This is a highly unusual situation I'm in. So I hired a lawyer, I have an open case in court. I first talked with this attorney in January of 22. He waited until June to tell me he will take the case and he's getting a demand letter ready to send to the other side. It's about medical malpractice. I hear from him again in September or October, he sent the demand letter. I didn't see it before it was sent. It was very unprofessional, threatening, pretty crazy overall. The other side didn't settle. He continued to tell me they will, they are nice guys, they will see it our way, etc. Told me they are probably just trying to bill their clients for more hours. I said I don't think it works like that...can we file the lawsuit? He waited until a week before the statute of limitations was up. He filed it as Negligence instead of Medical Malpractice. Over a dozen other attorneys have told me that it should have been filed as Medical Malpractice.
Both defendants filed a motion to dismiss it based on it not being filed as Medical Malpractice. The motions to dismiss were never objected to, not addressed at all. No hearing set either.

Then he tells me in mid February he is preparing discovery documents including interrogatories to send to the other side. None were ever sent at all. I haven't seen any. March, I get sent interrogatories. I fill them all out and have a 2 hour zoom meeting with the case manager and think that's all done. Well...he submitted them and I ask to see them. They were submitted not signed by me or notarized and almost all of the answers have been significantly changed. Much of the info is totally false, not even close to what I said, missing key medical information, etc. I spend two weeks trying to get this fixed. I'm told it's no big deal. They try to get me to sign and notarize them as they are! Eventually I tell them, this isn't right, you know this, I guess I'll have to let the judge know. I email the judges assistant regarding the information in the interrogatories submitted being false and I've tried hard to get it corrected. The judges assistant says it must be emailed to all opposing parties. My lawyer says no, don't do that, let's have a call tomorrow. The next day at the time of the scheduled call he asked for, he has a different attorney tell me that he, main attorney, plans to withdraw.

A motion is filed for him to withdraw. It was instantly granted at the zoom hearing, no questions asked. I ask the judge what do I do now? He says I can represent myself or hire a new attorney. Nothing will be done on the case for 30 days so I have time to hire a new attorney.

I talked with several and one concern is that my now withdrawn former attorney may put a lien on the case This guy doesnt deserve a cent in my opinion. He has made the entire situation so much more difficult and has lied the whole time. He won't even turn over my case file that I've been asking for, for over a week now. He got the case manager to send me images of documents I sent them!! That's their pathetic attempt at saying here is the case file. I asked for the discovery documents he said he was preparing in mid February. Ignored! I don't think there ever were any.

Is there any proper or legal ways of saying you may not put a lien on my case? Or disputing it of he does?