Alan Dershowitz is an 81 years old American lawyer who currently is garnering attention working as a lawyer for Trump in the impeachment case.
Quick Facts and Information on Alan Dershowitz
| Birth Name | Alan Dershowitz |
| Birthday / Date of Birth | 1st September 1938 |
| Age | 81 |
| Birth Sign | Virgo |
| Born Country | U.S |
| Nationality | American |
| Hometown / Birthplace | Brooklyn |
| Religion | Jewish |
| Ethnicity | White |
| Profession | Lawyer / Author |
| High School / College / University | Brooklyn College / Yeshiva University High School / Yale Law School |
| Marital Status | Divorced Once Married Twice |
| Wife | Carolyn Cohen |
| Married | 1986 |
| Ex-Wife | Sue Barlach |
| Married | 1959 |
| Divorced | 1973 |
| Children / Kids | Four |
| Social Media | |
| Net Worth | $26 million |
Alan Dershowitz Bio
Alan Dershowitz is a lawyer of the American nationality who was born in Williamsburg, Brooklyn in the year 1938. The 81 year old, Alan, who celebrates his birthday on the 1st of September, was raised in Borough Park by his Orthodox Jewish parents; Claire Dershowitz and Harry Dershowitz.
Alan completed his education from Brooklyn College acquiring a B.A degree and later joined Yale University to study LLB and graduated in the year 1962. Professionally, he is a lawyer and also worked as a professor of the criminal law in Harvard University in 1967, at the age of 28, being the youngest of the professors.
Furthermore, he is also known as an author, an attorney journal and a law professor.
Alan Dershowitz Family
He was born in an Orthodox Jewish family being raised under the strict norms and values. His father had founded Young Israel Synagogue and was the president in the same firm in the year 1960. Also his father was elected in the board of directors of the Etz Chaim School and also co-owned Merit sales company at the time of his retirement.
Alan Dershowitz Wife
Talking about the old man’s marital status, Alan has been divorced once and married twice. He was first married to his now ex-wife Sue Barlach and later he tied the knot with Carolyn Cohen. His first marriage was not successful, which is why it ended in a divorce; however, he was blessed with two children namely Elon Dershowitz and Jamin Dershowitz from his first wife. The couple got married in the year 1959 for 14 years and lived a separate life from 1973 and they got divorced in 1976.
Now he is living his married life with Carolyn Cohen whom he got married to in 1986. They have maintained their marital status for over 3 decades now. Out of their beautiful conjugal life, Alan and his wife are blessed with a daughter named Ella. Alan and his wife, Carolyn, who is a well known criminal defense attorney and a political commentator, have a age difference of 12 years. She also holds a doctorate degree in clinical psychology and has also served as a neuro psychologist. She is also the co-author of the article published by the researchers in the Harvard Department of Psychiatry.
Alan Dershowitz Children
Alan has three children from his two wives Sue and Carolyn. He has two sons from his first wife and a daughter from his second marriage. After his divorce from his first wife, the custody of his children was given to her wife but he fought back and won the custody over his children.
His son Elon was born in 1961 and is a film producer, while his second son Jamin was born two years later and is now an attorney journal. His third child from the second marriage is a daughter named Ella who was born in 1990 and is now a professional actress in New York City.
He has also written a book dedicated to his children encouraged by his daughter-in-law, Barbara; wife of Jamin.
Alan Dershowitz Education
A rebellious student in his childhood, he joined Yeshiva University High School in Manhattan, New York and was often criticized by his teachers. On graduating from the High School he admitted himself in the Brooklyn College and got B.A degree in the year 1959 with his major subject political science. Later he joined Yale Law School being encouraged by his teachers to be a lawyer where he was the editor in chief for the Yale Law Journal. It was the year 1962 he graduated from the law school.
Alan Dershowitz Books
He is also popular as an author and has written many books. His various articles have been published in various news portals and journals and magazines. He developed the passion of writing at the very young age and as a result he is able to publish numerous books with notable number of readers.
The popular ones are Cases for Israel, Best defense, Reasonable doubts, The case for peace, The Vanishing American Jew and many more.
Alan Dershowitz Career
Alan started his career soon after he graduated and has worked as the criminal justice lawyer. He is also one of the lawyers who were appointed as the defense lawyer for the Trump impeachment case.
After graduating from the college he worked as a law clerk for David Bazelon in 1962 and happened to join his own law school to be the youngest of the professors in 1964. Before his retirement in 2013 he has won many awards and got huge recognition. To be named as a Guggenheim fellow in 1979 was one of his biggest achievements so far. Later in 1983 he received the award of William O. Douglas from the Anti Defamation league. He is the one to be awarded the honorary doctorate degree in law from the Yeshiva University.
Alan Dershowitz O.J Simpson case
Alan has fought many cases as a defense lawyer and among many of such cases O.J Simpson case is one of the remarkable one which gained him much popularity. He fought the murder case in 1995 and also wrote the book for the same case. It is one of the most hyped criminal cases in the American history and Alan states that it was one of the most important cases in his career.
Alan Dershowitz Net worth
The retired lawyer has earned much of his popularity in the American media. He has earned quite a good amount in his career as a lawyer and also being involved in the politics.
The net worth he shares is speculated to be $26 million as of early 2020. Alan has accumulated quite a staggering net worth, which is still likely to increase in the forth coming days.
