You sure do. Those rotten so-and-sos at the NYS seem to have robbed you thoroughly. If they owe you a lot of money, it should be no difficult matter to engage a good lawyer on the basis of a percentage of the repayments due to you. Apple have been doing REALLY well of late by the way, and I'd imagine your stocks ought to have been worth a lot.

BTW - I think a phrase or two are missing from your post:
"I called repeatedly to be sure the original documents would be sent to avoid...."