Casey Martens

Overview

Casey Martens works in our Brevard, NC office. She earned her BA in English Literature from the University of Colorado, Boulder in 2002, magna cum laude, before heading to the south. After a career in restaurant management, she graduated cum laude in 2016 from Charleston School of Law. She is licensed to practice law in South Carolina, North Carolina and Georgia.

Casey represents employers and workers in employment matters, as well as business and intellectual property disputes.

In her employment practice, Casey draws from over a decade of small-business restaurant management experience to bring a deep, practical, informed perspective to the table when counseling small businesses on their employment practices and litigating individuals’ employment claims. Casey drafts and reviews contracts and employment policies and procedures, advises on compliance with state and federal law, and counsels on and litigates worker classification, wage and hour, employment discrimination, and other employment-related claims.

Casey’s business practice involves resolving business disputes in the areas of trademark and trade secret, unfair trade practices, breach of contract, defamation, and other civil claims for her clients. She takes a practical approach to litigation, seeking early resolution when possible, and litigating through trial when necessary.

Outside her legal work, Casey teaches plant-based recipes on the WLOS Asheville series, “Carolina Kitchen,” and enjoys the Blue Ridge Mountains.

Services

Business Disputes and Litigation, Drafting, Review and Enforcement of Business and Employment related Contracts, Individual and Business Defamation, State and Federal Employment Law, Employment Investigations, Trademark Searches and Registrations

Awards

• Named,  South Carolina Super Lawyers Rising Stars for Employment & Labor, Business & Corporate and Intellectual Property for Greenville metro area
• Named, Legal Elite of the Upstate, Labor Law, Greenville Business Magazine
• William Bennet Regan Award for Outstanding Public Service
• Merit Scholarship, six semesters Dean’s List, Presidential Honors Scholar
• CSOL Forensic Club (one of 7 designees in graduating class)