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COLUMBIA, SOUTH CAROLINA – Burnette Shutt & McDaniel attorney Jax Pavlicek recently spoke to the South Carolina Gay and Lesbian Business Guild on LGBT employment issues. The Guild, a 23-year-old not-for-profit organization, was formed to encourage business development and networking in the LGBT community. The group holds monthly informational meetings as well as regular educational […]

COLUMBIA, SOUTH CAROLINA – Nekki Shutt presented a seminar covering employment issues impacting transgender employees. The program was part of this year’s South Carolina Bar State Convention. Shutt began her talk by outlining problems transgender people face in the workplace, including job loss due to bias, verbal abuse and harassment, threats and social ostracization. Among […]

COLUMBIA, SOUTH CAROLINA – Nekki Shutt, was a participant in a spring symposium organized by the Federal Courts Law Review at the Charleston School of Law. The symposium is an annual event that draws both students and practicing attorneys. This year’s program included a keynote address followed by four, one-hour panels. Shutt was a panelist […]

COLUMBIA, SOUTH CAROLINA – South Carolina Lawyers Weekly has selected Nekki Shutt to receive a 2016 South Carolina Leadership in Law Award. Shutt was among only 30 recipients this year. She and the other honorees will be profiled in the Jan. 18 edition of the magazine and celebrated at an awards dinner March 10 at […]

COLUMBIA, SOUTH CAROLINA – Nekki Shutt will present a program this week at the SC Bar’s 5th annual “Everything You Need to Know About Ethics” seminar. The all-day program begins at 8:50 a.m. Jan. 15 at the Bar Conference Center in Columbia. It also will be webcast at a dozen locations across the state. Shutt’s […]

COLUMBIA, SOUTH CAROLINA – Nekki Shutt and M. Malissa Burnette are being recognized jointly on a list of the Midlands Top 50 Most Influential of 2015. Columbia Business Monthly announces the list every Jan. 1. The rankings typically include people in business, government, legal, economic development, education and non-profit sectors who made an impact in […]

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 […]

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 […]