Attorney Not Doing His Job - What To Do?

Stop in, and tell him he is fired. Ask him to write you a check for the remaining Retainer, and get a new attorney with a new retainer. He serves at your pleasure; if he is not pleasing you, find another attorney to take up your cause.

It's plain from the facts set forth in your post that the attorney has done some work on the case, so your frustration seems to be based largely on his failure to communicate with you. This is a common pitfall for attorneys -- in fact, it is the leading cause of complaints for professional misconduct. And, of course, you are free to terminate his services and retain another counsel. But you will likely not receive all of your retainer back. The attorney is entitled to be paid for the work that has been done up to the point of termination of the relationship. You should look at your most recent billing statement -- most will indicate the amount of your trust fund balance. It is often the case that attorney communications dwindle down when the client is in arrears or otherwise not living up to the agreement for legal services. You might want to think the matter through to determine whether this is likely the factual basis for this rupture in communications with your counsel. It is inevitably expensive to hire other counsel -- new counsel must be paid for time spent evaluating the case and what has gone before and otherwise "getting up to speed." If there are ways to repair the present relationship, it can be an economically sound decision to make that effort.