Charlie Javice Accuses JPMorgan of ‘Hypocrisy’ on Legal Bills

Charlie Javice, who was convicted of defrauding JPMorgan Chase & Co., called the bank “hypocritical” for objecting to paying her legal bills, pointing out that it hired dozens of lawyers itself.

JPMorgan has asked a Delaware court to end its obligation to cover legal costs for Javice and her co-defendant, Olivier Amar, saying the $115 million in defense costs they amassed showed that they abused the arrangement, treating it as a “blank check.”

In a Monday filing in Delaware Chancery Court, lawyers with Javice’s lead firm, Quinn Emmanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, called JPMorgan’s complaints “pure hypocrisy” in ...