Five Kim Lahey Killough attorneys named 2025 Best Lawyers

Five Kim Lahey Killough attorneys named in Best Lawyers for work in intellectual property, corporate and employment law

Kim, Lahey & Killough Law Firm is honored to announce that five of the firm attorneys are named in The Best Lawyers in America® 2025 edition:

Charleston patent attorney B. C. Killough is recognized for his work in:

• Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships)
• Corporate Law
• Litigation – Intellectual Property
• Patent Law
• Trademark Law

Previously, Killough was honored as the Corporate Law Lawyer of the Year for the Charleston metro in 2015.

 

In the Greenville, SC metro market, four Kim, Lahey & Killough attorneys are recognized, including firm founder Douglas W. Kim, who is honored for his work in the areas of:

• Litigation – Intellectual Property
• Litigation – Patent
• Patent Law
• Trade Secrets Law
• Trademark Law

Kim has previously been recognized as a Lawyer of the Year in Greenville, SC, in two of these areas: as Trademark Lawyer of the Year in 2022 and the Patent Lawyer of the Year in 2019.

 

Greenville intellectual property attorney Seann Lahey is recognized for his work in:

• Trademark Law

Additionally, Seann has extensive experience dealing with international and U.S. patent prosecution. His practice also regularly includes matters on trademarks, copyrights, trade secrets, licensing of intellectual property rights, and rendering legal opinions on validity, infringement and enforceability of intellectual property rights, as well as litigation involving intellectual property rights.

 

IP attorney Hunter S. Freeman is commended for his work in:

• Commercial Litigation
• Copyright Law
• Litigation – Intellectual Property
• Trademark Law

As an Intellectual Property attorney, experienced litigator and certified mediator, Hunter Freeman’s 20+ years of experience and insight provide novel ways for clients to create value through the protection, prosecution and enforcement of their IP.

 

Attorney Casey Martens practices employment and business law in both the Greenville SC and Brevard NC offices of Kim, Lahey & Killough. Licensed in South Carolina, North Carolina and Georgia, her law practice focuses in the areas of business disputes and litigation, state and federal employment law, drafting and enforcement of restrictive covenants, and business disputes involving tortious interference with contract. Casey is recognized as a 2025 Best Lawyers One to Watch in America in the areas of:

• Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law
• Labor and Employment Law – Employee
• Labor and Employment Law – Management
• Litigation – Labor and Employment

Since 1983, The Best Lawyers in America has compiled and reviewed peer evaluations from across the United States to identify an annual list of honorees. The Best Lawyers in America recognizes only the top 5.3% of lawyers in the nation across 150 practice areas.

With offices in Greenville and Charleston, SC and Brevard, NC, the Kim, Lahey & Killough Law Firm is devoted to helping clients establish, enforce, and leverage their intellectual property rights from the Upstate, to the Lowcountry to across the globe.