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Alan Morton Dershowitz (/ ˈ d ɜːr ʃ ə w ɪ t s / DURR-shə-wits; born September 1, 1938) is an American lawyer and law professor known for his work in U.S. constitutional law and American criminal law.
Alan Dershowitz (born September 1, 1938, Brooklyn, New York, U.S.) is an American lawyer and author known for his writings and media appearances in which he strongly and often controversially defended civil liberties, in particular those regarding freedom of speech.
Professor Alan M. Dershowitz is Brooklyn native who has been called “the nation’s most peripatetic civil liberties lawyer” and one of its “most distinguished defenders of individual rights,” “the best-known criminal lawyer in the world,” “the top lawyer of last resort,” “America’s most public Jewish defender” and ...
May 11, 2018 · Dershowitz, an iconic civil libertarian and criminal defense lawyer, who circulates between the liberal redoubts of Miami, New York and the Vineyard, has emerged in the past year as the...
Oct 8, 2013 · After five decades as one of the most visible and vocal presences at Harvard Law School, Alan M. Dershowitz is in his final semester of teaching and will relinquish his chair at the end of the academic year. Once an enfant terrible, he is reflective as he becomes an éminence grise.
Dershowitz is the author of 40 works of fiction and non-fiction, including 7 bestsellers. His writing has been praised by Truman Capote, Saul Bellow, David Mamet, William Styron, Aharon Appelfeld, A.B. Yehoshua and Elie Wiesel.
Jul 17, 2023 · (Reuters) - Retired Harvard Law professor Alan Dershowitz lost a bid on Friday to avoid sanctions over a lawsuit by failed Arizona gubernatorial candidate Kari Lake that sought to prohibit the...
The lawyer Alan M. Dershowitz, who represented the former president in his first impeachment trial, used his access for a wide array of clients as they sought pardons or commutations. News...
Dec 30, 2021 · Alan Dershowitz previously represented convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. The BBC says an interview with lawyer Alan Dershowitz after the conviction of Ghislaine Maxwell did not meet its...
Dec 30, 2021 · On Wednesday evening, BBC viewers heard from the American lawyer Alan M. Dershowitz about the guilty verdict in the case of Ghislaine Maxwell, who was convicted that day of helping the...
