Super Lawyers 2026 lists 5 Burnette Shutt & McDaniel attorneys
COLUMBIA, SC – It’s another super showing for Burnette Shutt & McDaniel in Super Lawyers and its companion piece, Rising Stars. Five of the firm’s attorneys, including all three founding partners, are included in the latest release of the national guide.
Published annually since 1991, Super Lawyers includes attorneys it identifies as outstanding across more than 70 practice areas. Its companion list of Rising Stars recognizes attorneys under age 40 or with less than 10 years of practice.
The five attorneys from Burnette Shutt & McDaniel are also listed in South Carolina Super Lawyers, a directory of the Palmetto State’s outstanding attorneys, in the following practice areas:
- M. Malissa Burnette – Employment Litigation: Plaintiff
- Nekki Shutt – Employee Benefits
- Kathleen McDaniel – Administrative Law
- David E. Rothstein – Employment and Labor Law
- Grant Burnette LeFever – Rising Star, Employment Litigation: Plaintiff
Every attorney honored has appeared in multiple editions of Super Lawyers. Malissa and David lead the way with 19 and 18 years of inclusion respectively.
The attorneys at Burnette Shutt & McDaniel are skilled litigators who fight for clients in state and federal courts in South Carolina as well as before administrative agencies. The firm has helped move law forward in landmark cases, such as marriage equality, and in the on-going battle to protect healthcare rights in South Carolina.
About Super Lawyers
The patented Super Lawyers selection process was created with a goal of compiling a national third-party rating system that people and companies in need of legal representation can trust. Super Lawyers begins with peer review, then continues with independent research that evaluates nominees on 12 indicators of professional achievement. A panel of top-rated lawyers in the same practice area then selects around 5 percent of a state’s attorneys for inclusion. Rising Stars uses the same process but selection is limited to about 2.5 percent of eligible attorneys.