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COLUMBIA, SC – Did you ever leave a great movie and want to keep talking about it? You’ll get your chance beginning next month. The Nickelodeon’s five-week “JURISCINEMA: The Law on Screen” begins Sept. 11. Burnette Shutt & McDaniel is a co-sponsor of the series. The firm, along with other local lawyers, helped curate the […]

Colleagues, friends and family recently joined Burnette Shutt & McDaniel to mark the official opening of its Lady Street offices. Columbia Chamber of Commerce CEO Carl Blackstone and Columbia Mayor Steve Benjamin were among the guests. Benjamin and firm co-founder Malissa Burnette cut the ceremonial ribbon. Benjamin praised the attorneys as not just fantastic lawyers, […]

COLUMBIA, SOUTH CAROLINA – The just-released 2018 Best Lawyers in America includes an impressive showing for Burnette Shutt & McDaniel. The new firm won 13 honors, including two Lawyers of the Year for metro Columbia. Malissa Burnette, Nekki Shutt and Janet Rhodes of Burnette Shutt & McDaniel won recognition across eight practice areas. Lawyer of […]

COLUMBIA, SC – Willie Sutton robbed banks because that’s where the money is. Today’s cyber criminals go after businesses because that’s where the data is. That means law firms are enticing targets for data thieves. There’s lots of sensitive, valuable data that at times isn’t well protected. Burnette Shutt & McDaniel lawyer Jax Pavlicek will […]

COLUMBIA, SC – The just-released 2017 Legal Elite of the Midlands lists four lawyers from Burnette Shutt & McDaniel, including all three of the firm’s founders. The publication’s employment law category includes M. Malissa Burnette, Nekki Shutt and Janet Rhodes. Kathleen McDaniel is among the Legal Elite in environmental law. “It’s great to see four […]

COLUMBIA, SOUTH CAROLINA – New attorneys can jump start an employment law career through a program Burnette Shutt & McDaniel’s Nekki Shutt helped create for the SC Bar. South Carolina Employment Law Essentials is a day-long continuing legal education program. Shutt and another Columbia employment lawyer developed the CLE, now it its fourth year. They […]

COLUMBIA, SC – It’s the standard stuff of TV dramas. An employee suspected of embezzlement takes a polygraph, providing the crucial evidence needed to wrap everything up in less than an hour. The real world is more complicated. When it comes to polygraphs at work, there are strict laws that cover when they can be […]

I grew up in the south—no, the OTHER south. The land of palm trees, carne asada burritos, fish tacos and home of the Padres (but not the Chargers – I’m still bitter about that). San Diego. Every time I tell folks where I’m from, they ask what brought me to Columbia, South Carolina (and why […]

COLUMBIA, SC – Three experienced and skilled attorneys have come together to create Burnette Shutt & McDaniel, a forward-thinking law firm with offices in Columbia’s historic business district. Burnette Shutt & McDaniel will focus on employment law, environmental law, privacy issues and litigation. Founders M. Malissa Burnette, Nekki Shutt and Kathleen McDaniel practiced together for […]

COLUMBIA, SOUTH CAROLINA –Super Lawyers 2017 is honoring three attorneys from Burnette Shutt & McDaniel in the latest edition of its annual guide to the nation’s top lawyers. Super Lawyers selected M. Malissa Burnette, Kathleen McDaniel and Janet Rhodes for inclusion. They were picked after a rigorous process that begins with peer nomination and then […]