Would a lawyer hold back payment of a settlement he won for a person until he was paid his fee?

I hired Richard Hughes to sue a company who took my money under false pretenses. It was over $200,000.00. He supposedly won the suit and the court awarded me $300,000.00 and that was in October last year. I honestly don’t know where he practices or even if he is a lawyer and telling me the truth. I paid him and upfront fee to start and his fee if he won was 10%. I’m broke and he has not released the funds to me because he wants that fee upfront. I don’t know even if there is any money for me as he refuses to tell me where it is. I need help and info. I thought he might be in Missouri but not sure. He also may have connections in Texas. I just need a answer and what recourse do I have against him. The court document he emailed me doesn’t look right.