Jian Li is a Of Counsel in the firm’s Digital Asset & Crypto Fraud group who joined Whitfield & Crane from the Securities and Exchange Commission. He focuses on on-chain tracing, exchange hacks and token-scam recovery. led complex tracing investigations across borders.

He advises clients across Asia-Pacific and the Middle East 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.

Jian is a graduate of Northwestern Pritzker School of Law and Princeton University, 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.

• Froze a fraudster’s $53 million real-estate portfolio within weeks of engagement
• Traced and froze assets layered through 20 entities in 9 countries in a single matter
Coordinated the freeze of crypto assets across 21 exchanges after an exploit

Northwestern Pritzker School of Law
B.A., Princeton University

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

English
Korean

Chambers USA: Recommended Attorney (2024–2026)