Dershowitz as law group's keynote speaker faces backlash Some Alaska Bar Association members are objecting to the selection of famed trial attorney Alan Dershowitz to give the keynote at this year’s annual conferenceANCHORAGE, Alaska -- The selection of famed trial attorney Alan Dershowitz to deliver the keynote at this year's Alaska Bar Association annual convention is being criticized by members upset over Dershowitz's past defense of men like Jeffrey Epstein and O.J. But Dershowitz, a retired Harvard University law professor, counters that those who make those claims know nothing of his record. The Alaska Bar Association’s governing board will meet, tentatively next week, to reconsider the invitation to Dershowitz to address membership at the October meeting. “I did absolutely nothing wrong in the Epstein case, I defended it, yes, that was my job. I did absolutely nothing wrong.”He encouraged any Alaska Bar Association member to read his book “Guilt by Association.”“It lays out the case.

Source: ABC News July 16, 2020 18:11 UTC