Jason Whalley

Philadelphia, PA

About Jason Whalley

Jason is an experienced trial attorney who has litigated cases in jurisdictions across the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Beginning his career as a prosecutor, he supervised the Drug/Narcotics team of the Montgomery County District Attorney’s Office. In that role, he investigated and prosecuted cases involving the Pennsylvania Electronic Surveillance Act. He oversaw investigations into drug trafficking and violent crime working with local and Federal agencies such as the FBI and DEA, and he served as lead prosecutor in numerous felony cases involving drug trafficking, violent crime, and homicide.

Additionally, he was the first prosecutor in Montgomery County to indict a criminal enterprise with the indicting grand jury. Jason also served as Assistant Chief of the Trials Division and presented throughout the Commonwealth to the Pennsylvania District Attorneys Association on numerous topics, including investigations and prosecutions utilizing the Pennsylvania Electronic Surveillance Act. While at the Montgomery County District Attorney’s Office, he also gained significant experience presenting cases before the investigative grand jury, and received numerous commendations for his exemplary performance and public service.

Proven verdicts and settlements at Saltz Mongeluzzi & Bendesky

These results are credited to Saltz Mongeluzzi & Bendesky. A result appears under an attorney's own name only when a published source names them as counsel on the case.

The families of 98 people killed in the June 2021 Champlain Towers South collapse in Surfside, Florida, recovered over $1 billion through a class settlement run by a court-appointed Plaintiffs' Steering Committee, with final approval reached in under a year.

Miami-Dade Circuit Court, Miami, FL · 2022Wrongful DeathRead the full story →

After Amtrak Train 188 derailed in Philadelphia in May 2015, killing eight and injuring more than 200, Kline & Specter's Thomas R. Kline led the plaintiffs' negotiations that produced a $265 million settlement fund for the victims.

Philadelphia, PA (federal) · 2016Wrongful DeathRead the full story →

A Pennsylvania-record $227 million settlement resolved claims brought by 19 victims of the June 2013 Center City building collapse, in which an improperly braced wall fell during demolition and crushed the adjoining Salvation Army thrift store, killing seven people.

Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas · 2017Premises LiabilityRead the full story →

A Montgomery County jury awarded the estate of Ellen Gregory Robb $124.26 million in November 2014 against her husband, a former Penn economics professor who killed her in 2006 and pleaded guilty to voluntary manslaughter. Of the total, $100 million was punitive damages. The proceeds were for the couple's daughter, the estate's beneficiary. The award stood after Robb's post-trial challenge, though collection was limited to his retirement and investment assets.

Court of Common Pleas of Montgomery County, Norristown, PA · 2014Wrongful DeathRead the full story →

Four construction workers were killed and more than 30 injured when five floors of a parking garage under construction at the Tropicana Casino Resort in Atlantic City collapsed in October 2003, leading to what attorneys described as the largest construction-accident settlement in U.S. history at that time.

Atlantic County Superior Court, New Jersey · 2007Workplace InjuryRead the full story →

Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome. Each case is unique and depends on its own facts.

Education

Villanova University School of Law
J.D.
University of Delaware
Undergraduate

Bar admissions & credentials

State Bar of Pennsylvania
State Bar of New Jersey
State Bar of New York

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$907 million · Maddux Family Wins $907 Million Wrongful Death Judgment Against Fugitive Ira Einhorn

Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome. Each case is unique and depends on its own facts.