Super Lawyers 2025 lists 7 Burnette Shutt & McDaniel attorneys
COLUMBIA, SC – Seven Burnette Shutt & McDaniel attorneys, including every partner at the firm, are included in the latest edition of Super Lawyers and its companion piece, Rising Stars.
The annual guide’s goal is to create a national directory of outstanding attorneys across more than 70 practice areas. The Super Lawyers 2025 edition was released today, along with a companion list of Rising Stars recognizing attorneys under age 40 or with less than 10 years of practice.
The seven from Burnette Shutt & McDaniel are also listed in South Carolina Super Lawyers, a directory of outstanding attorneys in the Palmetto State, in the following practice areas:
- M. Malissa Burnette – Employment Litigation: Plaintiff
- Nekki Shutt – Employee Benefits
- Kathleen McDaniel – Administrative Law
- Jack Cohoon – Civil Rights Law
- Janet Rhodes – Employment and Labor Law
- Grant Burnette LeFever – Rising Star list in Employment Litigation: Plaintiff
- Sarah Cox – Rising Star list in Employment and Labor Law
This year marks the first time that McDaniel and Cohoon have earned Super Lawyer honors. The others all have appeared in previous editions of Super Lawyers and Rising Star, with Burnette honored every year since 2008.
The attorneys at Burnette Shutt & McDaniel are skilled litigators who fight for clients in state and federal courts in South Carolina as well as before administrative agencies. The three founding partners have teamed up on landmark cases, such as marriage equality, and in the on-going battle to protect healthcare rights in South Carolina.
About Super Lawyers
The patented Super Lawyers selection process was created with a goal of compiling a national reference for people and companies who need legal representation. Published annually since 1991, Super Lawyers begins with peer review, then continues with an assessment of nominated attorneys based on a dozen indicators of professional achievement. A panel of top-rated lawyers in the same practice area then evaluates other nominees selecting around 5 percent for inclusion. Rising Stars includes about 2.5 percent of those nominated.