Legal Question in Personal Injury in Georgia

You can get a consultation with another lawyer. You certainly do not have an issue that will be decided by posting on the internet to people who know nothing about your case.

You always have the right to fire an attorney just like anyone else (a plumber, a dentist, etc.) when you are dissatisfied. However the attorney has the right to be compensated for working on your case. That is typically calculated using an hourly rate but it can sometimes be figured based on applying the contingent fee percentage in the fee contract to the amount offered to you by the other side, not the amount the attorney counter-offered. The attorney places a "lien" on the file for that amount and gets paid out of the proceeds of the final settlement. This sounds like miscommunication. Perhaps it would be better if you try to talk with the attorney and resolve this short of parting with him/her. It may be hard for you to find another lawyer to take the case if it appears that you had a dispute with your previous lawyer.

You do have a right to fire a lawyer and replace him, and the lawyer likely will have a claim against your settlement based on work he already has done. You will find that many lawyers will reject a case where you have fired a previous lawyer, so start by talking it out with your present lawyer.