What can I do about owing the trustee money in my bankruptcy case as a result of my attorney filing wrong?

[ruddy]

Last July I met with law firm and asked for advice about filing bankruptcy. During this meeting, and several times after, I specifically told them that I would not file if the money in my savings account had to be turned over. They assured me that they would file it in a way where it would not be touched, so I filed bankruptcy. Long story short, one of the clerks made a mistake on my paperwork concerning the value of my house, which made the money in my savings account nonexempt. That money, which I explained at my first meeting with them and several times later, was income tax money that helped me pay bills throughout the year, which is gone now. Now, almost one year later, after countless email and phone conversations and empty promises of a payment plan to the trustee to payback that money, my attorney is telling me I have to pay that money back in full asap. He assured me he could work out a deal with the trustee because they are friends but has all of a sudden "changed his tune" and is telling me that, by law, I have to give that money back and all in one lump sum. I feel like they, at least, owe me the money I paid them to represent me for not represented me as promised. Do I have any options? Is there anything I can do?

[caspar99]

contact the American Bar Association and file a complaint against your lawyer and ask them for assistance in straightening out the mess your lawyer created.