File a claim in small claims court immediately. Notify the Disciplinary Boards in N.J. And PA. Make the reports short, sweet and simple. Send letters to the ABA and other relevant organizations.
You have a canceled check, correct? You have phone bills indicating your calls to him. You can describe the person at his office who received your retainer?
The money you paid him upfront, at his request and after you explained your circumstances, could have been applied to save your house, even if temporarily, true? Therefore, based on his specific instructions to you and that you followed by paying him money, you and he entered into a verbal contract, which he violated?
The breech of this contract resulted in the loss of your property-precisely what he promised you would avoid by entering into this contract with him, isn't it? Hiring an attorney to pursue a civil claim against him will be expensive for him if you prevail and are granted attorney fees I imagine.
He may be guilty of criminal conduct, too, I suppose. Stealing, fraud, etc. Are illegal. Contact you AG immediately. Preserve every document.
I am not a lawyer and this is not legal advice, but, hopefully good food for thought.
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