Background
Grantham, William was born on June 16, 1957 in Dun Laoghaire, Ireland.
Grantham, William was born on June 16, 1957 in Dun Laoghaire, Ireland.
University of Liverpool, England (Bachelor of Arts, 1979). Saint Catherine"s College, Oxford University, England (Master of Philisophy, 1981). UniversitéPanthéon-Assas Paris II, Paris, France (1995).
Boalt Hall School of Law, University of California, Berkeley (Juris Doctor, 1996).
Spoken languages: French.
Worked at Rosenfeld, Meyer & Susman, Limited Liability Partnership (Beverly Hills, California) specializing in General Civil, Trial and Appellate Practice in all State and Federal Courts. Banking and Savings and Loan Law, Copyright, Corporate, Employee Benefits, Entertainment (Motion Picture, Television and Music) Transactions, Errors and Omission Clearance, Estate Planning, Family Law, Insurance Coverage and Defense Litigation, Intellectual Property, International Business Law, Labor and Employment Law, Media Finance, Motion Picture Financing, New Media Technologies, Real Estate, Real Property, Securities, Succession Planning, Taxation (Federal, State and International), Trademark, Trusts and Probate, and Unfair Competition. Admitted to the bar, 1996, California and United States.
District Court, Central District of California.
Author: "The Arbitrability of International Intellectual Property Disputes," 14 Berkeley Journal of International Law 173 (1996). "Avoiding Arbitration Traps," Business of Film, May 1997.
Member, Irish Legal History Society. Member: Beverly Hills and American Bar Associations.
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The firm was founded in 1957 to represent clients in the entertainment industry and that practice is still significant.
Over the years we have grown into a full service firm and our firm"s areas of expertise are centered around the following major departments: Litigation, Business/Corporate, Entertainment, Labor and Employment Law, Estate Planning, Trusts and Probate, Taxation, Insurance Coverage and Defense and Family Law. We also have groups specializing in New Media Technologies, Intellectual Property, Media Finance, Trademark, Merchandising and Licensing and Employee Benefits.
Member, Irish Legal History Society. Member: Beverly Hills and American Bar Associations. Military: ar">).