Sounds like a classic overpayment scam. You weren't actually ever overpaid by anyone, were you?
And how do you know it actually was this guy? I looked up that lawyer and it doesn't appear to me that his practice lends itself to calling people the day after Thanksgiving over $2,000, lol. It would cost 2k just to have him make the phone call
. And the comment about not trusting the mail is the reddest flag ever.
His law firm profile is here:
https://www.nelsonmullins.com/professionals/joe-daniels#main You might email to confirm it wasn't actually him (and let him know people are spoofing him).
I feel like scammers can claim to be a Big Law lawyer knowing that people will google a name while they are on the phone. And when people Google, and they see it is a Big Law lawyer, they think it is legit and just fold and fall into the scam. But the person they were talking to was never the person on the phone.
At any rate, that highly-compensated law firm partner isn't going to be heading in to court over $2000, lol.