An acclaimed Harvard Law School professor, Alan Dershowitz had an enviable life filled with book deals, speeches, and wealthy clients.  He frequently appeared as a guest on network and cable television shows, often staking out controversial positions on issues relating to the criminal justice system. In his book, The Best Defense, Dershowitz gave a view of the approach he would later take in the Simpson case.  "Once I decide to take a case," Dershowitz wrote, "I have only one agenda: I want to win.  I will try, by every fair and legal means, to get my client off--without regard to the consequences."   In his memoir The Best Defense, Dershowitz noted that "almost all of my clients have been guilty."