Legal Question in Criminal Law in New York

My former lawyer, (who represented me in a criminal case which was dragged out for one year in which finally the judge dismissed all the charges against me because it was going on 12 months and complaining witness who falsely accused me never showed up once), is threatening me to file harassment charges against me and keeps mentioning he will go to the police and get an order of protection against me. I had called him several times to speak about requesting a refund and he kept hanging up on me, and so i would wait a period of time, and then call him again. Over the course of the representation, I had given him over $10,000 because i thought and believed every word he said, when he told me he had filed numerous written motions for my case, requests for hearings, etc. I found out from court, that there we no motions submitted on my case, there were no requests for hearing, and there was actually nothing submitted on my case. My case was dragged out for over a year, when the complaining witness never showed up once. I only paid him all of this money, because i believed all this work was constantly being done, which is what he told me constantly. And when i found out the truth and called him to speak about this, he got very angry at me and was being cruel to me; when he was done shouting at me, he said if i call him again or text him again/email, etc. he will contact the police and get an order of protection against me. I don't know what to do or how to communicate with him if he is refusing. i was trying to go to him directly instead of going to the bar association, and give him the benefit and courtesy of that, but he is making this impossible. what can i do? Thank you.

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