Shutt certified as South Carolina employment and labor law specialist
COLUMBIA, S.C. – Nekki Shutt has earned certification from the South Carolina Supreme Court as a specialist in employment and labor law. Certification as a specialist means an attorney has at least five years’ “substantial involvement and special competency” in the area and has devoted at least 40 percent of his or her practice to […]
Burnette honored as South Carolina Bar’s first distinguished employment lawyer
COLUMBIA, S.C. – M. Malissa Burnette, a specialist in South Carolina employment law, was honored as the South Carolina Bar’s Labor and Employment Law Section’s first recipient of the Distinguished Lawyer Award. Burnette was nominated and selected by her peers for the award, which recognizes meritorious service and outstanding community and professional contributions. A certified […]
Burnette highlighted in 2011 Super Lawyers list
COLUMBIA, S.C. – M. Malissa Burnette has been included in the 2011 Edition of South Carolina Super Lawyers. She’s one of only three attorneys in the state whose work was recognized in the area of Plaintiff Employment Litigation. This is the fourth straight year Burnette has been named a Super Lawyer. Super Lawyers is an […]
McDaniel takes the cake at the South Carolina State Fair
COLUMBIA, SC – At Burnette Shutt & McDaniel, values such as perseverance and problem-solving are business standards. It now appears that those traits apply to the South Carolina State Fair as well as to the firm’s legal practice. Kathleen McDaniel brought home a blue ribbon for her caramel cake after this year’s fair, the third […]
Shutt heads SC Bar Employment and Labor Law Section
Nekki Shutt has been elected to chair the South Carolina Bar’s Section on Employment and Labor Law for 2010. The 433-member Employment and Labor Law Section serves as a forum for all segments of the employment bar, allowing partners to review and comment on regulatory policy and procedure as well as on legislative initiatives. The […]
Shutt and Burnette selected for 2011 Best Lawyers
COLUMBIA, SC – Nekki Shutt and Malissa Burnette have been selected for the 2011 edition of The Best Lawyers in America. Shutt and Burnette were honored for their work in labor and employment law. Burnette also was recognized in alternative dispute resolution. Selection to Best Lawyers is based on an exhaustive and rigorous peer-review survey […]