The Supreme Court has closed the discussion on costs and has confirmed that Álvaro García Ortiz must assume 38,508 euros in fees of the lawyer of Alberto González Amador, a figure it does not consider excessive.
The resolution, included in a decree signed by the Justice Administration lawyer of the Criminal Chamber, also sets the final assessment at 39,009 euros, by adding the rights of the solicitor who intervened in the case.
The challenge by the Prosecutor's Office and the State Legal Service is rendered ineffective
The Prosecutor's Office and the State Legal Service had appealed the bill, understanding that several concepts were excessive and undue, but the high court has dismissed that interpretation. According to the lawyer, from the joint assessment of the actions, the professional work effectively carried out, and the singular complexity of the procedure, no "patent, manifest or notorious" disproportion appears.
The collegiate report from the Alcalá de Henares Bar Association, incorporated into the file, reached the same conclusion and described the amount claimed as "adjusted" for the time dedicated and the workload deployed in the case.
The initial bill from lawyer Gabriel Rodríguez-Ramos comfortably exceeded the figure finally admitted: he claimed 64,778.78 euros without VAT, that is, 78,382.32 euros with the tax included. Later, the assessment was cut in a decree of March 26 of this year and stood at 39,009.48 euros, after excluding items considered undue.
The conviction that opened the way for costs continues to mark the calculation
The procedure began after the Supreme Court convicted García Ortiz, in December 2025, for a crime of revealing reserved data of González Amador. That ruling imposed a fine of 7,200 euros, two years of special disqualification from the position of attorney general, and the payment of legal costs, including those of the private prosecution.
The sentence also set an indemnification of 10,000 euros for the businessman for moral damages, while the discussion about costs has now ended with the confirmation of the amount defended by González Amador's representation in essence, although reduced compared to the first bill presented.
The Supreme Court had already dismissed the appeal against the assessment decree by an order of July 2, and has now consolidated that line by validating the amount of 38,508.26 euros, VAT included, which the Bar Association of Alcalá de Henares considered appropriate once the inadmissible items were excluded.
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