Documents in the Epstein records

where he was being held pending trial. I was allowed to meet with him in a private lawyer’s conferen

document I agreed to visit Abbot on Rikers Island House Oversight Committee — Epstein Estate Records (Nov 2025) 1 pp.

where he was being held pending trial. I was allowed to meet with him in a private lawyer’s conference room

I Was Less Tempted By The Offer Made By Gaddafi’s Lybian Lawyer. The Gaddafi Offer Was Firm

document I was less tempted by the offer made by Gaddafi’s Lybian lawyer. The Gaddafi offer was firm House Oversight Committee — Epstein Estate Records (Nov 2025) 1 pp.

accompanied by a signed formal retainer letter and contract. I have the contract in front of me as I write these words. It begins “In the Name of G-d

Other Murder Clients I Rejected Included Radovin Karadic

document Other murder clients I rejected included Radovin Karadic House Oversight Committee — Epstein Estate Records (Nov 2025) 1 pp.

the head of Bosnian Serbs during the terrible ethnic wars in the former Yugoslavia. Karadic first called me while he was still a fugitive and while the killings were still ongoing and asked me to represent him. I told him of my policy of no...

there would be anarchy. The “rule of personal politics” would replace the rule of law. The defense o

document The reason was that it involved the kind of political defense that I abhorred. If every citizen had the right to decide who was a “rodef” deserving of death House Oversight Committee — Epstein Estate Records (Nov 2025) 1 pp.

there would be anarchy. The “rule of personal politics” would replace the rule of law. The defense of “rodef” was not

I have less of an obligation to take foreign cases than I do to take American ones

document Among the most interesting cases I declined have been accusations of murder committed outside the United States and involving foreign leaders. As an American lawyer House Oversight Committee — Epstein Estate Records (Nov 2025) 1 pp.

I have less of an obligation to take foreign cases than I do to take American ones.

cases in which an injustice has been done or seems likely to be done

document I try to take interesting cases that will have an impact on law House Oversight Committee — Epstein Estate Records (Nov 2025) 1 pp.

cases in which an injustice has been done or seems likely to be done

merely the methods used to catch him…Dershowitz enjoys a wide reputation as a last resort for convic

document And one commentator snidely observed that Von Bulow’s “recruitment of Harvard Law Professor Alan Dershowitz shortly after his conviction would tend to reinforce” the view that Claus Von Bulow “was no longer protecting his innocence House Oversight Committee — Epstein Estate Records (Nov 2025) 1 pp.

merely the methods used to catch him…Dershowitz enjoys a wide reputation as a last resort for convicted criminals

rather than because [I] had any real sense that justice in some way had gone astray.”

document Esquire magazine had commented that the Von Bulow appeal “looked like another ritualistic exercise in civil libertarian dogma” that “would churn through the courts simply because there was money available and a set of arguments that could be made House Oversight Committee — Epstein Estate Records (Nov 2025) 1 pp.

rather than because [I] had any real sense that justice in some way had gone astray.”

nearly everyone thought we had no chance of winning. New York Magazine

document I never turn down a homicide case because it is too hard or because I am too unlikely to win. When I took the Von Bulow case House Oversight Committee — Epstein Estate Records (Nov 2025) 1 pp.

nearly everyone thought we had no chance of winning. New York Magazine

thereby enabling the tampering to be accomplished. Finally

document We also established that the recording device and the recording had been repeatedly removed from the chain of custody House Oversight Committee — Epstein Estate Records (Nov 2025) 1 pp.

thereby enabling the tampering to be accomplished. Finally

But Times Had Changed

document But times had changed House Oversight Committee — Epstein Estate Records (Nov 2025) 1 pp.

and the recording at issue in the Kuchma case had been digital. Changes on a digital recording are much more difficult to detect than on a tape recording. It was our job to demonstrate that the Kuchma recording

for my wife or for my brother (who made a separate visit with his wife). It was especially difficult

document It was not an easy visit either for me House Oversight Committee — Epstein Estate Records (Nov 2025) 1 pp.

for my wife or for my brother (who made a separate visit with his wife). It was especially difficult for his late wife Marilyn

since my family—including many who were murdered during the Holocaust—came from areas not too far fr

document I flew to Kiev to meet my client. It was an emotionally wrenching trip for me House Oversight Committee — Epstein Estate Records (Nov 2025) 1 pp.

since my family—including many who were murdered during the Holocaust—came from areas not too far from Kiev. I wanted to visit Babi Yar

morally or historically guilty of Becket’s murder. In 2011

document Lawyers and historians have long debated whether the King was legally House Oversight Committee — Epstein Estate Records (Nov 2025) 1 pp.

morally or historically guilty of Becket’s murder. In 2011

the Archbishop of Canterbury. Unwilling to bloody his own hands

document In T.S. Eliot’s famous play Murder In The Cathedral—which is loosely based on historical events—King Henry II is anxious to be rid of Thomas Becket House Oversight Committee — Epstein Estate Records (Nov 2025) 1 pp.

the Archbishop of Canterbury. Unwilling to bloody his own hands

as do all the other possible victims of what my clients may have done. Nobody ever said it would be

document I will never forget this encounter with the victim’s mother. It still haunts me House Oversight Committee — Epstein Estate Records (Nov 2025) 1 pp.

as do all the other possible victims of what my clients may have done. Nobody ever said it would be easy to be a criminal defense lawyer

an elderly woman approached me. “You did a fine job

document I argued the appeal in the Maryland Court of Appeals. I was satisfied that I had done the best I could with a difficult fact pattern. As I was leaving the courtroom feeling pretty good about myself House Oversight Committee — Epstein Estate Records (Nov 2025) 1 pp.

an elderly woman approached me. “You did a fine job

My Client Was A Woman Who Had Admittedly Shot And Killed Her Husband. She Claimed That She Had Killed Him In Self Defense After He Tried To Kill Her. The Problem Was That The Evidence Showed That After She Emptied Her Gun Into His Head

document My client was a woman who had admittedly shot and killed her husband. She claimed that she had killed him in self defense after he tried to kill her. The problem was that the evidence showed that after she emptied her gun into his head House Oversight Committee — Epstein Estate Records (Nov 2025) 1 pp.

she reloaded and emptied it again into his body. She was found guilty of premeditated murder and asked me to try to get the conviction reversed or reduced to manslaughter.

I happened to run into Yoko Ono at an art auction. I told her how sad I was that we had won the depo

document Several years after Chapman was convicted House Oversight Committee — Epstein Estate Records (Nov 2025) 1 pp.

I happened to run into Yoko Ono at an art auction. I told her how sad I was that we had won the deportation case

and all of our mutual friends and associates

document I also think of Iris Kones because her family—who are active in both Jewish causes and Harvard University—constantly remind me House Oversight Committee — Epstein Estate Records (Nov 2025) 1 pp.

and all of our mutual friends and associates