Legal Gladiator: The Life of Alan Dershowitz

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The only biography of the man who is arguably Americas greatest lawyer.

Legal Gladiator is the story of perhaps the greatest lawyer in American history. It is the story of a poor, failing high schooler from Brooklyn who became the youngest professor in the history of Harvard Law School, where Mitt Romney, Elena Kagan, Mike Pompeo, Natalie Portman, Ted Cruz, and others sat under his tutelage. It is the story of a passionate Zionist who advocated for Israel on the world stage and became a confidant of Israeli prime ministers. And it is the story of a zealous young liberal who, as an old man, stood in front of the Senate to declare that they would be violating the Constitution by removing a Republican president he himself opposed.

As a lawyer, Alan Dershowitz has had a major impact on the most notorious legal cases in modern U.S. history. From Claus von Bulow to Mike Tyson to O.J. Simpson to Jeffrey Epstein to Donald Trump, he has devoted his life to championing the bedrock principle of the American justice system: that every personno matter how despisedhas the right to a rigorous legal defense. Legal Gladiator explores Dershowitzs rise to prominence, gives the inside story of his most high-profile cases and controversies, and examines his legacy in a shifting sociopolitical climate.

Dershowitz gave author Solomon Schmidt unprecedented access to his personal and professional life, including his private archives at Brooklyn College and dozens of interviews with him in New York City, Miami, Marthas Vineyard, and Israel. This book includes exclusive interview content from Bob Shapiro, Jeffrey Toobin, Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, Glenn Greenwald, Eliot Spitzer, Justice Stephen Breyer Breyer, Mike Huckabee, Woody Allen, Noam Chomsky, Geraldo Rivera, Mike Pompeo, Megyn Kelly, Mike Tyson, Ted Cruz, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., and Donald Trump, among others.

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Praise for Alan Dershowitz:

Love him or hate him, Dershowitz has lived a life that matters, hugely and enduringly. He is a man in full at a time when most of us aspire
to be little more than a presence on Twitter.
New York Times Book Review

An intellectual heavyweight.
The Economist

The fearless, peerless Alan Dershowitz.
Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks, late Chief Rabbi of Great Britain

Alan Dershowitz speaks with great passion and personal courage.
Elie Wiesel

Astonishingly brilliant courtroom presence [and] a subtle and compelling theorist
of civil liberties.
Henry Louis Gates

In fifty years of working with Alan Dershowitz, I have never met a more principled or honest advocate for truth.
Irwin Cotler,former Attorney General and Minister of Justice of Canada

Loud, provocative, brilliant, and principled.
Politico

A living profile in courage.
Steve Forbes

Praise for Solomon Schmidt:

You are a very talented young man with a bright future ahead of you.
Pres. Donald Trump

An amazing young author.
Mike Tyson

[You have] quite a remarkable record. [Im] really impressed.
Dr. Noam Chomsky

Solomon, thanks for all you do.
Gov. Mike Huckabee

Solomon...is perhaps the youngest child historian in America.
Steve Doocy

Solomons doing the hard work and getting after it.
Jocko Willink

[I have] admiration for all [Solomon is] doing to make this a better worldand a more educated world.
Dame Jane Goodall

Author Bio

Solomon Schmidt is the author of eight books in a series called History Bites.He wrote his first book at the age of 12, graduated high school at the age of 16, and was described by Fox & Friends as the youngest child historian in America. In addition to running historical tours in England and Scotland, Solomon also hosts the History Bites YouTube channel, where he has posted over 150 educational videos and interviews, including with Jocko Willink, Gov. Mike Huckabee, Alan Dershowitz, Mike Tyson, and Dame Jane Goodall. Solomon has traveled to Tanzania, Norway, Iceland, Greenland, Jordan, Australia, and New Zealand to film videos for his channel and has given lectures at over 50 conferences throughout the United States. Solomon is also working to help expand education in rural parts of Nepal through the JAPA Workbook Initiative. He lives in New York.