Lawyer Who Filed Viral Suit Against JPMorgan Seeks to Exit Case

The lawyer representing a former JPMorgan Chase & Co. vice president in a graphic sexual harassment suit that’s gone viral on social media is trying to withdraw from the case.

Daniel Kaiser, who filed the April 27 complaint against JPMorgan and Lorna Hajdini, said Tuesday in a notice to the court that he agreed to be discharged from the case. Kaiser said that his client, Chirayu Rana, would represent himself until he secured new lawyers.

But New York state Justice Dakota Ramseur rejected Kaiser’s bid, which came hours before a hearing in the case, as improper. The judge ...