Isabelle Donnelly

Isabelle Donnelly

Isabelle Donnelly

Partner · Cybercrime & Ransomware Response

Whitfield & Crane LLP

New York

Biography

Isabelle Donnelly is a Partner in the firm’s Cybercrime & Ransomware Response group who has been with the firm since its early years. She focuses on extortion response, breach triage and litigation against threat actors. recovered assets in matters involving dozens of banks and exchanges.

She advises clients across North America and Latin America 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.

Isabelle is a graduate of University of Texas School of Law and University of Chicago, 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 funds held at correspondent banks in 4 countries after recall attempts failed
  • Won restitution for 19 investors in a $57 million Ponzi scheme
  • Recovered funds held at correspondent banks in 7 countries after recall attempts failed

Education

University of Texas School of Law
B.A., University of Chicago

Bar Admissions

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

Languages

English
Swedish

Recognition

National Law Journal: Trailblazer