J.P. Morgan Securities LLC is asking a federal court to issue a restraining order against two of its former registered representatives, whom the firm accused of violating non-solicitation agreements by stealing clients and using the firm’s proprietary information.

The broker-dealer, the U.S. investment banking arm of JPMorgan Chase, filed a complaint with the U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona yesterday seeking the temporary restraining order against Aaron W. Brewer and Joey J. Valenzuela III, two former J.P. Morgan reps who worked as a team in the Wealth Management Division of JPMorgan Chase Bank in Tucson, Ariz., before leaving and joining Wells Fargo in September.

The complaint asks the court to "maintain the status quo" pending the resolution of a complaint that JPMorgan has filed against Brewer and Valenzuela with the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (Finra).

The two reps, who serviced about $278 million in combined client assets while at J.P. Morgan Securities, left the firm on September 29 and immediately joined Wells Fargo Clearing Services LLC, according to the complaint.

The firm alleges that shortly after they switched firms, Brewer and Valenzuela started soliciting JPMorgan clients to persuade them to transfer their accounts from JPMorgan to Wells Fargo.

The complaint alleged the solicitations are "in violation of their post-termination-of-employment contractual obligations to JPMorgan." The broker-dealer also contends the pair is using "confidential and proprietary client and business information and trade secrets ... including client contact information, in aid of their improper scheme to spirit away JPMorgan’s clients."

So far, according to the complaint, about 11 JPMorgan clients formerly serviced by Brewer and Valenzuela, with assets totaling $16.9 million, have switched to Wells Fargo.

About 20 JPMorgan clients reported receiving calls from the pair since they left the firm, according to the complaint.

"The clients reported that [the] defendants told the clients that at Wells Fargo they can offer, among other things, lower fees and better rates, customizable solutions tailored to certain clients’ specific needs, and purportedly superior services and products," the complaint said. "In many instances, the clients received these calls from [the] defendants on their personal cell phones."

The complaint described the reps' departure as "coordinated" and contended they accessed confidential company information shortly before their departure to aid in their solicitation of clients.

"In the days leading up to their departure, Brewer and Valenzuela accessed over 100 client files on JPMorgan’s systems," the complaint said. "As Brewer and Valenzuela were mere days away from resigning and joining Wells Fargo, there was no legitimate business reason for [them] to access and view such a large volume of client information."

The complaint also alleged that Wells Fargo offered the two reps more than $1 million in inducements to recruit them from JPMorgan.

Neither Brewer nor Valenzuela could be reached for comment.