Rudy Giuliani must pay his former attorneys $1.36 million in unpaid legal fees plus interest for their work defending the former New York mayor in connection with his actions as U.S. President Donald Trump’s personal lawyer, a judge ruled on Tuesday.
New York County Supreme Court Justice Arthur Engoron ruled in Manhattan in favor of law firm Davidoff Hutcher & Citron in the lawsuit it filed in 2023 against Giuliani seeking to collect fees for work performed for him between November 2019 and July 2023.
A spokesperson for Giuliani and a lawyer for the Davidoff firm did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
Robert Costello, a partner at the firm, represented Giuliani in federal and state investigations into Trump’s attempts to overturn the results of the 2020 U.S. presidential e