Michael Cohen, the former personal attorney for Donald Trump, has agreed to settle a lawsuit against the Trump Organization in which he sought more than $1 million in legal fees he has claimed the company agreed to cover but stopped paying once he chose to cooperate in government investigations involving Trump.
W. Hunter Winstead, a lawyer for Cohen, said in an email to the Law Journal on Friday that “the matter has been resolved in a manner satisfactory to all parties.” Winstead also said that the “terms” of the resolution are “confidential.”
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Michael Cohen, former attorney to President Donald Trump, testifies during a House Committee on Oversight and Reform hearing, on Wednesday, February 27, 2019. Mr. Cohen has been found guilty of lying to Congress, as well as other Federal charges such as tax evasion, and will report to begin his jail sentence in May. Photo: Diego M. Radzinschi/ALM

