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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 […]

COLUMBIA, SOUTH CAROLINA – Two Burnette Shutt & McDaniel attorneys were honored by Columbia Business Monthly in its 2016 Legal Elite of the Midlands edition: M. Malissa Burnette in government law and labor law, and Kathleen McDaniel in environmental law. Burnette, a certified specialist in South Carolina employment law since 1993, represents clients in complex […]

COLUMBIA, SOUTH CAROLINA – Burnette Shutt & McDaniel partners Nekki Shutt and M. Malissa Burnette were honored at the South Carolina Gay and Lesbian Business Guild Gala. Shutt and Burnette are among five honorees. The Guild is recognizing them for their roles in leading the legal team that won same-sex couples the right to get […]

COLUMBIA, SOUTH CAROLINA – Three Burnette Shutt & McDaniel attorneys are highlighted in Super Lawyers 2016, the newest edition of an annual publication recognizing attorneys across more than 70 practice areas. Super Lawyers selected M. Malissa Burnette, Kathleen McDaniel and Janet Rhodes after a thorough evaluation that assessed nominees based on 12 indicators. The Super […]

COLUMBIA, SOUTH CAROLINA –  M. Malissa Burnette has earned 2016 Lawyer of the Year honors in Employment Law – Individuals for the Columbia metropolitan area in the new edition of The Best Lawyers in America. The guide, released today in print and at bestlawyers.com, is among the legal profession’s oldest peer-reviewed publications. Attorneys are included […]

COLUMBIA, SOUTH CAROLINA – M. Malissa Burnette and Nekki Shutt are recognized in the just-released 2016 Best Lawyers in America, one of the oldest peer-reviewed publications covering the legal profession. Malissa Burnette was honored as Lawyer of the Year in Employment Law – Individuals in the Columbia metropolitan area. She also was included in the […]

COLUMBIA, SOUTH CAROLINA – M. Malissa Burnette is profiled in the cover story of the latest edition of South Carolina Super Lawyers magazine. Burnette was honored in 2015 Super Lawyers in the practice area of employment law litigation, marking the eighth straight year she’s been included in the publication. The cover story, headlined “Undaunted,” highlights […]

COLUMBIA, SOUTH CAROLINA – Three South Carolina residents who were denied driver’s licenses under their married names are suing the state Department of Vehicles, asking that the agency be forced to treat same-sex spouses who change their names the same as it does heterosexual couples. Burnette Shutt & McDaniel attorneys Nekki Shutt, M Malissa Burnette […]

COLUMBIA, SOUTH CAROLINA –Nekki Shutt and M. Malissa Burnette are two of the attorneys involved in a Charleston County same-sex couple’s fight for marriage equality. If the legal actions succeed, South Carolina’s ban on same-sex marriages would end. Colleen Condon and Nichols Bleckley are battling for marriage equality on two fronts in actions filed in […]