After law school, Giuliani worked as a legal clerk for United States District Judge Lloyd Francis MacMahon in the Southern District of New York. He then served as Associate Deputy Attorney General in the Ford administration when he became an Independent in 1975. Giuliani practiced law with Patterson, Belknap, Webb, and Tyler from 1977 to 1981.
As a result of Ronald Reagan’s election, Giuliani changed his political membership from Independent to Republican. President Reagan appointed him Associate Attorney General in 1981 and US Attorney for the Southern District of New York in 1983. Giuliani’s many high-profile cases, such as the conviction of drug dealers and organized crime, helped him earn notoriety as a prosecutor.
This trial was one of Giuliani’s most well-known trials, which lasted from 1985 until 1986. As a federal prosecutor, he brought charges of racketeering, extortion, and murder for hire against 11 organized criminal personalities. This case resulted in the prosecution of the junk bond trader Michael Milken, who was also implicated in the conspiracy involving Wall Street arbitrageur Ivan Boesky.
A Career as a City Council Member
First elected as mayor of New York City in 1993, Giuliani was re-elected in 1997 following a failed effort in 1989. Between 1994 to 2001, he led the city’s contentious “civic cleanup” under the auspices of his anti-crime program.
Giuliani focused on getting rid of the panhandlers and sex clubs in Times Square so that the area could once again be a hub for commerce and the arts. That’s why William Bratton and the newly appointed police commissioner went after low-level crimes with the philosophy of “broken windows policing,” which targets obvious symptoms of social disorder. However, even as crime rates dropped, Giuliani faced criticism for his methods, which were seen as unfairly targeting minorities.
For his response to the September 11 terrorist events, New York Mayor Giuliani was universally praised. As a result of the positive feedback for his leadership, his popularity skyrocketed. As mayor of New York City, Giuliani became known as “America’s mayor,” In 2002, he was awarded an honorary knighthood by Queen Elizabeth II. After these accolades, Giuliani was criticized for his hurry to reopen Wall Street and downplaying the attacks’ lingering impact on his health.
Giuliani Partners, a security consulting firm, was established by Giuliani in 2002. He joined Bracewell & Giuliani three years later when the business was renamed. Meanwhile, Giuliani mounted an unsuccessful presidential bid for the Republican Party in 2008.
Lawyer for Donald Trump
Giuliani joined Trump’s legal team in April of this year. He quickly became a household name for his unscrupulous and profiteering acts on behalf of the president. He was placed under federal investigation at the end of 2019 for breaking lobbying regulations and his role in the Trump-Ukraine controversy. Giuliani filed a slew of ridiculous lawsuits on Trump’s behalf after Biden won the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination in November.
As part of a weird news conference sponsored by a landscaping company and an adult entertainment establishment, the man offered a slew of incorrect and disproved claims concerning election fraud, rigged voting machines, and a global communist plot. He incited the right-wing rioters who stormed the US Capitol on January 6, 2021, with his many lies. Due to this, his license to practice law in New York and the District of Columbia was canceled.