Alan Dershowitz
Birth Name:
Alan Morton Dershowitz
Birth Place:
Brooklyn, New York City, New York, United States
Profession
Actor, Writer
Fast Facts
- Was given the William O․ Douglas First Amendment Award for his "persistent advocacy in the struggle for civil and human rights" in 1983
- Graduated from Brooklyn College and earned his law degree from Yale University
- Got his start as a clerk for Judge David Bazelon and Justice Arthur Goldberg
- Best known as a lawyer and political commentator who has represented celebrity clients like O․J․ Simpson, Mike Tyson and Claus von Bülow
- Has published several nonfiction books, including "Trials of Zion," "The Case for Israel" and "Why Terrorism Works," as well as the fiction novels "The Advocate's Devil" and "Just Revenge․"
- Joined the faculty of the Harvard Law School at the age of 25 and later became the school's Felix Frankfurter Professor of Law
- Has been featured in a New York Times crossword puzzle, two New Yorker cartoons and a Trivial Pursuit question
- His book "Reversal of Fortune" was made into an Academy Award-winning film in 1990