Burnette Shutt & McDaniel fights for former government employee in ADA, civil rights case
COLUMBIA, SC – Burnette Shutt & McDaniel attorneys Sarah J.M. Cox and Lydia Robins Hendrix are representing a former Goose Creek employee in a lawsuit against the town, the South Carolina Department of Mental Health, and several town and state employees. The plaintiff, the town’s former arts and entertainment coordinator, says town officials had her […]
Burnette Shutt & McDaniel earns five Tier 1 honors in Best Law Firms
Burnette Shutt & McDaniel again has received top-level honors for the Columbia area in Best Law Firms®. The 2026 edition cites the firm in Tier 1 in five practice areas. The law firm has ranked in Tier 1 in the Columbia area in Litigation – Labor and Employment Law and in Employment Law – Individuals […]
Burnette Shutt & McDaniel represents employee fired after social media post
Burnette Shutt & McDaniel has filed what is believed to be the first lawsuit in the nation challenging the overreach of public employers who seek to silence employees’ voices for speaking on matters of public concern in the aftermath of Charlie Kirk’s murder. The client, a decorated and well-respected teacher’s aide in Spartanburg County School […]
SC Court of Appeals upholds $1.5 million verdict in Wage Payment Act case
A nurse practitioner has won an appeal of a case involving more than $1.5 million in back pay for underpaid bonuses. Burnette Shutt & McDaniel attorney David E. Rothstein represented the nurse practitioner in both the circuit court case and the appeal. In 2018, nurse practitioner David Hess sued his former employer, a pediatric clinic […]
Burnette Shutt & McDaniel attorneys represent Oconee County librarian in wrongful termination and discrimination case
Burnette Shutt & McDaniel is representing an Oconee County librarian who was fired after she protested a decision to discontinue an annual Pride Month display. The case alleges wrongful termination and retaliation for exercising her First Amendment right to free speech. The librarian, former Oconee County Public Library Branch Services Manager Sue Andrus, also says […]