- 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.
- Professor of Criminal Law, Harvard University.
- Father of producer Elon Dershowitz.
- University of Maryland law professor.
- His wife has a Ph.D. in psychology.
- 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".
- Is a self-declared liberal Democrat.
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