A judge has ordered Steve Bannon, an ex-adviser to former President Donald Trump, to pay his former attorneys more than $480,000 for unpaid legal work.
A New York Supreme Court judge on Friday awarded legal firm Davidoff Hutcher & Citron $480,487.87 plus legal fees and approximately $4,800 in interest for what the firm said was two years’ worth of unpaid work.
The company’s work included assisting Bannon with getting an official exculpation in 2020 and shielding him against progressing misrepresentation charges in his previous “We Fabricate The Wall” lobby, which has a preliminary date set for the following year.
Lawyer Jeffrey Citron, a co-overseeing accomplice of the law office that incorporates Trump legitimate partner Robert Costello, referred to the circumstance as “sad” in an explanation to HuffPost on Monday and said the firm “was left with no response but to sue Mr. Bannon.”
“The firm plans to seek after each potential chance to gather our charges,” Citron said.
Bannon’s ongoing lawyer, Harlan Protass, told HuffPost: “The appointed authority’s choice was obviously off-base and we plan to claim right away.”
Bannon has contended that he never consented to Davidoff Hutcher and Citron’s legitimate portrayal after January 2022, that he was not expected to pay the company’s solicitations since he didn’t by and by get them, and that the firm performed work that extended past his retainer understanding.
He likewise guaranteed that he didn’t need to make good any cash since one of the lawyers, Costello, could be called as an observer for a situation against him, as indicated by the court filings.
In any case, Bannon gave no proof supporting his case that he had declined Davidoff Hutcher and Citron’s work. The law office additionally introduced proof appearance that Bannon had mentioned its legitimate portrayal “well later” the time he guarantees, Judge Arlene Bluth said in her decision.
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