Shirayu Rana’s lawyer speaks out about the claim that he faked his father’s death in 2024.
Shirayu Rana’s lawyer, Daniel Kaiser, responded to the explosive allegation that Rana, an embattled former JPMorgan Chase employee, faked his father’s death and took a leave of absence from his office in 2024, saying it was not his biological father, but a father figure who helped raise Shirayu.
Chirayu Rana became the talk of the town after he filed a lawsuit against Lorna Hajdini, accusing her of sexual harassment. Haydini and JP Morgan denied the allegations and various rumors started after Shirayu Rana briefly withdrew the lawsuit, only to resubmit it with witness statements about how Haydini also invited the witness to have a threesome.The Wall Street Journal reported that JPMorgan offered Rana a $1 million settlement to dismiss his complaint, but Rana chose to go public.
Amid chatter on social media, Kaiser told the newspaper that attempts were being made to discredit Shirayu Rana, citing his past work records.“We look forward to the truth and facts coming out through the court process,” Rana’s attorney, Daniel Kaiser, said. “Whether or not my client’s civil rights were violated will be determined in court.”
Lots of career changes
Shirayu Rana worked at Credit Suisse, Morgan Stanley, Carlyle Group and a subsidiary of Apollo Global Management early in his career.
In Carlyle’s 2019 Corporate Sustainability Report, Rana was featured as an intern for a senior Black executive under a subsection called “Leading by Example in Environmental, Social and Governance Practices.” The newspaper reported that he had changed jobs repeatedly in the past five years, after an offer to return to Carlisle was not extended once the two-year program he worked on ended in 2020.He had a stint at a consulting firm called CrossBoundary between 2020 and 2022 that was not included in his employment history with US regulators. When Rana worked at CrossBoundary, he yelled at his coworkers after they tried to offer constructive criticism about his performance, a recent Wall Street Journal report said.Rana was transferred from the company in February 2022 in part due to his behavior in the workplace. Kaiser rejected these allegations as false and another attempt to discredit my client in the press.Rana went to work for Morgan Stanley for about a year and a half and then worked at an Apollo subsidiary for six months. A person close to Apollo told the Journal that he was removed from the position after managers felt he was not a good fit.
That’s not true, Kaiser said.Rana joined JPMorgan in March 2024, where he was appointed to help build JPMorgan’s credit business. Insiders said Rana has shown a willingness to tell her colleagues that they are making mistakes and that their work is not up to standard. He worked regularly with Lorna Heidney, who was on his team. Haydene is seen as a model employee within JPMorgan, and has been part of some of the bank’s initiatives to encourage women to pursue long-term careers in finance.While Chirayu Rana and Hajdini were on friendly terms and exchanged texts and memes, the assault, according to the lawsuit, began in late 2024. In late 2024, Chirayu took a leave of absence from the office due to his father’s death which is creating an uproar now that the lawsuit has surfaced because his father is alive.In May 2025, he filed a formal internal complaint alleging sexual assault and race-based harassment with JPMorgan. His representative asked JP Morgan to settle the claims for approximately $22 million. Rana was placed on paid leave while the bank tried to mediate the claims with him, later offering him $1 million to settle. Rana left JP Morgan at the end of 2025 and joined Bregal Sagemount, a private equity firm.
A company spokeswoman said his employment with Brigal was terminated at the beginning of April this year.
