A seasoned South Florida attorney and his law firm are facing a legal malpractice lawsuit after he allegedly accepted a settlement offer without authorization and thereafter bungled the recovery of $1.2 million worth of estate funds.

Benjamin Webster, a partner at Morgan & Morgan, represents the plaintiffs, the Van Lenneps, against the defendants, Boyes & Farina and attorney Peter Matwiczyk, for accepting the settlement offer in an underlying probate lawsuit against a personal estate representative, who allegedly deposited the estate funds with a company controlled by convicted fraudster Ira Hatch.

Benjamin A. Webster of Morgan & Morgan. (Courtesy photo) Benjamin A. Webster of Morgan & Morgan. (Courtesy photo)