Attorney Robert Costello says the fees are owed for years of unpaid work. It is the latest in a series of legal obstacles faced by Rudy Giuliani.
Rudy Giuliani’s former attorney has filed a lawsuit against the former New York mayor, alleging that he owes more than $1.3 million in unpaid legal fees.
In a legal document filed Monday, Robert Costello and his firm, Davidoff Hutcher & Citron LLP, said Giuliani had so far paid only $214,000 of what he owed for more than three years’ worth of legal representation, leaving $1.36 million outstanding.
Costello — a veteran New York City attorney — said he represented Giuliani in a range of cases between November 2019 and July 2023, including ones related to President Donald Trump’s attempts to overturn his loss in the 2020 presidential race. Costello’s lawsuit represents a further blow to Giuliani, who faces charges in Georgia that he illegally conspired to overturn the presidential election results in that state.
“I can’t express how personally hurt I am by what Bob Costello has done,” Giuliani said in a statement released by his spokesperson Monday, according to the Associated Press.
