I am very sorry (and pisssed) you are going through this. My lawyer ripped me off too. Told me I wouldn't have to go above the 5k retainer and boy she was wrong. And we had the most straightforward D. She kept wording stuff incorrectly in correspondences and she kept charging me to do it over again. Right before the D I apparently owed her $1800. I told her I was paying for her shabby work. She said she wouldn't show up at court, and I told her fine. I went to court all alone (8 years ago yesterday) and that was that, we were divorced.
She sent me bills for years, I finally moved and she never got my new address. Nor did she ever put me in collections because I think she knows she is a sheister. I pass by her office everyday to drop D9 off and scowl at it, haha.
So, you are in a tricky situation as you are not done yet, but I would be like, "hey, you aren't going to see your money" Most know they are crooked and don't go after you.
