Jacques L. Sexton, ESQ

Attorney that leverages a deep corporate background to credibly

collaborate with business-lines in the development of holistic, risk-adjusted strategies that grow and preserve the bottom line. Admitted to practice law in New York.

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Litigation

Compliance

Relationship

Management

Business Development

Banking

Project Management

Certified Merger and

Acquisition Advisor

Non-Profit Leadership

Diversity Advocate

Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison, LLP

New York, NY 2014 – Current

White-collar litigation attorney, where I

primarily represent financial institutions in

international and domestic regulatory inquiries,

class action certification contests, and

bankruptcies. Practice also includes general

business disputes, conducting internal

investigations, and witness preparation.

Sullivan & Cromwell, LLP

New York, NY 2013 – 2014

Joined firm's defense representation of a global

bank arising from heightened domestic and

international regulatory scrutiny into the

interbank rate setting processes. Managed and

supervised 200 contract attorneys. Designed

document review tool that increased pace and

responsiveness recognition uniformity.

LEGAL EXPERIENCE

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

Wells Fargo, Private Bank

Los Angeles, CA 2007 – 2010

Vice President. Hired as primary client manager of over $400 million in relationships. Choreographed

client experiences by assessing needs, identifying opportunities to add value, constructing teams of

experts to implement, and expanding client revenues. Later asked to assume leadership of wealth planning in Los Angeles Metro and South Bay regions. Also led a product development collaboration with in-house

counsel, the business line, and the national office Wilmington Trust, Wealth Advisory Services

Wilmington, DE & Los Angeles, CA 2003 – 2007

Joined as an Associate, where I completed a three

year rotational training program through banking

departments. Promoted to Private Client Advisor and relocated to Los Angeles to co-manage $150 million in client relationships. Also supported market as

designated wealth planner.

CORPORATE EXPERIENCE

Howard University School of Law, J.D.

CALI Award (highest grade Constitutional Law II)

Trial Advocacy Moot Court Member

Thurgood Marshall Scholar

Morehouse College, B.A. Education cum laude

Merit Scholarship Recipient

EDUCATION & CERTIFICATIONS

Certified Merger & Acquisition Advisor (CM&AA)

Loyola University Chicago, School of Business Administration partnership with the Alliance of Merger and Acquisition Advisors (AM&AA) focused on M&A financing, due diligence, valuation, legal and tax considerations.

Fellow, Council of Urban Professionals (“CUP”) Leadership Institute [2016] Advisory Board, Morehouse College Manhattan Alumni Association [2015 – Current] Graduate, Riordan Volunteer Leadership Institute, [2006] Nonprofit board member training. President’s Advisor, Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc., Gamma Theta Lambda Chapter, Wilmington, DE [2004

– 2006]; and Member, Iota Upsilon Lambda Chapter, Silver Spring, MD [Spring 2001]. Admitted to practice in New York

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PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

International Travel, Cooking, Networking, Snow Boarding, Community Service, and Sports. PERSONAL INTERESTS

Board Member, Endowment Committee Chair & Development Committee Co-Chair Watts Labor Community Action Committee (WLCAC) [2008 – 2010] The WLCAC, a five decades old anti-poverty non-profit, provides quality of life services for over 30,000 South Central residents annually.

• Primary adviser to the CEO, Board of Directors and Finance Committee on the Endowment Fund. Drafted investment policy. Set asset allocation parameters. Oversaw investment manager.

• Rehabilitated website from vision to completion. Articulated the deficiency to win Board and CEO support. Developed multi-phase building strategy. Assembled design team and created content. Board Member & Governance Committee Chairman

Inside Out Community Arts (IOCA) [2006 – 2008]

IOCA is a non-profit, arts organization that re-engages diverse at-risk and underserved Los Angeles middle- and high school youth through visual arts, performing arts, and media workshops.

• As Governance Committee Chair tasked with Executive Director Oversight, managed the Founding Directors transition out, while working closely with the Executive Director to provide organizational stewardship and engage the private funding community. Diversity Council Member

Wilmington Trust Corp. [2003 – 2007]

The Diversity Council was a volunteer taskforce tasked by the President and COO to assess and advise on diversity at the bank.

• Wrote the business case that led to the creation of the Diversity Management Office, the banking’s first full-time diversity position, to bolster business line accountability with corporate diversity interests.

• Led diversity retention and recruitment initiatives, and created a University Relations Liaison program to increase the number of diverse candidates.

Board Member

Delaware 2-1-1 formerly Delaware Helpline [2004 – 2006]

• Created the state's first centralized resource for access to health and human service organizations for residents.

COMMUNITY AFFILIATIONS

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