Madeline Ashworth is a Partner in the firm’s Investment Fraud Litigation group who has been with the firm since its early years. She focuses on Ponzi schemes, platform collapses and claims against third-party enablers. 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.

Madeline is a graduate of Stanford Law School and Yale 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.

• Returned $56 million to victims of a romance-token scam spanning 5 countries
• Coordinated the freeze of crypto assets across 23 exchanges after an exploit
Traced and froze assets layered through 8 entities in 8 countries in a single matter

Stanford Law School
B.A., Yale University

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

English
Japanese

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