 We always want to make sure it is a company that is doing the right thing, that we're proud to represent," according to Giuliani Partners’ senior managing partner, Michael D. Hess, former Corporation Counsel for New York City.Giuliani’s colleagues at Giuliani Partners have included founding member and Vice President Matthew Mahoney, a former Deputy Director of Advance for the Mayor’s Office; Bernard Kerik, Giuliani's former police commissioner, who was later accused of having ties to organized crime and left the firm in 2004; former FBI man D'Amuro, who admitted taking six non-evidentiary artifacts from Ground Zero as mementos, but against whom no action was taken by the FBI; and Monseignor Alan Placa, a high school friend of Giuliani and a former Roman Catholic priest who was accused of sexually molesting a teenager and of covering up molestation in the church.Giuliani Partners has stated that Giuliani "believes that Alan Placa has been unjustly accused," and that the firm has no plans to dismiss him.