Criminal Law

• Sex Crimes
  He has represented Roman Polanski in a lawsuit arising out of an alleged sexual assault in 1973: https://variety.com/2024/film/news/roman-polanski-jane-doe-trial-date-lawsuit-trial-2025-1235939499/
• Fraud
  Goodman v Dohmen, 2017 WL 3319110 (C.D. Cal.) (findings of fact and conclusions of law in bench trial awarding client substantial damages for breach of fiduciary duties in securities fraud case)
• Theft
• Assault
• Murder
  Urrently represents former world champion free diver Pipin Ferreras in a defamation lawsuit against Netflix and others filed in March 2023: https://variety.com/2023/film/news/netflix-sued-no-limit-free-dive-murder-1235567149/
• Internet Crimes

Business and Corporate Law

• Corporate Law
  Rufus-Isaacs, Acland & Grantham provides general advice to businesses from start-ups looking to raise capital to mature companies looking to grow through opening new operations or mergers and acquisitions. These services include advising on company formation and structure, drafting operating and shareholder agreements and other governing agreements, conducting legal due diligence on companies (including material contract review, intellectual property due diligence, and opining on pending and threatened litigation), drafting mergers and acquisition agreements and related documents, and negotiating and drafting commercial agreements in the ordinary course of a client’s business. The firm does not provide tax or securities law advice related to the foregoing, but engages and manages counsel on a client’s behalf to provide such advice through its network of outside counsel.
• Mergers and Acquisitions
• Business Disputes
• Trade Secrets
• Intellectual Property
  Intellectual Property Law Review, edited by Karen B. Tripp. New York: Clark Boardman Callaghan/Thomson Legal Publishing, 1997 [as William Grantham].
• Unfair Competition
  Rufus-Isaacs, Acland & Grantham offers clients a dynamic and aggressive, yet cost-effective solution, to resolving disputes relating to entertainment, media, partnership, employment, unfair competition, intellectual property, insurance and general business matters. We believe that litigation may not always be in the client’s best interests. In some situations, there is no alternative, and in others, litigation offers a tactical advantage. However, in many cases, the client’s best approach may be to control legal expenses and explore alternative ways of resolving the dispute at the outset. If litigation must be pursued, it should be done aggressively but with the client’s financial objectives in mind.

Employment Law

• Employment Litigation
  Rufus-Isaacs, Acland & Grantham has expertise in mediations, arbitrations and state and federal court litigation (at both appellate and trial levels), involving issues such as fraud, breach of contract, negligence, employment, unfair competition, business interference torts, electronic transactions, employment disputes, partnership disputes and theft of trade secrets.

Property Law

• Real Estate Transactions
  David Lewis is an English barrister and “AV” rated California attorney.  David spent many years working in large law firms before establishing his own practice and becoming “of counsel” to Rufus-Isaacs, Acland & Grantham, LLP. He has over thirty years of experience, specializing in real estate and business law, with expertise in a wide variety of real estate transactions.  David’s trademarks are a highly pragmatic approach, first-rate negotiating and drafting skills, an ability to close deals using sound business judgment, and a sense of humor.
• Easement
• Landlord-Tenant Disputes

Finance Law

• Foreclosure
  Lending David represents both lenders and borrowers in secured lending transactions such as construction loans and permanent loans, workouts with problem loan situations, deed in lieu transactions and foreclosures
• Tax Law