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COLUMBIA, SOUTH CAROLINA – Three Burnette Shutt & McDaniel attorneys are highlighted in Super Lawyers 2015, the latest edition of an annual publication that recognizes attorneys across more than 70 practice areas. Super Lawyers selected M. Malissa Burnette, Kathleen McDaniel and Janet Rhodes after an extensive evaluation that assesses nominees based on 12 indicators of […]

COLUMBIA, SOUTH CAROLINA – A Burnette Shutt & McDaniel attorney helped amicably resolve a contentious situation by negotiating an agreement under which the owners of Elm Abode Terrace, a stately mansion in Saint Andrews, could use their property for a commercial business while shielding neighbors from noise during events hosted there. The problem dated back […]

COLUMBIA, SOUTH CAROLINA – Attorney Jax Pavlicek was part of a four-person panel that judged the state Middle School Mock Trial Competition. The two-day event, held in Lexington County Dec. 5 and 6, culminated months of work for 12 teams from middle schools across the state. Teams of six to 16 students, from public, private, […]

COLUMBIA, SOUTH CAROLINA –Jax Pavlicek has been admitted to practice before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit. The Fourth Circuit covers South Carolina, Maryland, North Carolina, Virginia and West Virginia, handling appeals from U.S. District Courts in those states. Pavlicek previously was admitted to practice in the U.S. District Court for the […]

COLUMBIA, SOUTH CAROLINA – Three South Carolina residents who were denied driver’s licenses under their married names are suing the state Department of Vehicles, asking that the agency be forced to treat same-sex spouses who change their names the same as it does heterosexual couples. Burnette Shutt & McDaniel attorneys Nekki Shutt, M Malissa Burnette […]

COLUMBIA, SOUTH CAOLINA – From “don’t ask, don’t tell” to the Defense of Marriage Act, the law is littered with acts, most of them subsequently declared unconstitutional or repealed, that restrict the rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender couples. Though the times and the laws slowly are changing, a number of statutes still prevent […]

COLUMBIA, SOUTH CAROLINA –Nekki Shutt and M. Malissa Burnette are two of the attorneys involved in a Charleston County same-sex couple’s fight for marriage equality. If the legal actions succeed, South Carolina’s ban on same-sex marriages would end. Colleen Condon and Nichols Bleckley are battling for marriage equality on two fronts in actions filed in […]

COLUMBIA, SOUTH CAROLINA – Three attorneys at Burnette Shutt & McDaniel have been honored in Columbia Business Monthly’s 2014 Legal Elite of the Midlands. Inclusion in the publication means that the attorneys are considered among the top 10 in their practice area. The honorees are selected after a poll of almost 1,400 South Carolina Bar […]

COLUMBIA, SOUTH CAROLINA – The 2015 edition of The Best Lawyers in America, one of the oldest peer-reviewed publications covering the legal profession, highlighted two Burnette Shutt & McDaniel partners: Nekki Shutt: Employment Law, Management; Employment Law, Individuals; Litigation, Labor & Employment. Shutt has been listed in five consecutive editions of Best Lawyers. Malissa Burnette: […]

COLUMBIA, SOUTH CAROLINA – Lick the mashed potatoes at work and post a photo on Facebook – there are legal grounds to fire you. The action was not in the employer’s best interests. Smoke a cigarette during happy hour and post that image – your job is safe. At least, it is in states that […]