Prenup- Attorney Shared Email Thread With Financial Advisor After Dispute, Reported To State Bar, Concerned With His Rebuttal

I hired a law firm in July to help with a prenup between my now- wife and I.

In essence the junior lawyer I had was slow, way beyond timelines, was not responding to the “opposing counsel” for well over a month, and missing important components. I don’t think much further detail is needed, but she was really bad at her job.

I complained, requested her to escalate my complaint to her managing attorney (owner of firm). I requested a full refund and said I want to go to another law firm. The managing attorney denied my request. He also mentioned he had my attorney pause my file while she works on other tasks and projects. He said their 30 day timeline in their contract is not absolute as they "say they will put a best effort to complete in that time" - fine whatever

I in essence accepted his decision, and said I would share his communication and the situation on review boards as well as my financial advisor who gave me a verbal recommendation to this firm.

He went ahead and sent my financial advisor the entire email chain (24 emails or so). He added a few extra lines which weren’t true such as that his firm was actively responding to opposing counsel (they were not, my wife’s attorney shared all communication with us and it took them 30+ days to respond to several followup requests)

I filed a grievance with the Texas state bar under the belief he has violated attorney-client privilege- since he shared the thread on his own. I provided them with every email in our thread all the way back to the junior lawyer’s initial preparation of drafts. Texas bar grievances have several steps. It went through the first step where the board escalated it to a complaint (versus dismissal). He filed an appeal (which is just a request, he does not get to file a rebuttal for this one). It went to Texas board of appeals and they reaffirmed its classification as a complaint. He has now finally submitted a rebuttal. He has used some colorful language that is concerning to me. Saying I was going to commit slander through reviews.

He also said I was threatening him that if I dont get a refund I will write bad reviews. That is not true, there was no blackmail or deal- and the board of appeals has all communication between him and I (there was zero communication outside of that single email chain of about 20-24 emails)

I am concerned though, based on his lies in his rebuttal, he may try suing. Is it worth contacting an attorney to plan for this? For reference I have not posted a single review anywhere, I have only shared his direct email chain with my financial advisor who recommended me to his firm. I dont see how that can be slander (isnt slander verbal, and libel is the word he is looking for?) since it is literally the exact word for word emails he sent from his own hands/account?

Location: Houston, TX