Hal Roen — Detailed Attorney Timesheet

He swore to 125.7 hours. His own record disputes it.
Cross-referenced against the court file and the wife’s carrier phone records, his sworn timesheet reveals calls to his office he never billed, days with no entry at all, and two lack-of-candor arcs written in his own hand — the “mental evaluation” (March 2024 ¶4 vs. his first psych-review entry on 07/30/24) and the Hofer witness (his billed 04/24/24 office conference vs. her sworn deposition).
⚑ March 2025 — served on himself, then the rush to trial
On March 4, 2025, Petitioner served interrogatories directly on Hal Roen — “First Set of Interrogatories to Respondent’s Attorney, Hal Roen” (Filing #218038690) — expressly invoking the crime-fraud exception to attorney-client privilege. Roen’s own timesheet and the docket show what he did over the next seventeen days: move to block the discovery, and try twice to force the case to trial.
DateWhat he filed / wroteSource
Mar 4
2:12 PM
Petitioner serves interrogatories on Roen personally, invoking the crime-fraud exceptionFiling #218038690
Mar 5“Begin reviewing the interrogatories husband has filed — are for me to answer — not the client”his timesheet
Mar 5
same day
Researches “crime fraud exception” by name; begins motion for protective orderhis timesheet
Mar 6Files Motion for Protective Order (to block the discovery)docket
Mar 7
11:49 AM
Files Notice for Trial — 3 days after the interrogatories (“Have office prepare a notice for trial,” billed 0.00)Filing #218316289
Mar 11
9:38 AM
Files a second Notice for Trial + Case at Issue Cover SheetFiling #218498335
Mar 21Files Motion to Strike husband’s Request for Admissions & Notice to Produce (+ protective order); withdraws the trial noticedocket
Apr 22Retains personal counsel: “Telephone call with my lawyer — Rabinowitz” (billed client 0.3 hr)his timesheet
Apr 25–28Bills 3.2 hrs on a bench memorandum on the “crime fraud exception”his timesheet
May 8Protective-order hearing; Rabinowitz appears with Roenhis timesheet
Two notices for trial and three discovery-blocking filings in the seventeen days after discovery was directed at him personally. The crime-fraud phrasing is Roen’s own, taken verbatim from his sworn timesheet. The amber-flagged rows in the table below mark the same entries.

Seereeram v. Saith, Case No. 2023-DR-004193-O  •  04/20/2023 – 07/10/2025  •  transcribed from submitted scan

August 29, 2025 — Roen filed his Affidavit of Attorney Fees, Filing #230534891, “personally signed under oath, attaching his detailed timesheet from April 20, 2023 through July 10, 2025.”

The “Husband comments (not sworn)” column is outside Roen’s sworn timesheet.
Sworn entries
220
Hours billed
125.7
Client contact
47
Redacted
32
#DateDescription (Roen sworn)HrsTypeRHusband comments (not sworn)

Exhibit — Charmaine's calls to Roen's office vs. his sworn timesheet

Source: Charmaine_Phone_Records_Combined.xlsx, sheet “Roen Contacts” — carrier call/text records for the wife's phone (321-230-6777). Each TALK row is a connected call (duration in minutes); none show 0 minutes. Roen office lines: 407.628.1199, 407.628.4296, 407.628.0390, 407.758.9686.

Connected calls to Roen
48
183 min · Aug 2022–Nov 2023
Before his timesheet begins
20
73 min · pre-04/20/2023
Calls he billed as NO call
16
67 min · incl. dates w/ no entry

Standout: 08/10/2023 — five connected calls totaling 37 minutes (including one 25-minute call) — and not a single entry of any kind on his timesheet that day.

DateCallsMinRoen line(s) calledRoen's sworn timesheet that dayStatus
08/23/22110…628.1199 (1)(timesheet begins 04/20/2023)Before timesheet
08/25/2225…628.1199 (2)(timesheet begins 04/20/2023)Before timesheet
08/29/2237…628.1199 (3)(timesheet begins 04/20/2023)Before timesheet
08/30/2215…628.1199 (1)(timesheet begins 04/20/2023)Before timesheet
09/05/2212…628.1199 (1)(timesheet begins 04/20/2023)Before timesheet
09/06/2211…628.1199 (1)(timesheet begins 04/20/2023)Before timesheet
09/09/2217…628.0390 (1)(timesheet begins 04/20/2023)Before timesheet
09/12/2225…628.1199 (2)(timesheet begins 04/20/2023)Before timesheet
09/19/2212…628.0390 (1)(timesheet begins 04/20/2023)Before timesheet
10/31/22210…628.0390 (1), …628.4296 (1)(timesheet begins 04/20/2023)Before timesheet
11/09/2225…628.4296 (2)(timesheet begins 04/20/2023)Before timesheet
11/14/22111…628.1199 (1)(timesheet begins 04/20/2023)Before timesheet
01/16/2323…628.1199 (2)(timesheet begins 04/20/2023)Before timesheet
04/20/2311…628.1199 (1)1 call line: Telephone client re: wanted to let her know that I hadMatched
04/25/2314…628.1199 (1)1 call line: Telephone call with client re: [REDACTED]Matched
06/20/2317…628.1199 (1)No entry of any kind that dayNo entry — missing
06/22/2327…628.1199 (2)No entry of any kind that dayNo entry — missing
06/27/2313…628.1199 (1)No entry of any kind that dayNo entry — missing
07/28/2312…628.1199 (1)No entry of any kind that dayNo entry — missing
08/07/2312…628.1199 (1)Entries exist, none is a call: Review worksheet of client's financial affNo call billed
08/10/23537…628.1199 (5)No entry of any kind that dayNo entry — missing
08/31/2325…628.1199 (2)Entries exist, none is a call: Review client's returned financial affidavNo call billed
10/17/2322…628.4296 (2)Entries exist, none is a call: Attend mediation - virtually - Alan Apte mNo call billed
10/18/23410…628.4296 (3), …628.1199 (1)1 call line: Telephone call with client re: [REDACTED]Calls → 1 line
10/20/2316…628.4296 (1)1 call line: Telephone call with client re: [REDACTED]Matched
10/31/2349…628.1199 (2), …758.9686 (2)1 call line: Telephone call with client re: [REDACTED]Calls → 1 line
11/08/23113…628.4296 (1)1 call line: Telephone call with client re: [REDACTED]Matched
11/29/2312…628.4296 (1)No entry of any kind that dayNo entry — missing

Texts to Roen's office (407.628.1199)

8 outgoing texts in the same records. The three picture/video messages sent within ten seconds on 08/25/2022 are signature images for her affidavit (identified by the husband).

Date / timeTypeNote
2022-08-25 09:53Picture/video MSG ×3Signature images for her affidavit (husband's identification) — three sent within ten seconds
2023-04-14 06:56Text message
2023-08-10 12:06Text messagesame day as 5 untimed/unbilled calls (37 min)
2023-08-31 10:01Text message
2023-08-31 11:22Text message ×2

Caveat: his timesheet carries dates but no clock times, so a single billed call-line could bundle same-day calls — but that cannot explain dates with no entry at all (e.g., 08/10/2023). Calls before 04/20/2023 fall entirely outside his billing record.


Exhibit — Financial & crypto activity by phone (same period)

Same carrier records. Crypto-exchange 2-factor codes (each = a login or transfer authorization) and gold-dealer calls. Short codes confirmed from the divorce-folder phone-ID files: Gemini = 22395, Uphold = 70648, APMEX gold = 405.595.2100 / 800.375.9006. (Bank 2FA, e.g. the Q2 code 86434, is tracked separately and is NOT counted as crypto.)

Read this first — what this section does and does NOT prove: these are SMS authentication codes, notifications, and call records about the wife’s account activity. They establish that she was accessing crypto exchanges, a gold dealer, and banks by phone, and the timing — but not the dollar amounts moved (those live in the platform and bank statements). This is context to the asset-dissipation window; it is not part of Roen’s billing record.
Gemini (crypto) 2FA codes
33
Uphold (crypto) 2FA codes
18
APMEX gold calls
7
Crypto codes in Nov 2023
17
vs 1–4 / month before

Crypto 2FA codes by month (Gemini + Uphold)

MonthGeminiUpholdVolume
2022-0740
2022-0820
2022-1020
2022-1230
2023-0112
2023-0213
2023-0321
2023-0401
2023-0530
2023-0702
2023-0813
2023-1021
2023-11125

October–November 2023 convergence

Crypto and gold activity stacked against the two case events.

DatePhone activity / event
2023-10-09Uphold 2FA code
2023-10-11Gemini 2FA code
2023-10-17⚑ Divorce mediation — impasse; fraud disclosed to counsel
2023-10-23APMEX gold call
2023-10-25APMEX gold call
2023-10-31Gemini 2FA code
2023-11-03Gemini ×5 2FA code — one-day authorization burst
2023-11-10Gemini ×2 2FA code, APMEX gold call
2023-11-12Uphold ×5 2FA code — one-day authorization burst
2023-11-13Gemini 2FA code
2023-11-14Gemini ×2 2FA code
2023-11-15⚑ $50,000 SunTrust check #3804 to Prosperity For Life LLC
2023-11-22Gemini ×2 2FA code

These are SMS authentication codes, notifications, and call records — they establish that she was accessing two crypto exchanges and a gold dealer by phone, and the timing, but not the dollar amounts (those live in the Gemini / Uphold / bank statements). The November 2023 spike (17 crypto codes) coincides with the $50,000 Prosperity check and the post-mediation window.