Rudy Giuliani’s former lawyer sued him Monday, claiming the former New York City mayor paid only a fraction of the nearly $1.6 million in legal fees he earned from an investigation into his efforts to keep Donald Trump in the White House.
Robert Costello and his law firm, Davidoff Hutcher & Citron LLP, say Giuliani has paid them just $214,000 and still has a $1.36 million tab. Giuliani’s last payment, according to the lawsuit, was $10,000 on Sept. 14 — about a week after Trump hosted a $100,000-a-plate fundraiser for Giuliani at his Bedminster, New Jersey, golf club.
Costello and the firm said Giuliani, once celebrated as “America’s Mayor” for his leadership after the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks, violated his retainer agreement by failing to pay invoices in full on time. The suit, filed in state court in Manhattan, seeks full payment of Giuliani’s unpaid bills, as well as costs and fees from their efforts to make him pay.
“I cannot express how personally hurt I am by what Bob Costello has done,” Giuliani said Monday in a statement provided by his spokesman. “It’s a shame when lawyers do things like this, and all I will say is that their bill is in excess of anything approaching a legal fee.”
The law firm, Davidoff Hutcher & Citron LLP, said Rudy Giuliani paid them only $214,000 and still has a $1.36 million tab.AP
Monday’s lawsuit is the latest sign of Giuliani’s growing financial woes, exacerbated by costly investigations, lawsuits, fines, sanctions and damages related to his work helping Trump try to overturn the 2020 election.
Giuliani, Trump and 17 others were indicted last month in Georgia, accused by Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis of plotting to subvert Joe Biden’s election victory.
Giuliani has pleaded not guilty to charges alleging he acted as a co-conspirator with Trump.
Rudy Giuliani was indicted last month in Georgia, as he was accused by the Fulton County DA of plotting to subvert Joe Biden’s election victory.AP
Costello, a partner at Davidoff Hutcher & Citron, was Giuliani’s lawyer from November 2019 to July 2023.
He represented Giuliani in matters ranging from the investigation into his business dealings in Ukraine, which resulted in FBI raids on his home and office in April 2021, to state and federal investigations into his work following Trump’s defeat in the 2020 election.
Costello and his firm said in their lawsuit that they also helped represent Giuliani in various civil suits filed against him and in disciplinary proceedings that led to the suspension of his law license in Washington, DC, and New York.
Giuliani could face a large financial penalty after a judge found him liable last month in a defamation lawsuit brought by two Georgia election workers who said he falsely accused them of fraud. The judge has ordered Giuliani and his business to pay more than $130,000 in legal fees for the woman.
Giuliani’s son, Andrew, said last week that the Bedminster fundraiser was expected to raise more than $1 million for Giuliani’s legal bills and that Trump had committed to hosting a second event at his Mar-a-Lago club in Palm Beach, Florida, later in the season. fall or early winter.
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