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Billesdon v. Wells Fargo Securities, LLC

  1. March 05, 2026

    Ex-Wells Fargo Worker's Atty Fee Bid Denied, For Now

    A federal judge rejected a request for attorney fees by a former Wells Fargo worker who won a $22 million Americans with Disabilities Act verdict, saying he will consider the motion again after the Fourth Circuit renders its decision in the bank's appeal.

  2. June 05, 2025

    Ex-Wells Fargo Worker Says 'Herculean' Win Backs Fee Bid

    An ex-Wells Fargo worker awarded $22.1 million in his case claiming he was fired out of disability bias defended his request for $1.5 million in attorney fees, telling a North Carolina federal court his counsel's "superior lawyering" and "herculean effort" justified the proposed award.

  3. May 15, 2025

    Wells Fargo Opposes Atty Fee Bid After $22M ADA Verdict

    Wells Fargo said it is "vigorously" contesting an attorney's request for at least $1.4 million in fees after winning a $22.1 million verdict in an Americans with Disabilities Act case against the bank, telling the court the request to double the lodestar amount is unsupported.

  4. April 25, 2025

    Wells Fargo Looks To Upend $22M Disability Bias Loss

    Wells Fargo is turning to the Fourth Circuit to challenge a $22.1 million verdict in an Americans with Disabilities Act case claiming the banking giant fired an investment director for requesting telework, according to a North Carolina federal court filing.

  5. March 31, 2025

    Judge Won't Let Wells Fargo Duck Bulk Of $22M ADA Verdict

    A North Carolina federal judge on Monday mostly kept intact a $22.1 million Americans with Disabilities Act verdict against Wells Fargo, though he did agree to lower the jury's punitive damages, which he said exceeded the statutory cap.

  6. December 20, 2024

    Top North Carolina Cases Of 2024: Bias, Fraud And False Ads

    North Carolina saw a host of heavy-hitting civil trials in 2024, from back-to-back multimillion-dollar jury verdicts in suits over false advertising and employment discrimination, to a substantial bench ruling in a much-watched bias suit against the federal judiciary.

  7. August 27, 2024

    Wells Fargo Seeks To Scrap Ex-Worker's $22M ADA Verdict

    Wells Fargo urged a North Carolina federal court to upend a jury's $22.1 million verdict in favor of a former investment director who alleged he was laid off so the company wouldn't have to accommodate his paralyzed colon and bladder, arguing the evidence presented doesn't support jurors' conclusions.

  8. August 21, 2024

    Wells Fargo Hires Jones Day After $22M ADA Trial Loss In NC

    Wells Fargo has beefed up its legal representation with a powerhouse appellate litigator and an employer-side labor lawyer, both from Jones Day, following a jury's decision last month to enter more than $22 million in damages against it in a former director's disability discrimination case in North Carolina federal court.

  9. July 26, 2024

    Ex-Wells Fargo Director Wins $22M Verdict In ADA Trial

    A North Carolina federal jury Friday determined Wells Fargo must pay a former managing director $22.1 million after he accused the bank of failing to reasonably accommodate him for a paralyzed colon and bladder, and subsequently laid him off to avoid dealing with his disability, according to his attorney.

  10. July 24, 2024

    Ex-Wells Fargo Director Angles For $32M In ADA Trial

    A former Wells Fargo managing director is seeking more than $32 million in economic damages after he said the bank laid him off to avoid dealing with his accommodation request, a North Carolina federal jury heard Wednesday on the third day of his Americans with Disabilities Act trial.