Department of Justice. She focuses on Ponzi schemes, platform collapses and claims against third-party enablers. secured freezing orders in some of the fastest response times on record.

She advises clients across North America and Europe 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.

Helena is a graduate of University of Michigan Law School and University of Virginia, 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.

• Traced and froze assets layered through 16 entities in 6 countries in a single matter
• Froze a fraudster’s $60 million real-estate portfolio within weeks of engagement
Returned $6 million to victims of a romance-token scam spanning 6 countries

University of Michigan Law School
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
Mandarin

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