It is clear that you are a dissatisfied client of some lawyer, but I am unclear about the basis of the dissatisfaction.
As you are posting on the accident and injury board, I am not sure WHY there was any retainer at all (unless it was to cover expenses, such as depositions, extperts, etc.) as most lawyers take such cases on a contingency basis -- they get paid out of the recovery. If it was for expenses, the lawyer did not (or at least should not have benefitted, from the money.
Is the dissatisfaction based on what you heard the lawyer say the outcome likely to be? Or the course of the matter's progress? Or the fees? Or with the chances of recovery? Or the length of time involved? Do you have a written fee agreement?
Have you sat down with the lawyer to discuss the matter? (Often after launching an action, a client changes his or her objective, or after the initial skirmish, sees that it is not going to be a painless matter with a quick recovery or result.) But if the client never communicates that to the lawyer.....
Have you sought the opinion of a second lawyer as to whether the first has acted reasonably? Have you considered asking the local bar assocition to serve as a mediator?
If you are dissatisfied, with or without a bsis for being so, you can switch lawyers at any time, for any reason. But be careful. There are some clients who are never satisfied and never will be -- and lawyers know that and good ones don't take cases from such "problem clients".
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