Abe Ringel has taken no position on the proposed new rule.In a letter to the American Bar Association, he stated, “Some existential moral issues are so complex that they are not amenable to simple solution by the adoption of a blanket rule. Every lawyer will have to continue to struggle with the dilemma of whether or when to blow the whistle on a client.”
Prior to sending this letter, Abe read it aloud in front of Haskel’s tombstone.
PETER SIMON
ALAN M. DERSHOWITZ is one of our most extraordinary and multifaceted legal thinkers. He is the Felix Frankfurter Professor at Harvard Law School and the author of numerous books, including the #1 bestseller Chutzpah, and Reversal of Fortune, which was made into an Oscar-winning motion picture. His latest book, The Abuse Excuse, is a collection of essays. Der-showitz has represented such prominent clients as Mike Tyson, Claus von Bulow, O. J. Simpson, and Michael Milken.
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