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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 […]

The just-released 2024 edition of Legal Elite of the Midlands includes 10 Burnette Shutt & McDaniel attorneys recognized across eight diverse practice areas. Burnette Shutt & McDaniel lawyers have a lengthy history of earning honors in Legal Elite of the Midlands. Founding partner Kathleen McDaniel has been listed in every edition since 2011. She consistently […]

COLUMBIA, SC – Burnette Shutt & McDaniel is delighted to welcome Lydia Robins Hendrix as an attorney. A former teacher in Columbia who earned high academic honors in law school, her practice will include employment, education and government law. Lydia graduated summa cum laude and ranked second in her class at the University of South […]