Biography

During the O.J. Simpson murder trial, the media gave their defense team the nickname "The "Dream Team" because the team consisted of prominent lawyers such as F. Lee Bailey, Robert Shapiro, Robert Kardashian and Alan Dershowitz, all led by Johnnie L. Cochran Jr..

High-profile clients have included, Claus von Bülow, Patricia Hearst, Leona Helmsley, O.J. Simpson, Harry Reems, Jim Bakker, Mike Tyson and Julian Assange.

Criminal defense attorney.

In August 2018, Channel 4 News (1982) presenter Matt Frei had to apologize on air after Dershowitz described Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn on the program as "a virulent antisemite, a virulent hater of Jews and the nation state of the Jewish people".

Professor of Criminal Law, Harvard University.

What would I do if Hitler asked me to defend him? Yes, I would defend him. The alternatives would be worse. Hitler would either go free because nobody would defend him, or go to trial without a lawyer. And I would win.

[Referring to a police officers possibly conspiring against OJ Simpson in his murder case] Isn't it clear that the police officers did in fact plan to obstruct justice?When five police officers, four of which are detectives and one supervisor, all swore under oath that they did not suspect OJ Simpson when they went to search his house.

Singling out Israel - the Middle East's only democracy, with one of the world's best human-rights records, rule of law and concern for enemy civilians - for boycotts itself is a form of antisemitism.

Sen. Bernie Sanders has already made his choice. He is campaigning for Corbyn [Jeremy Corbyn] despite his record on antisemitism. Sanders will have to explain why a Jew is helping to elect a bigot with the views Corbyn holds about the Jewish people and their nation state.

If a president does something which he believes will help him get elected in the public interest, that cannot be the kind of quid-pro-quo that results in an impeachment.