Alan Dershowitz

Alan Dershowitz, born on September 1, 1938, is an American lawyer and former law professor known for his expertise in U.S. constitutional law and American criminal law. He taught at Harvard Law School from 1964 to 2013 and held the position of Felix Frankfurter Professor of Law starting in 1993. Dershowitz is a prominent figure in the media, regularly contributing as a political commentator and legal analyst. Throughout his career, he has taken on high-profile and often controversial cases, successfully representing clients such as Mike Tyson, Patty Hearst, Leona Helmsley, Julian Assange, and Jim Bakker. Dershowitz has achieved notable legal victories, including overturning convictions for Harry Reems in 1976 and Claus von Bülow in 1984.