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Chan M. Ahn, Esq

 Bar Admissions

  • State Bar of Georgia

  • Court of Appeals of Georgia

  • Supreme Court of Georgia

  • United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia

  • District of Columbia

  • South Carolina

  • United States District Court for the District of South Carolina

  • United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit

  • United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit

  • United States Immigration Courts

 Affiliations

  • American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA)

  • South Carolina Association for Justice (SCAJ)

  • York County Bar Association

 Honors/Awards

  • Best Lawyers®: "Ones to Watch"

  • Expertise®: "Best Employment & Labor Lawyer"

  • CALI Excellence for Future Awards, University of South Carolina School of Law

  • West-Olivetti Endowed Scholarship, University of South Carolina School of Law 

  • "Employee of the Year" Award, United States Department of State 

  • Meritorious Awards, United States Department of State

  • Franklin Award, United States Department of State

 Education

  • Juris Doctor, University of South Carolina School of Law

  • Master of Arts, Journalism & Communication, Kyung Hee University

  • Bachelor of Science, Clothing & Textiles, Kyung Hee University

Chan M. Ahn

Civil Trial Lawyer

Founder & Managing Attorney

770.239.1773 (Georgia)

803.810.4373 (South Carolina)

855.457.2529 (Washington, D.C.)

Email: chan@ahnlawfirmllc.com

To date, Chan has represented numerous clients in Georgia, South Carolina, and Washington D.C., where he is fully licensed to practice law.  The clients that Chan has represented in litigation, immigration, and transactional matters include investors, business owners, corporations, limited liability companies (LLCs), non-profit organizations, churches, banks, homeowners' associations (HOAs), research institutes, schools, school teachers, researchers, scientists, professors, government officials, lawyers, doctors, dentists, nurses, pastors, journalists, librarians, artists, musicians, entertainers, fashion models, police officers, firefighters, civic activists, students, parents, and workers from all walks of life.

While regularly appearing in federal, state, and immigration courts on behalf of his clients, Chan has been recognized by Best Lawyers in America® consistently since 2021 and is listed in the "Lawyers Directory" of the U.S. News & World Report®.  Chan has also been identified as one of the "Best Employment Lawyers" in both Georgia and South Carolina by Expertise®.

Prior to embarking on his career as an attorney, Chan served as a law clerk for the Honorable Carolyn W. Rogers of the York County Probate Court and worked as a summer associate at a large law firm located in Columbia, South Carolina.  Subsequently, Chan worked as an Associate Attorney for Jordan & Dunn, LLC, and Jordan Law Firm, P.C., where he also served as Of Counsel until 2020.

Chan attended the University of South Carolina School of Law, from which he received his Juris Doctor degree.  While in law school, he served as the Special Projects Editor of the South Carolina Journal of International Law & Business (SCJILB) and worked as a research assistant for Prof. Marie C. Boyd. Throughout the time he attended law school, Chan was the sole recipient of the prestigious West-Olivetti Endowed Scholarship. He also received the CALI Excellence for the Future Awards—which are given to the highest scoring student of each law school class—for Legal Research, Analysis & Writing II (LRAW II) and Advanced Legal Writing.

Prior to attending law school, Chan was the Founder & Chief Executive of Beehive Communications, Inc. ("Beehive"), a boutique consulting firm specializing in cross-cultural communication strategies, strategic networking, topic-specific research and investigative reporting projects, web-based media solutions, and digital communications services.

Prior to founding Beehive in 2006, Chan served as a Press Advisor at the U.S. Embassy in Seoul—where he earned the U.S. Department of State's Employee of the Year Award (“Foreign Service National of the Year”)—and worked as a communications specialist for Samsung, a Seoul-based global conglomerate.  He has also worked as a fashion designer, as a wine consultant, as an interpreter/translator, and as a tour guide in Western Europe.

Chan is admitted to the State Bar of Georgia, the Court of Appeals of Georgia, the Supreme Court of Georgia, and the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia, as well as to the Bars of the District of Columbia and South Carolina.  He is also admitted to the United States District Court for the District of South Carolina, the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, and the Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR) Immigration Courts of the United States. 

He speaks fluent Korean and is proficient in web-based communication technologies.  Chan holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Clothing & Textiles and a Master of Arts degree in Journalism & Communication, both of which he earned from Kyung Hee University, one of the top private universities in Seoul, South Korea.

While living in Lake Wylie, South Carolina, with his family, Chan frequently travels both within and outside South Carolina in representing his clients located in South Carolina, Georgia, and Washington, D.C.  During his free time, Chan enjoys spending time with his family and taking a walk with Alpha—an energetic and curious West Highland White Terrier.

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CONTACT

AHN

LAW FIRM,

LLC

South Carolina:

54 Marina Road

Suite 105

Lake Wylie, SC 29710
803.810.4373   (Main)

803.638.8232  (Columbia)

803.200.2704 (Rock Hill)

Georgia:

2180 Satellite Boulevard

Suite 400

Duluth, GA 30097

404.919.2723  (Atlanta)

770.239.1773  (Duluth)

404.310.8837 (Korean Language Service) 

Meet Us at Our Lake-front Office

Located in the River Hills Marina Club!

Meet Us at Our Garden-view Conference Room

Located in the Sugarloaf Corporate Center!

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