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Burnette Shutt & McDaniel welcomes attorney Johanna Valenzuela
January 26, 2026 • Featured, News
COLUMBIA, SC – Burnette Shutt & McDaniel is thrilled to announce that Johanna Valenzuela is bringing her formidable skills and rich legal knowledge to our firm. A deeply experienced attorney, her practice will focus on employment law, litigation, and qui tam whistleblower cases. Johanna served for six years in the United States Attorney’s Columbia office, […]
Read MoreMalissa Burnette earns 50 Most Influential Hall of Fame status
January 9, 2026 • News
What’s better than a three-peat? Hall of Fame honors. Congratulations to Burnette Shutt & McDaniel founding partner Malissa Burnette, who’s being recognized in Columbia Business Monthly’s 50 Most Influential 2025 Hall of Fame class. This is the fourth time the annual special section has listed Malissa among the Midlands’ top leaders. She first was selected […]
Read MoreBurnette Shutt & McDaniel fights for former government employee in ADA, civil rights case
December 9, 2025 • News
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 […]
Read MoreBurnette Shutt & McDaniel earns five Tier 1 honors in Best Law Firms
November 6, 2025 • News
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 […]
Read MoreTommy Gordon becomes new intake process manager at Burnette Shutt & McDaniel
October 31, 2025 • News
A lifelong Midlands resident who’s long been involved in fights to move law forward, Tommy Gordon has been named intake process manager at Burnette Shutt & McDaniel. He’ll be the first face potential clients see or the first voice they hear as he guides them through the process of scheduling an initial consultation with an […]
Read MoreBurnette, Shutt, and Cohoon honored among leading civil rights and employment attorneys
October 9, 2025 • News
Burnette Shutt & McDaniel partners M. Malissa Burnette, Jack E. Cohoon, and Nekki Shutt are recognized in the 2025 Lawdragon 500 Leading Civil Rights & Plaintiff Employment Lawyers. Malissa and Jack are included for their work in Employee and Civil Rights Law. Nekki is cited in the area of Employee Rights and Benefits. The annual […]
Read MoreCox offers employment law tips to human resource professionals
October 8, 2025 • News
The Americans with Disabilities Act, Family Medical and Leave Act, Title VII, the Age Discrimination in Employment Act, the South Carolina Pregnant Workers Fairness Act, and more were all topics Burnette Shutt & McDaniel attorney Sarah J.M. Cox covered in a keynote address to a Society for Human Resource Management conference. The event was a […]
Read MoreBurnette Shutt & McDaniel attorneys help author employer book for law firms
October 2, 2025 • News
Attorneys go to law school, not business school for a reason: The law is where their interest lies. But eventually, many attorneys wind up being employers. What then? Four Burnette Shutt & McDaniel attorneys have teamed up with others to update “Lawyers as Employers.” It’s the second edition of a guide written by SC Bar […]
Read MoreMalissa Burnette named to SC Lawyers Weekly Power List
October 1, 2025 • News
COLUMBIA, SC – Malissa Burnette is highlighted in the newest SC Lawyers Weekly Employment Law Power List, marking the third consecutive year a Burnette Shutt & McDaniel attorney has been included in the exclusive special section. This year’s Power List recognizes only 10 employment-law attorneys statewide. Selection criteria include professional and community leadership, a record […]
Read MoreBurnette Shutt & McDaniel represents employee fired after social media post
September 19, 2025 • News
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 […]
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