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Lawyers for the woman, who claims she was a victim of Epstein and is
not named in court papers, said the judge should bar law firm Wilmer
Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr from representing JPMorgan because it
previously represented an anti-sex trafficking organization that
supported a different Epstein accuser.
A spokesperson for the firm did not immediately respond to a request
for comment.
The accuser's attorneys argued that WilmerHale had learned
confidential information about the case of Courtney Wild, an alleged
victim of Epstein who is also a potential member of the class suing
JPMorgan, according to a court filing.
WilmerHale represented the anti-trafficking organization ECPAT-USA
in a legal brief urging the U.S. Supreme Court to accept Wild's
appeal to invalidate a 2007 non-prosecution deal between Epstein and
U.S. prosecutors. The court ultimately did not take the case.
A lead WilmerHale lawyer on JPMorgan’s defense team, Felicia
Ellsworth, signed the Supreme Court brief. Wild’s attorneys also
consulted with WilmerHale attorneys on legal strategy, Thursday's
filing said.
“WilmerHale is obviously undertaking a representation in which
JPMorgan’s interests are materially adverse to ECPAT’s (as well as
Ms. Wild’s),” the filing said.
WilmerHale, a prominent Washington, D.C.-headquartered firm, is one
of two firms currently defending JPMorgan in the unnamed accuser’s
case and a separate lawsuit brought by the U.S. Virgin Islands,
where Epstein allegedly abused women on his private island Little
St. James.
Earlier on Thursday, the judge in that case allowed the U.S. Virgin
Islands to serve legal papers on Google co-founder Larry Page, who
has been linked to Epstein.
(Reporting by Andrew Goudsward; Editing by David Bario and Josie
Kao)
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