Rudy Giuliani is famous for his 2 terms as the Mayor of New York (1994-2001). Currently, he is Donald Trump’s lawyer, and has had a legal career spanning 52 years. A natural leader, Giuliani’s grandparents were Italian immigrants living in Brooklyn. While studying at Manhattan College, Giuliani even considered becoming a Roman Catholic Church priest but sought a legal career, after graduation. He graduated cum laude in 1968 from New York University Law School and has had an illustrious legal career.
He reformed the city’s finances and reduced crime rates. After the terrorist attacks on the New York World Trade Center, his tireless relief efforts secured unstinted praise and knighthood from Queen Elizabeth II. Giuliani since then was actively involved in consulting, politics, and most recently, was advisor to Trump’s legal team. The public is not aware about the highlights of Giuliani’s law career.
Begins career in the U.S. Justice Department
On completing his law degree, Giuliani clerked for Judge Lloyd MacMahon, in New York’s Southern District. He then joined the U.S. Justice Department of the district and attracted public attention in the 1974 trial of U.S. Congressman Bertram Podell who was charged with bribery and visibly broke down on the stand, when pleading guilty after Giuliani’s damaging cross-examination. Between 1975 and 1977, Giuliani moved to Washington to serve under Harold Tyler, the Deputy Attorney General as associate deputy general and chief of staff. He returned to New York in 1977 and joined the law firm of Patterson, Belknap, Webb, and Tyler, until 1981.
Before becoming NYC Mayor
Giuliani became the youngest to hold the number three position in the Justice Department in 1981, under the Reagan administration, and served as Associate Attorney General until 1983, upon appointment as U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York. He worked there tirelessly for six years, securing 4,152 convictions with only 25 reversals. He was a very effective U.S. Attorneys in the country’s history having successfully prosecuted white-collar crime, drug dealers, organized crime, and corruption within the government. Besides many mafia figures convicted, Michael Milken and Ivan Boesky were convicted in the biggest Wall Street insider-trading scandals. The last time Giuliani was attorney in court was in 1992 with four cases between 1987 and 1992.
Joins Trump’s personal Legal Team
Giuliani joined Greenberg Traurig, an international law firm in 2016, as independent consultant and global chair of its crisis management practice, privacy, and cybersecurity. He also was senior adviser to Executive Chairman Richard A. Rosenbaum. He left law-practice in 2018, to boost Trump’s campaign in and becoming Secretary of State. Trump lost and his international business ties to Qatar, Iran, and Ukraine were a huge stumbling block. At that time, Trump faced the special counsel charges investigating the Russian Government’s interference in his 2016 presidential campaign.
Continued Support to Trump
Trump placed Giuliani to handle post-election legal challenges after losing to Joe Biden In November 2020; but Giuliani also handled investigations against Hunter Biden. The enquiries against Biden’s son and the Ukrainian company became unstuck as he sought to dig up dirt against Biden and other Democrats for Trump. These actions came under scrutiny in 2019, and Trump was impeached in December 2019 but was acquitted in February 2020. Giuliani continues in Trump’s legal team, though recently hospitalized with COVID-19.