Editing Rudy Giuliani (section)

=== Bracewell & Giuliani ===
{{Main|Bracewell LLP}}

In 2005, Giuliani joined the law firm of Bracewell & Patterson LLP (renamed Bracewell & Giuliani LLP) as a name partner and basis for the expanding firm's new New York office.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2005/03/30/nyregion/giuliani-to-be-partner-in-texas-law-firm.html |access-date=May 17, 2023 |title=Giuliani to Be Partner in Texas Law Firm |last1=Healy |first1=Patrick D. |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=March 30, 2005}}</ref> When he joined the Texas-based firm he brought Marc Mukasey, the son of [[United States Attorney General|Attorney General]] [[Michael Mukasey]], into the firm.

Despite a busy schedule, Giuliani was highly active in the day-to-day business of the law firm, which was a high-profile supplier of legal and lobbying services to the oil, gas, and energy industries. Its aggressive defense of pollution-causing coal-fired power plants threatened to cause political risk for Giuliani, but association with the firm helped Giuliani achieve fund-raising success in Texas.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/02/us/politics/02giuliani.html |title=Giuliani's Tie to Texas Law Firm May Pose Risk |work=[[The New York Times]] |last1=Buettner |first1=Russ |date=May 2, 2007 |access-date=May 17, 2023 }}</ref> In 2006, Giuliani acted as the lead counsel and lead spokesmen for Bracewell & Giuliani client [[Purdue Pharma]], the makers of [[OxyContin]], during their negotiations with federal prosecutors over charges that the pharmaceutical company misled the public about OxyContin's addictive properties. The agreement reached resulted in Purdue Pharma and some of its executives paying $634.5{{spaces}}million in fines.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/06/19/business/19drug.html |title=Big Part of OxyContin Profit Was Consumed by Penalties |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=June 19, 2007 |last=Meier |first=Barry |access-date=June 30, 2022 }}</ref>

Bracewell & Giuliani represented corporate clients before many U.S. government departments and agencies. Some clients have worked with corporations and foreign governments.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.eastbaytimes.com/2007/05/15/giulianis-firms-work-could-be-ethics-problem/ |agency=[[Associated Press]] |work=[[East Bay Times]] |date=May 15, 2007 |last1=Theimer |first1=Sharon |title=Giuliani's firm's work could be ethics problem |access-date=May 17, 2023 }}</ref>

Giuliani left the firm in January 2016,<ref>{{cite news | title = Ex-New York Mayor Rudolph Giuliani Leaves Bracewell Law Firm | url = https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/2016/01/20/134811/ex-new-york-mayor-rudolph-giuliani-leaves-bracewell-law-firm/ |access-date=May 12, 2016 |first=Andrew |last=Schneider |date=January 20, 2016 |work=[[KUHT|Houston Public Media]]}}</ref> by "amicable agreement",<ref name="Moyer-2016">{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/20/business/dealbook/rudolph-giuliani-to-join-greenbergtraurig.html |title=Rudolph Giuliani to Join Greenberg Traurig Law Firm |first=Liz |last=Moyer |date=January 19, 2016 |newspaper=The New York Times |access-date=April 10, 2018}}</ref> and the firm was rebranded as Bracewell LLP.