Executive Vice President, General Counsel
JP Morgan Chase & Co.
Stephen M. Cutler was appointed JP Morgan Chase & Co.’s Executive Vice President, General Counsel, and head of the company’s Legal and Compliance activities worldwide. Cutler joins JP Morgan Chase from the law firm of WilmerHale in Washington, D.C., where he was a partner and co-chair of the firm’s Securities Department. Before joining WilmerHale in 2005, he was Director of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s Division of Enforcement during some of the most active years in the agency’s history. While at the SEC, he oversaw 1,100 employees and led the agency’s investigations of numerous financial reporting matters, as well as its actions involving exchange specialists, research analysts, and mutual funds.