Senior Citizen is denied Inheritance by Florida legal system

WILTON MANORS, Fla. - Jan. 7, 2015 - PRLog -- Justice, Freedom, equal access to the law. None of these seem to be working for Jason Halle, a disabled senior citizen that resides in Wilton Manors, Florida, who is trying to collect the inheritance left by his father.

Jason’s father, Edward Halle knew his son Jason was legally disabled and was struggling with life threatening health issues each day of his life. Edward Halle wanted to be sure his son Jason had comfort and economic security after he and his wife Elaine Halle were gone. The documents that Edward paid his attorney Ronald Siegel of Boca Raton, Florida to create in order to accomplish this turned out to be worthless.

Edward Halle named his older son Peter Halle to act as Trustee. He was proud Peter became an attorney like he had been and told Jason this would save on attorney’s fees and Peter would make the process easy for Jason.

But the money Peter Halle was supposed to disburse to Jason was not forthcoming. First there were excuses. Then a promise the money would be disbursed. Then years of Peter Halle ignoring Jason’s requests for his inheritance. This has been going on since 2007.

Peter Halle is now a retired attorney. He was a partner in the famous Washington, DC, law firm Morgan Lewis. His wife is Carolyn Lamm, also a Washington, DC, attorney and a partner at White & Case. Carolyn is a past President of the American Bar Association and was voted one of Washington’s 100 most powerful women in 2011. Peter and Carolyn regularly had Senators and Congressmen to their Washington, DC, home and even Hilary Clinton has been a guest.

So why didn’t Peter Halle disburse the money or attend to the many other fiduciary duties that he was required to perform under Florida law? I would guess that when you are as wealthy and powerful as he and his wife are, you start to believe that you are above the law.

In 2011, Peter Halle was still ignoring Jason’s requests for his inheritance. Two letters from attorneys that Jason hired to plead on his behalf had no success. Jason Halle decided he would need to find an attorney to take his brother to court in order to compel him to follow the laws of the State of Florida. One lawyer wanted a $60,000.00 retainer. Jason did not have that type of money. All the other lawyers Jason interviewed were not interested in taking the case when they realized how powerful and connected his brother Peter Halle and his wife Carolyn Lamm are.

Jason naively believed that this was an open and shut case and that the law was 100% on his side. On November 4, 2011, Jason filed a Pro Se Complaint (without the aid of an attorney) against his brother in the 15^th Circuit Court in and for Palm Beach County, Florida. Jason expected to have his inheritance in no time flat. His brother Peter responded by hiring the Richman Greer law firm of Miami and West Palm Beach, Florida to represent him and fight Jason with every legal trick known to the profession in order to obstruct Jason from obtaining his inheritance. Peter Halle kept ignoring the Florida laws that were designed to protect beneficiaries like his brother Jason.

Charles H. Johnson of the Miami office was hired back in 2008, so Jason could no longer contact his brother directly and had to go through Peter’s attorney. Then Michael J. Napoleone became involved in 2011, to represent Peter Halle in court. Then more attorneys became involved including John G. White, III. A whole law firm began fighting against Jason Halle to stonewall him from receiving his inheritance. I know this all sounds like fiction, but it is not. Court documents will substantiate all of the facts about the legal actions that ensued.

After almost two years of Jason spending days at a time in law libraries, writing legal briefs, motions and creating numerous other documents and after numerous court appearances Jason believed he was holding his own. Peter Halle did not appear once in court during the proceedings. Jason even won an appeal Peter’s attorney’s started in the Fourth District Court of Appeal of Florida regarding jurisdiction. Quite an accomplishment for a Pro Se litigant.

Fraud upon the court

Then the unthinkable happened. On August 28, 2013, John G. White, III of Richman Greer committed fraud upon the court. That is the legalese way to say he lied to the Judge during the hearing held on that date. As a direct result of those lies, the Honorable David E. French dismissed the case!

They now want Jason Halle to pay the legal fees of the attorneys that lied in court

Now Peter Halle’s attorneys have filed a motion to compel Jason to pay the Richman Greer legal bill of $169,000.00. That’s right, the court has dismissed the case and Peter Halle is now trying to stick Jason Halle with the $169,000.00 legal bill to pay his lawyers that won by lying in court to get the case dismissed. Jason still doesn’t have his inheritance, and by dismissing the case the court has ruled that Peter Halle never has to pay Jason a cent of his inheritance as a result of the lies the Richman Greer attorneys told in court and wrote in legal briefs.

How can a person fight against such wealth, power and lies? Jason is still trying, but no attorney in Florida has offered to help him. Nobody seems to think it is unusual that the rich and powerful can produce any results they want in a court room. Soon Jason will need to sell his house because of the disaster perpetrated against him by the malicious and powerful lawyers.

You can find out more from Jason Halle’s website http://jasonhalle.com

Contact

Jason Halle

209 NW 21^st Court, Wilton Manors, FL 33311

Voice: (954) 654-8150

Fax: (954) 653-1513

jason@jasonhalle.com