Attorney "forgetting" to send out contract

This is bizarre. Forget the attorney's actions. I don't get yours. This is not a complex situation. Why on earth would you and your agent "call and call and call" and then let WEEKS go by? Your agent calls the prospective buyer/agent and says, "Do you have the contract?" They say, "no," and you say to your lawyer send another one today. How can weeks go by without you knowing the buyer didn't get it? The attorney is wrong, but since you were the one who stood to lose everything, how hard was it to follow up with the buyer and identify the problem before "weeks" went by? I'm sorry you lost the sale, but I don't get how this happened from your end.

Your attorney has a fiduciary obligation to protect your interests. Sounds like in this case it didn't happen You should report him/her to the local bar association.

You still plan to sell, right? And you'll need a new attorney? Consult with him/her on this issue as well.

Yes, you can file a grievance with the disciplinary committee of the Appellate Division: Manhattan and Bronx = Appellate Division, 1st Department. Brooklyn, Queens, and Staten Island = Appellate Division, 2nd Department. For more information see, http://www.nysba.org/Content/NavigationMenu/PublicResources/UnhappywithaNYAttorney/Unhappy_with_a_NY_At.htm

Thank you, all, for your insightful input. I will proceed with the grievance process. He has the nerve to continue to bill me, by the way.

kylewest, thanks for the link. I really appreciate it. Also, believe me, my agent, the buyer's atty, and I kept on calling him until we were blue in our faces, and he kept on saying the contract had been FedExed... I still had faith in humanity...

I learned my lesson--an expensive one in today's horrible market.

Look for another place! You are not going anything substantial.