Kunstler gained national renown for defending the Chicago Seven ( originally Chicago Eight ) , in a five-month trial in 1969 – 1970 , against charges of conspiring to incite riots in Chicago during the 1968 Democratic National Convention . Under cross-examination , Kunstler got a key police witness to contradict his previous testimony and admit that he had not witnessed Jerry Rubin , but had rather been given his name two weeks later by the FBI . Another prosecution witness , photographer Louis Salzberg , admitted under Kunstler 's cross-examination that he was still on the payroll of the FBI
1968 Democratic National Convention
1968 Democratic National Convention
William Kunstler