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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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

Congratulations to Burnette Shutt & McDaniel co-founder Nekki Shutt, honored as a Lawyer of the Year for the Columbia area in the just-released 2026 edition of Best Lawyers in America. She is recognized as Lawyer of the Year in Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law. It’s her sixth Lawyer of the Year award, with five of them […]

It’s a clean sweep! We’re thrilled that every attorney at Burnette Shutt & McDaniel is honored in the just-released 2026 edition of Best Lawyers in America and its companion guide, Best Lawyers: One to Watch.  Additionally, firm co-founder Nekki Shutt again was named Lawyer of the Year honors for the Columbia area in Employee Benefits […]

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 […]

COLUMBIA, SC – Once again, Burnette Shutt & McDaniel has a strong showing in Legal Elite of the Midlands, with more than half of the firm’s attorneys earning honors. Seven Burnette Shutt & McDaniel attorneys were recognized in the publication, an annual special section of Columbia Business Monthly. The honors came in employment law, employee […]