Need to have a answer to my question. I hired a person I thought was a lawyer. Can a lawyer hold back a settlement for his client?

Richard Hughes was the lawyer I hired. He came highly recommended but he told me I had to pay him a $5,000.00 fee for him to get started. Is that legal or right? He’s holding my money (if there truly is money for me) and he refuses to tell me where it’s being held until I pay him his 10% fee upfront and I refuse to do that until he releases my money. I’m not sure which state his practice is in, but he did tell me that he moved his practice to Missouri. I can’t find him in the bar assn so I need to know, 1 . Do I have to pay him his 10% upfront (cause I don’t have any money cause of the crap he had me do). 2. Do I have a chance to fight for my money, with no money to my name to pay another attorney etc.. I received a response from an attorney and it was insulting to me. He never gave me any info to help me, he just insulted me and was a jerk the way he answered. I’m in my 70’s and I know I should have pestered him drive him crazy with the questions I asked. He has refused to give me inf