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 Nekki Shutt
Columbia, South Carolina
Ms. Shutt attended Stetson University and graduated from the University of South Carolina with a bachelor's degree in Journalism. She worked for a number of years in the human resources department of a property and casualty insurer before attending the University of South Carolina School of Law where she was elected to and chaired the Honor Council, received the John C. Holland Scholarship, and was inducted into the Phi Delta Phi legal fraternity.
Ms. Shutt was admitted to the practice of law in the State of South Carolina in 1995. Since that time she has developed a civil litigation practice with an emphasis on employee benefits (ERISA), personal injury, workers' compensation and employment law. She joined the firm in 2000, and became a partner in 2002. She also served as an adjunct professor at the University of South Carolina School of Law from 2000 to 2005, where she taught "Gender, sexuality, race, disability, poverty, and the Law." She received the University of South Carolina James Petigru Compleat Lawyer award for professional excellence in 2005.
- Employee Benefits (ERISA)
- Personal Injury
- Workers' Compensation
- Employment Law
- South Carolina, 1995
- University of South Carolina School of Law, Columbia, South Carolina
Honors: Elected to and Chaired, Honor Council
Honors: Recipient, John C. Holland Scholarship
Honors: Inducted into Phi Delta Phi Legal Fraternity
- University of South Carolina
Major: Journalism
- Authored chapter on Employee Benefits Law for Labor and Employment Law for South Carolina Lawyers, Third Edition, 2007
- Chaired the South Carolina Bar YLD committee which revised the Landlord, Tenant and the Law brochure, 2000 as revised. Distributed to the general public through the Bar and through the magistrate judge system.
- The Legal Aspects of Hiring and Firing: An Overview of Employment Practices in South Carolina, 1999. Published originally by the South Carolina Broadcasters Association and reproduced in whole in the Legal Guide for South Carolina Broadcasters, 1999.
- Owners' Guide to Evictions and Abandoned Property in the Manufactured Housing Community, 1998. Published by the Manufactured Housing Institute of South Carolina.
- Outline: The Law of Comparative Negligence and Exceptions Thereto, 1996. Published for The Seibels Bruce Insurance Group.
- Adjunct Professor, University of South Carolina,
2000
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2005
- Presenter at Personnel Law Update 2001., sponsored by the Council on Education in Management
- Presenter at 2001 "Does a Difference Make a Difference", CLE sponsored by the SC YLD, Columbia Lawyers Assocation, Richland County Bar, and SC Bar.
- Program Presenter at the ABA YLD Denver meeting May 2002 on "Plugging In: YLD on the Web."
- Presenter at State and Federal Personnel Laws in South Carolina, June 2002 sponsored by Lorman Education Services.
- Presenter at the Council on Education in Management's Personnel Law Update on September 26, 2002.
- Presenter at the Council on Education Management Personnel Law Update on February 27, 2004.
- Presenter at the South Carolina Bar Convention in January 2005 on recent employment law developments.
- Co-facilitator, CLE on "Protecting Our Elderly: Assessing Nursing Home Malpractice Accountability in South Carolina," hosted by National Business Institute on June 1, 2005 (Charleston).
- Presenter at "The Latest Labor and Employment Law Developments: an Update for Human Resources Professional," sponsored by Columbia Society of Human Resources Professionals on May 18, 2006.
- Presenter at the 22nd Annual NC/SC Labor and Employment Law Program and Annual Meeting on October 27-28, 2006 (Asheville), South Carolina Law, Year in Review.
- Presenter at The Complete Survival Guide to SC Workers' Comp on January 31, 2007, on ADA, FMLA, An overview of how state workers' compensation and other employment laws like HIPAA, ERISA, COBRA, OSHA, ADA, and FMLA fit together.
- Presenter at "The Latest Labor and Employment Law Developments: an Update for Human Resources Professional," sponsored by Columbia Society of Human Resources Professionals on April 19, 2007, on Workers'-compensation Related Leave - Issues which HR must address.
- Presenter at the Association of South Carolina Claimant Attorneys for Workers' Compensation on May 11, 2007, on how workers' compensation laws impact HIPAA, ERISA, COBRA, ADA, and FMLA.
- Course planner and presenter at The 2007 South Carolina Labor & Employment Law Mid-year Update on June 29, 2007.
- Course planner for the NC/SC 23RD Annual North Carolina/South Carolina Labor and Employment Law Program and Annual Meeting, November 3-2, 2007.
- Course planner for the 2008 South Carolina Bar Convention, Labor and Employment Law Program, January 24-27, 2008.
- University of South Carolina James Petigru Compleat Lawyer award for professional excellence.,
2005
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