Burnette, Shutt present seminars at SC Association for Justice convention
Employment lawyers Nekki Shutt and M. Malissa Burnette gave presentations this week at the South Carolina Association for Justice convention in Hilton Head. Burnette and Shutt presented continuing legal education seminars to the annual gathering of South Carolina trial lawyers. Both are certified specialists in employment and labor law and founding partners of Burnette Shutt […]
Burnette Shutt & McDaniel sponsors exhibit at Columbia Museum of Art
Often the fight for freedom takes place in a courtroom. At other times, art inspires us to work for a better world. Sometimes, we come to realize that the battle is about finding something within ourselves. That’s why Burnette Shutt & McDaniel is thrilled to help the Columbia Museum of Art bring “Something’s Happening: The […]
Four Burnette Shutt & McDaniel attorneys named to Legal Elite of the Midlands
Four attorneys at Burnette Shutt & McDaniel, including all three founders, are highlighted in the just-released 2018 edition of “Legal Elite of the Midlands.” The publication’s Top 10 in Labor and Employment Law includes M. Malissa Burnette and Nekki Shutt. Kathleen McDaniel is among the Legal Elite in environmental law, while the Top 10 in […]
Burnette Shutt & McDaniel proud to sponsor exhibit at Columbia Museum of Art
Often the fight for freedom takes place in a courtroom. At other times, art inspires us to work for a better world. Sometimes, we come to realize that the battle is about finding something within ourselves. That’s why Burnette Shutt & McDaniel is thrilled to help the Columbia Museum of Art bring “Something’s Happening: The […]
Burnette among speakers at All in Together civic education program
Dozens of women came together recently to devote time on a Saturday to work toward a cause: learning advocacy skills that will empower them and help them inspire others. Burnette Shutt & McDaniel co-founder M. Malissa Burnette was among those on hand when the Gretchen Carlson Leadership Initiative came to Columbia. A South Carolina Supreme […]
GDPR privacy updates flooding inboxes, confounding organizations in U.S.
Thank GDPR if your e-mail inbox is flooded with privacy notices from everyone from the big guys such as Twitter, Facebook and Google to small sites you’ve long since forgotten about visiting. Thank GDPR if your organization is struggling to figure out how to comply with the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation. The giants […]
What to do if your egg salad sandwich tries to kill you
By Sarah J.M. Cox Law Clerk A new outbreak of Salmonella, which has sickened dozens of people, has been traced to a farm in North Carolina, causing recalls of eggs sold in several states, including South Carolina. The South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control has a helpful website with information about what to […]
Shutt to talk about #MeToo, Pavlicek about data security at Bar seminar
COLUMBIA, SC – Burnette Shutt & McDaniel attorneys Nekki Shutt and Jax Pavlicek will talk about two timely topics today at the South Carolina Bar Employment Law Division Mid-Year Conference. The annual event updates lawyers on events in their practice area and lets them earn Continuing Legal Education Credits. Shutt will join three other lawyers […]
Burnette, Rhodes honored in 2018 Super Lawyers
COLUMBIA, SOUTH CAROLINA –Super Lawyers 2018 is recognizing two attorneys from Burnette Shutt & McDaniel in the latest edition of the annual guide. Malissa Burnette and Janet Rhodes both earned honors in employment law practice areas. Burnette, one of Burnette Shutt & McDaniel’s founders, has been featured in every edition of Super Lawyers since 2008. […]
Malissa on Weed: Legalized Marijuana and Employer Drug Testing
By M. Malissa Burnette Attorney at Law It’s Weed Day 2018! Marijuana is no longer perceived as the threat to all humanity portrayed in the 1936 propaganda film “Reefer Madness”. That iconic work, now viewed as laughable, was a melodramatic marvel depicting teenagers lured to using marijuana then driven to insanity, mayhem and murder. On […]