Assuming your attorney is still alive and practicing law, your best best would be to report him or her to the Disciplinary Committee. https://www.nycourts.gov/courts/ad1/Committees&Programs/DDC/index.shtml As for suing your attorney, I believe the Statute of Limitations has long since expired for any such claim.
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