June 11, 2018
A former JPMorgan Chase & Co. wealth manager has settled her Manhattan federal court retaliation suit against the $379 billion bank, ending a lengthy fight that appeared bound for a third trip to the Second Circuit, according to a filing on Monday.
March 29, 2018
No case supports U.S. District Judge Denise L. Cote's decision to reject a jury's $1.1 million verdict holding JPMorgan Chase & Co. liable for firing former wealth manager Jennifer Sharkey, Sharkey's lawyers said Thursday, asking for leave to file an appeal.
March 05, 2018
A New York federal judge Monday rejected a jury's award of $1.1 million to a former JPMorgan Chase & Co. wealth manager who accused the bank of unlawful retaliation, ordering a retrial because the manager hadn't tried hard enough to find a new job and the jury's verdict was "infected by passion and prejudice."
November 08, 2017
U.S. District Judge Denise L. Cote's allegation of prejudice against a jury that had just departed her courtroom after holding JPMorgan Chase & Co. liable for firing former wealth manager Jennifer Sharkey was called inappropriate, gratuitous and a "nightmare" by court watchers on Wednesday.
November 07, 2017
A Manhattan federal jury found JPMorgan Chase & Co. liable Tuesday for unlawful retaliation against former wealth manager Jennifer Sharkey, but the ink was barely dry on the verdict sheet when U.S. District Judge Denise L. Cote blasted the jury as being "prejudiced against the bank."
November 06, 2017
Former JPMorgan Chase & Co. private wealth manager Jennifer Sharkey told a Manhattan jury Monday that she is owed least $660,000 for being fired after raising concerns about a rich client, but the $350 billion megabank painted Sharkey as a liar in search of a payday.
November 01, 2017
The mention of a rich JPMorgan Chase & Co. client's name jarred former banker Jennifer Sharkey's retaliation trial against the megabank on Tuesday and caused the client's lawyer to ask for a criminal contempt case to be made against Sharkey's lawyer.
October 31, 2017
Former JPMorgan Chase & Co. private wealth manager Jennifer Sharkey told a Manhattan jury Tuesday that she was deeply distressed after being fired in 2009, a termination she claims came in retaliation for her effort to flag a wealthy bank client for possible money laundering and fraud.
October 30, 2017
Former banker Jennifer Sharkey's trial over allegations that JPMorgan Chase & Co. fired her in retaliation for flagging suspected fraud on the part of a big-fish client began Monday after Manhattan U.S. District Judge Denise L. Cote blocked her from mentioning Bernie Madoff — another former client of the megabank.
October 27, 2017
Former JPMorgan Chase & Co. wealth manager Jennifer Sharkey's quest to prove that the megabank retaliated against her for flagging a big-fish client's suspicious banking activity is set to begin Monday in New York federal court, more than seven years after she first brought suit in May 2010.