If your lawyer-client relationship has really gone South and your lawyer wants to stick you with some bill they don’t deserve, what do you do? 

Here is what you say, “Dewey” (that would be Dewey Cheatem and How)

I was talking to an associate of mine and telling him about this situation, and they said I should file a formal complaint with the Board of Ethics of the (Name of Your State) Bar Association, but I would prefer not to do that.” 

Your lawyer problem WILL be over!