I don’t know where to start on this, it’s disgusting.
If the lawyer wanted to take legal action on the part of the OC, there would have to be a resolution by the OC or the EC under delegated authority to commence legal action. It is not the sort of thing that can just be done on a whim. For example, a Supreme Court action would cost 10s of thousands of dollars just to get to the Court, and that is being conservative.
Has there been any resolution by the OC to enter into the purported agreement to charge $1100 an hour (which is astronomical)? Any such resolution would have had to have been supported by a copy of the agreement, or at least a summary of its terms.
When the lawyer corresponds with you, does he say he is acting on behalf of the OC? If it isn’t on the firm’s letterhead, then it suggests that it is coming from him personally, albeit using law firm stationery.
The Lawyer subsequently went to the Head of his Firm, who OK’d the Firm suing me, demanding apologies, retractions, major money etc for something the lawyer “took exception to”. If I didn’t comply, the Firm would take me to the Supreme Court. (That which I was accused of was done by someone else. There’s been no apologie and no retraction from their side. Not a peep. They’re still hunting the person ‘responsible’.)
Can you clarify, is/was the firm threatening to sue you or the OC? A law firm doesn’t usually “sue” someone, other than for unpaid fees.
It may be that the simplest route for you would be to make a complaint to the Law Society. You could start by writing a letter to the head of the law firm saying that is what you are going to do, but perhaps it isn’t worth it.