Doug Kim chairs the Intellectual Property Practice Group,  where he concentrates on counseling companies concerning the protection and enforcement of intellectual property rights as well as assisting in enhancing intellectual property portfolios to increase company worth. He advises clients as to the creation, management and protection of intellectual property and assets and assists in the development of an intellectual property protection plan to create intellectual property portfolios. Doug combines his experience in patents, trademarks, service marks, copyrights and trade secrets to assist clients in a comprehensive and integrated intellectual property protection program to build intellectual capital for his clients.

As a former computer engineer, Doug worked with IBM in several specialized projects including radio frequency networks, data mining from legacy systems, and source code conversation from linear to object oriented programming.

Doug's practice includes patent preparation and prosecution, particularly in software, method, and mechanical patents. He works in many industries including casino industry, slot machines, expert systems, Internet encryption systems, color processing, manufacturing, nuclear waste, nuclear power, medical imaging, healthcare providers, automotive, automotive accessories, compute networking, color calibration, vehicle tires and the golf industry.

Doug's trademark and service mark preparation and prosecution practice includes the following industries: golfing, aviation, gaming, healthcare, color management, mattresses, nuclear waste processing, nuclear engineering, food service industry, retail and wholesale of a multitude of goods and services, manufacturing, photo film, security systems, encryption, power plant maintenance, property rental, software development, legal services and interior design.

Doug's copyrights practice includes applying for and securing copyright registrations in areas that include Geographical Information Systems (GIS), software, books, music, product packaging, and distribution.

Doug's trade secrets practice includes advising clients concerning creation, protection, preservation, enforcement and litigation involving trade secrets. Doug also maintains an extensive litigation practice handling cases nationally that involve the protection and defense of intellectual property as well as defending client against allegation of intellectual property infringement.

Doug is a frequent lecturer on topics that include: patents, trademarks, service marks, copyrights, trade secrets, development agreements, licensing, particularly intellectual property and software, litigation, infringement and infringement defense, electronic discovery (E-Discovery), and document retention/document destruction policies. Doug has is a lead attorney at McNair for electronic discovery/document retention and destruction including advising clients of creation, storage, and destruction of documents in the information age. Developing retention policies, destruction policies and operational procedures when encountering electronic discovery (E-Discovery), assisting with E-Discovery requests and responding to E-Discovery requests in litigation and investigations.