by Kim, Lahey & Killough Law FirmKim, Lahey Killough attorneys listed 2026 Best Lawyers
Kim, Lahey & Killough attorneys listed in 2026 Best Lawyers
Kim, Lahey & Killough Law Firm is honored to announce that five of the firm attorneys are listed in The Best Lawyers in America® 2026 edition:
In the firm’s Greenville home office, firm founder Douglas W. Kim is recognized for his work in
- Litigation – Intellectual Property
- Litigation – Patent
- Patent Law (Lawyer of the Year, 2019)
- Trade Secrets Law
- Trademark Law (Lawyer of the Year, 2022)
Firm co-founder, Seann Lahey is listed for his work in:
- Patent Law
- Trademark Law
And Greenville patent attorney Hunter S. Freeman is commended for his work in:
- Commercial Litigation
- Copyright Law
- Litigation – Intellectual Property
- Litigation – Patent
- Trademark Law
In the firm’s Charleston office, Charleston patent attorney B. C. Killough celebrates his 15th year on the Best Lawyers list for his work in:
- Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships)
- Corporate Law (Lawyer of the Year, 2015)
- Litigation – Intellectual Property
- Patent Law
- Trademark Law
Licensed in South Carolina, North Carolina and Georgia, Casey Martens heads up the firm’s Brevard, NC office. She is recognized by Best Lawyers in the Greenville, SC metro as a 2026 Best Lawyers One to Watch in America in the areas of:
- Employee Benefits Law
- Intellectual Property Law
- Labor and Employment Law – Employee
- Labor and Employment Law – Management
- Litigation – Labor and Employment
Since 1981, The Best Lawyers in America® and Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch® in America has compiled and reviewed peer evaluations from across the United States to identify an annual list of honorees. This year, over 31 million evaluations were analyzed, including a record-breaking 4.8 million new responses.
About Kim, Lahey & Killough
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.
by Kim, Lahey & Killough Law FirmAll attorneys listed as 2025 Legal Elite
Entire Kim, Lahey & Killough attorney team listed as 2025 Legal Elite by Charleston Business and Greenville Business Magazines
Kim, Lahey & Killough is proud to announce that each of their eight attorneys has been named in the 2025 Legal Elite lists with all five of the firm’s registered patent attorneys recognized as Legal Elite in Intellectual Property and Innovation by Greenville Business Magazine and Charleston Business Magazines. “There are only a select few firms in South Carolina that are boutique intellectual property firms and to have our entire team recognized by our peers in Legal Elite is quite an honor. This recognition confirms the commitment we have to our clients and to providing excellent legal services that help our clients create and protect their intellectual property. This reaffirms our continuing commitment to our clients to assist them with matching legal strategies with their business goals to grow their companies and innovations,” commented firm founder, Doug Kim.
The IP attorneys named Legal Elite include firm founders Doug Kim and Seann Lahey as well as B.C. Killough, Hunter Freeman, and Robert Merting.
In addition to the firm’s core intellectual property practice, the firm supports businesses with corporate counsel. Business attorneys Casey Martens, Anthony Nolte and Emily Bohan were each recognized for their work in corporate matters: Casey was named for her work in Employment Law – Defendants and Emily Bohan was listed for Corporate Law – Business Organization matters.
Greenville business attorney Anthony Nolte rounds out Kim, Lahey & Killough’s whole team of Legal Elite, named for his work in Corporate Law-Merger & Acquisitions. Licensed in both South Carolina and Texas, Tony is a former business and financial executive as well as in-house counsel for Shell, among other successful ventures. He concentrates his legal work in the areas of company structure and formation, start-ups, early-stage and growth companies, corporate governance, mergers, divestitures, and acquisitions, financings, franchising & licensing, contracts, business succession, business disputes & resolutions. Outside of the office, Tony Nolte is an Angel Investor, teaches as an adjunct professor at Furman University, mentors startups in the Greenville ecosystem, serves as a limited partner in the Greenville Next Founders Fund I and is a member of VentureSouth.
The Legal Elite are selected annually through peer nominations from attorneys throughout the state of South Carolina in 50 legal practice areas.
About Kim, Lahey & Killough
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.
by Kim, Lahey & Killough Law FirmFive 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.