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COLUMBIA, SOUTH CARLINA – Employment law attorney Nekki Shutt participated, along with six other prominent South Carolinians, in a town hall discussion at Winthrop University. The discussion, titled “The New South: Shifting Cultural Norms,” was one of several programs planned at the university in advance of that night’s Democratic presidential forum. South Carolina’s Feb. 27 […]

Lemming (Lem-ing; noun):  A member of a crowd with no originality or voice of his own. One who speaks or repeats only what he has been told.  Source: Urban Dictionary. Do you ever wonder why people do the things they do?  I do, especially when it comes to litigation-related matters.  With the benefit of e-filing in the […]

COLUMBIA, SOUTH CAROLINA –  M. Malissa Burnette has earned 2016 Lawyer of the Year honors in Employment Law – Individuals for the Columbia metropolitan area in the new edition of The Best Lawyers in America. The guide, released today in print and at bestlawyers.com, is among the legal profession’s oldest peer-reviewed publications. Attorneys are included […]

COLUMBIA, SOUTH CAROLINA – M. Malissa Burnette and Nekki Shutt are recognized in the just-released 2016 Best Lawyers in America, one of the oldest peer-reviewed publications covering the legal profession. Malissa Burnette was honored as Lawyer of the Year in Employment Law – Individuals in the Columbia metropolitan area. She also was included in the […]

COLUMBIA, SOUTH CAROLINA – Kathleen McDaniel is the new president of Rotary Club of the Vista Night, a position she’ll hold through mid-2016. McDaniel joined the organization in 2011. She’s held other leadership positions with the Vista Night chapter, including Rotary Foundation chair. Her Rotary involvement began in 2010, when she traveled to India as […]

COLUMBIA, SOUTH CAROLINA – Jax Pavlicek, has been appointed to the Board of Directors of the Columbia World Affairs Council. The council, a non-profit and non-partisan organization, was founded in 1993 with a goal of building a bridge between the Midlands and international communities. In addition to serving as a catalyst for building relationships, the […]

COLUMBIA, SOUTH CAROLINA – Nekki Shutt again is serving as co-moderator of Employment Law Essentials, a continuing legal education seminar she helped develop last year for the South Carolina Bar. The CLE Essentials Series consists of nine seminars covering major South Carolina practice areas as well as office technology. New law school graduates are required […]

COLUMBIA, SOUTH CAROLINA – Burnette Shutt & McDaniel partner M. Malissa Burnette has been recognized in Free Times’ “Power Issue 2015,” making her debut on a list that includes such elite company as Columbia Mayor Steve Benjamin and South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley. The newspaper’s annual ranking of “50 People Who Get Things Done in […]

COLUMBIA, SOUTH CAROLINA – Nekki Shutt has helped 29 union plumbers and pipefitters from Aiken win their day in court in the latest round of a protracted nine-year battle to collect the workers’ vacation pay. “This is a complicated case involving dozens of parties,” said Shutt, a Certified Specialist in Labor and Employment Law. “At […]

COLUMBIA, SOUTH CAROLINA – M. Malissa Burnette is profiled in the cover story of the latest edition of South Carolina Super Lawyers magazine. Burnette was honored in 2015 Super Lawyers in the practice area of employment law litigation, marking the eighth straight year she’s been included in the publication. The cover story, headlined “Undaunted,” highlights […]