Casey Martens

Overview

After graduating with a B.A. in English Literature and working as a locally-owned restaurant General Manager for years, Casey Martens pursued her J.D. to both counsel small businesses about their employment practices and litigate individuals’ employment claims. With a decade of small-business restaurant management to draw on, Casey recognizes the realities and challenges that employers and employees face in small business settings. Her tenure in the food, beverage and hospitality industries gives her a uniquely informed view of how to best structure and implement preventative measures such as policies, procedures, and employee manuals. Casey is adept at knowing how to approach social issues, like sexual harassment and racial discrimination, as well as financial issues, like non-payment of wages and overtime. Casey served both as an intern and a paralegal in a wide variety of legal areas — from product liability to probate — from the SC Department of Health and Environment to the US District Court for the District of South Carolina — before joining MHC Law and the Kim, Lahey & Killough Law Firm.

Services

Business Disputes and Litigation, State and Federal Employment Law, Corporate formation, Drafting and Enforcement of Contracts, Business Disputes involving Interference with Client Relations, Individual and Business Defamation, Collections, and Enforcement of Non-Compete Agreements.

Awards

• Named, Legal Elite of the Upstate, Greenville Business Magazine (2020, 2021)
• 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)
• CALI Excellence for the Future Award: Commercial Law

Experience Highlights

• Casey Martens has served both as an intern and a paralegal in a wide variety of legal areas — from product liability to probate — from the SC Department of Health and Environment to the US District Court for the District of South Carolina.