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American lawyer, jurist, and political commentator, Alan Morton Dershowitz has an estimated net worth of $25 million. He has spent most of his career at Harvard Law School where in 1967, at the age of 28, he became the youngest full professor of law in its history. He has held the Felix Frankfurter professorship there since 1993.

Dershowitz is known for his involvement in several high-profile legal cases and as a commentator on the Arab–Israeli conflict. As a criminal appellate lawyer, he has won 13 of the 15 murder and attempted murder cases he has handled and has represented a series of celebrity clients, including Mike Tyson, Patty Hearst, and Jim Bakker. His most notable cases include his role in 1984 in overturning the conviction of Claus von Bülow for the attempted murder of his wife, Sunny, and as the appellate adviser for the defense in the O.J. Simpson trial in 1995.

Earnings & Financial Data

Date

Category

Description

Amount

2017

Salary

Estimated hourly salary as a high-profile criminal lawyer

$10,000

2017

Salary

Estimated annual salary as a visiting professor at Harvard University

$60,000

2013

Box Office Sales

Box office sales of the movie Knife Fight as Erik - Tawny's Lawyer

$5,660

2012

Sale of Asset

Selling price of Alan Dershowitz' Cambridge home

$4,000,000