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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 […]

COLUMBIA, SOUTH CAROLINA – Three attorneys at Burnette Shutt & McDaniel have been honored in Columbia Business Monthly’s 2014 Legal Elite of the Midlands. Inclusion in the publication means that the attorneys are considered among the top 10 in their practice area. The honorees are selected after a poll of almost 1,400 South Carolina Bar […]

COLUMBIA, SOUTH CAROLINA – The 2015 edition of The Best Lawyers in America, one of the oldest peer-reviewed publications covering the legal profession, highlighted two Burnette Shutt & McDaniel partners: Nekki Shutt: Employment Law, Management; Employment Law, Individuals; Litigation, Labor & Employment. Shutt has been listed in five consecutive editions of Best Lawyers. Malissa Burnette: […]

COLUMBIA, S.C. – Two attorneys at Burnette Shutt & McDaniel & Robinson are being recognized in the just-released 2014 edition of South Carolina Super Lawyers. Malissa Burnette was recognized for her work in employee litigation, plaintiff, while Kathleen McDaniel was recognized as a Rising Star in the practice area of administrative law. That designation is […]

M Malissa Burnette has received the Barbara W. Moxon Advocacy Award from Planned Parenthood Health Systems. The award is named for Moxon, who advocated for women’s issues for five decades, beginning with her work as a Planned Parenthood volunteer in the 1960s. The honor goes annually to exceptional leaders in women’s health care, equality and […]

Columbia, S.C. – Three Burnette Shutt & McDaniel partners were selected for the Columbia Business Monthly’s 2013 Legal Elite of the Midlands: Malissa Burnette – Labor & Employment Kathleen McDaniel – Environmental Nekki Shutt – Labor & Employment The winners were selected from more than 300 nominations. The top 10 attorneys in each of the […]

Malissa Burnette, a certified specialist in South Carolina employment law, has been named “Lawyer of the Year” by The Best Lawyers in America, one of the oldest peer-reviewed publications in the legal profession. Burnette was honored as Columbia’s Labor & Employment Lawyer of the Year. Only one lawyer per practice area is designated “Lawyer of […]