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Rudy Giuliani Sued by His Former Lawyers for $1.4M in Unpaid Legal Fees

The lawsuit comes courtesy of Davidoff Hutcher & Citron, a firm that represented Giuliani in multiple cases, including the one that became the Georgia racketeering case.

Rudy Giuliani is up to his ears in debt to his longtime lawyers, who claim that he’s on the hook for roughly $1.36 million in outstanding legal fees. Robert Costello and his firm, Davidoff Hutcher & Citron, filed a lawsuit against Giuliani over the unpaid fees in New York state court on Monday. The complaint alleges that Giuliani has paid $214,000 to the firm since Nov. 2019, when he first retained Costello—just a fraction of the $1.57 million the firm says he owes them. Costello and the firm previously worked with and advised him in a number of his recent legal battles, including special counsel Jack Smith’s Jan. 6, 2021 investigation; Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis’ election interference investigation; a criminal inquiry in Manhattan; the House’s Jan. 6 probe; disciplinary proceedings that saw his law license suspended in New York; and at least 10 civil suits. As of this summer, the firm no longer represents Giuliani. In a statement to NBC News, Giuliani said he couldn’t express “how personally hurt” he was by Costello taking legal action against him. “It’s a real shame when lawyers do things like this, and all I will say is that their bill is way in excess to anything approaching legitimate fees.”