Super Lawyers 2026 lists 5 Burnette Shutt & McDaniel attorneys
COLUMBIA, SC – It’s another super showing for Burnette Shutt & McDaniel in Super Lawyers and its companion piece, Rising Stars. Five of the firm’s attorneys, including all three founding partners, are included in the latest release of the national guide. Published annually since 1991, Super Lawyers includes attorneys it identifies as outstanding across more […]
SC Court of Appeals upholds $1.5 million verdict in Wage Payment Act case
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 […]
All Burnette Shutt & McDaniel attorneys honored in new edition of Best Lawyers in America
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 welcomes employment law specialist David Rothstein
COLUMBIA, SC – David E. Rothstein, a certified employment law specialist with extensive legal experience and a career-long commitment to fighting for the underdog, has joined Burnette Shutt & McDaniel as a partner. David has practiced for more than three decades at firms large and small in Columbia and Greenville, most recently at Rothstein Law […]

