Legal Legend Alan Dershowitz & Harvard Law Professor in Depth on the OJ Simpson Case

Legal Legend Alan Dershowitz & Harvard Law Professor in Depth on the OJ Simpson Case

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Alan Morton Dershowitz is an American lawyer known for his work in U.S. constitutional law. In addition, American criminal law, and for controversial political views. He taught at Harvard Law School from 1964 through 2013. Furthermore, where he was appointed as the Felix Frankfurter Professor of Law in 1993. Dershowitz is a regular media contributor, political commentator, and legal analyst. He is also a prominent voice on the Arab–Israeli conflict and has written several books on the subject.

Moreover, Dershowitz has fame for taking on high profile and often unpopular causes and clients. Firstly, as of 2009, he had won 13 of the 15 murder and attempted murder cases he handled as a criminal appellate lawyer. Dershowitz has represented celebrity clients including Mike Tyson, Patty Hearst, Leona Helmsley, Julian Assange, and Jim Bakker.

In addition, major legal victories have include two successful appeals. Moreover, both overturned convictions Firstly, for Harry Reems in 1976. Secondly, followed by Claus von Bülow in 1984. Who had a conviction for the attempted murder of his wife, Sunny. In 1995, Dershowitz served as the appellate adviser on the O. J. Simpson murder trial, part of the legal “Dream Team”, alongside Johnnie Cochran and F. Lee Bailey.

Furthermore, Dershowitz was a member of the defense team for Harvey Weinstein in 2018 and for the impeachment trials of Donald Trump in 2020 and 2021. In conclusion, he was a member of the legal defense team for Jeffrey Epstein and helped to negotiate a 2006 non-prosecution agreement on Epstein’s behalf.

Lastly, Dershowitz claimed that Donald Trump’s encouragement of the 2021 storming of the United States Capitol was “constitutionally protected” speech. In addition, said it would be his “honor and privilege” to defend Trump in a trial.