Jonathan Brooks is a Partner in the firm’s Digital Asset & Crypto Fraud group who joined Whitfield & Crane from the FBI Cyber Division. He focuses on on-chain tracing, exchange hacks and token-scam recovery. 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.

Jonathan is a graduate of New York University School of Law and Barnard College, 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 13 exchanges after an exploit
• Recovered a $26 million vendor-impersonation wire within 41 hours of the loss
Secured a $17 million judgment against offshore operators and their enablers

New York University School of Law
B.A., Barnard College

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

English
Arabic

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