Sen. Hutchison Joins Bracewell & Giuliani as Senior Counsel

© 2013 The Texas Lawbook.By Mark Curriden Senior Writer for The Texas Lawbook For nearly two decades, Kay Bailey Hutchison and her husband Ray worked 1,200 miles apart – her in Washington, DC as a U.S. senator and him as a municipal bond lawyer in Dallas. Starting this week, the distance between their offices is measured by feet instead of miles.Sen. Hutchison, who recently retired from the senate after more than 19 years, is joining the national law firm Bracewell & Giuliani as senior counsel where she will advise clients in banking, energy, telecommunications and transportation sectors. “As I was thinking about what I’ve wanted to do, I decided I wanted an association with a law firm and Bracewell is the perfect fit,” says Sen. Hutchison, who spoke exclusively with The Texas Lawbook and The Dallas Morning News. “Bracewell is a large firm but it has a small firm culture that I really like and it’s very entrepreneurial,” she says. “I wanted a Texas-based law firm with a significant Washington, D.C. practice because my expertise is in the federal regulatory area.” A 1967 graduate of the University of Texas School of Law, Sen. Hutchison served in the Texas Legislature from…