Fraud Recovery & Commercial Litigation
When Millions Are at Stake, the Recovery Strategy Matters.
Commercial Litigation · Economic Disputes · Fraud Recovery · International Arbitration
Whitmore Harlow LLP represents businesses, institutions, and individuals pursuing or defending complex commercial and fraud claims.
Our Practice
What We Do
Fraud & Asset Recovery
When a client discovers assets have vanished through fraud or a breach of trust, recovery often depends on speed. We trace misappropriated funds across jurisdictions and pursue judgment, disgorgement, and recovery wherever the money leads.
Learn More →Commercial Litigation
When a contract dispute, partnership conflict, or competitive threat puts a company's operations at risk, the right strategy can be decisive. We represent businesses and investors in state and federal court through trial and appeal.
Learn More →Securities Fraud
Investors who suffer losses from broker misconduct, market manipulation, or misrepresented investments often have limited time to act. We pursue claims in court and FINRA arbitration to recover losses and hold wrongdoers accountable.
Learn More →Economic Disputes
When partners, investors, or businesses disagree over valuation, profits, or financial terms, resolution takes both legal and forensic expertise. We work with forensic accountants to quantify damages and resolve disputes through litigation or negotiation.
Learn More →Contract Disputes
A breached or ambiguous contract can put a deal, a relationship, or a company's bottom line at risk. We enforce and defend contractual rights through litigation or arbitration, pursuing the remedies a breach requires.
Learn More →International Arbitration
Cross-border disputes raise difficult questions of governing law, jurisdiction, and award enforcement. We represent clients in commercial arbitration before international tribunals and pursue enforcement of awards across borders.
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Sector-Specific Experience Across Complex Disputes
Why Whitmore Harlow
How We Approach Every Matter
Strategic Thinking
We build every engagement around the client's actual objective — recovery, resolution, or leverage — not just the next procedural step. Strategy is set before the first filing, not improvised after it.
Partner-Level Attention
Partners remain engaged in the matters they take on, from strategy sessions to key filings, rather than delegating away once an engagement is signed.
Business-Minded Advice
We advise clients as businesspeople first, weighing legal remedies against commercial reality — cost, time, and what a resolution is actually worth.
Cross-Border Perspective
Fraud and asset recovery rarely stay within one jurisdiction. Our approach accounts for cross-border enforcement and asset tracing from the outset, not as an afterthought.
Efficient Resolution
We pursue the shortest credible path to resolution — litigation when it's the right tool, negotiated outcomes when they serve the client better.
Clear Communication
We keep clients informed in plain language at each stage of a matter, including realistic expectations about cost, timeline, and likely outcomes.
Justice is measured not by the arguments made, but by the results achieved.
The Firm
Our Attorneys
Richard A. Whitmore
Managing Partner
Richard Whitmore is the founding partner of Whitmore Harlow LLP, concentrating his practice on fraud and asset recovery, commercial litigation, and securities matters. He has represented businesses, i…
Catherine M. Harlow
Partner
Catherine Harlow concentrates her practice on international arbitration, economic disputes, and contract disputes, representing businesses and individuals in cross-border commercial matters. She has a…
After years of failed attempts with other firms, Whitmore Harlow recovered the full principal and interest within fourteen months. Their command of complex financial fraud litigation is unmatched.
Institutional Client · Securities Fraud Matter
Southern District of New York · 2024
When the funds moved through three jurisdictions in as many weeks, most firms told us to expect years of delay. Whitmore Harlow traced and froze the assets before the trail went cold.
Family Office · Cross-Border Asset Recovery
Southern District of Florida · 2023
Our co-investor's conduct put the entire fund at risk. The team built a case grounded in the partnership agreement itself, not speculation, and the resolution reflected that discipline.
Private Equity Sponsor · Breach of Fiduciary Duty & Partnership Dispute
Delaware Court of Chancery · 2023
A supplier falsified certifications for over a year before we caught it. Whitmore Harlow untangled the paper trail and secured restitution without dragging the case through a jury trial.
Manufacturing Company · Commercial Contract Fraud
Northern District of Illinois · 2022
Clawback litigation against a collapsed fund's inner circle is rarely fast or clean. Their team moved methodically and kept every stakeholder informed at each stage of recovery.
Hedge Fund · Investment Fraud · Ponzi Recovery
Southern District of New York · 2024
Winning the arbitration was only half the battle — enforcing it across borders was the real fight. Whitmore Harlow handled that fight without losing a step.
International Trading Company · Arbitration Award Enforcement
ICC Arbitration (Paris); enforced S.D. New York · 2022
Past results do not guarantee future outcomes. Each case is unique.