Sabrina Thornhill

Sabrina Thornhill

Sabrina Thornhill

Counsel · Investment Fraud Litigation

Whitfield & Crane LLP

New York

Biography

Sabrina Thornhill is a Counsel 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. recovered funds in matters spanning five continents.

She advises clients across the United States and Canada 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.

Sabrina is a graduate of University of Michigan Law School and Amherst College, 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

  • Identified and froze extortion payments flowing through mixer services
  • Won restitution for 13 investors in a $26 million Ponzi scheme
  • Recovered funds held at correspondent banks in 5 countries after recall attempts failed

Education

University of Michigan Law School
B.A., Amherst College

Bar Admissions

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

Languages

English
Arabic

Recognition

The Legal 500 U.S.: Recommended Lawyer