Evelyn Baltodano Sheehan focuses her practice on advising high-net-worth individuals, institutional clients, executives and trustees in cross-border investigations and enforcement actions involving allegations of fraud, money laundering, sanctions violations and other forms of alleged misconduct. She formulates offensive and defensive global litigation strategies, including in relation to civil and criminal asset forfeiture, trust disputes, and insolvency litigation. Ms. Baltodano Sheehan has significant experience in high-stakes matters where there is tension between parallel asset forfeiture and insolvency proceedings. As a result of her experience and expertise, she has been recognized by many directories, most recently listed by Private Client Global Elite, as well as by Chambers and Partners USA as a leading white-collar crime and government investigations lawyer, describing her as “the guru of forfeiture work.” Ms. Baltodano Sheehan also has an active international asset recovery practice, including the enforcement of judgments and arbitration awards and the representation of victims of crime. Her matters regularly involve legal actions across multiple jurisdictions and mobilizing both public and private remedies. She has unique experience designing recovery strategies for claimants and insurers in the cryptocurrency industry. As a result of her experience and expertise, Citywealth recently recognized her among the “Top 20 USA Crypto Power Women.” Before joining Kobre & Kim, Ms. Baltodano Sheehan served as a prosecutor at the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) as an Assistant U.S. Attorney for the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Florida. Most recently, she served as Deputy Chief of the Asset Forfeiture Division for that office, where she was responsible for overseeing complex cross-border investigations related to international corruption, foreign bribery, white-collar fraud, narcotics trafficking, organized crime and violations of anti-money laundering laws. While at DOJ, Ms. Baltodano Sheehan received various distinguished service awards for her work on asset forfeiture matters to recover illicit proceeds on behalf of victims of crime.