The ruling was just the latest misfortune to befall the former New York City mayor. He has been indicted and disbarred, filed for bankruptcy and suffered a fractured vertebra in a car crash.
Sept. 17, 2025
A New York State judge this week ruled that Rudolph W. Giuliani must pay more than $1.3 million to lawyers who represented him in numerous criminal investigations stemming from his work for President Trump.
The ruling by the judge, Arthur F. Engoron, was the latest of many legal and financial misfortunes to befall Mr. Giuliani, the 81-year-old former New York City mayor. In the past two years alone, he has been indicted and accused of seeking to overturn the 2020 presidential election; filed for bankruptcy under the strain of legal bills; been disbarred in New York and Washington and, last month, suffered a fractured vertebra in a New Hampshire car crash.
The Tuesday ruling by Justice Engoron came in a particularly painful proceeding for the former mayor. It was the result of a 2023 lawsuit filed by Mr. Giuliani’s former lawyer and friend Robert J. Costello, and Mr. Costello’s former law firm, Davidoff Hutcher & Citron.
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Jonah E. Bromwich covers criminal justice in the New York region for The Times. He is focused on political influence and its effect on the rule of law in the area’s federal and state courts.
A version of this article appears in print on Sept. 19, 2025, Section
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