Callison Tighe's Burnette named a Lawyer of the Year
September 12, 2013
COLUMBIA, SC – September 12, 2013 – Callison Tighe member M. Malissa Burnette, a certified specialist in employment and labor 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 the Year in each city per year. The attorney is selected after receiving particularly high ratings from most peers who participated in the annual Best Lawyers survey. The selected lawyers have earned a high level of respect among other leading lawyers in the same communities and the same practice areas for their abilities, their professionalism, and their integrity, Best Lawyers says.
Burnette was ranked in three other Best Lawyers practice areas as well: Employment Law, Individuals; Litigation, Labor & Employment; and Mediation. Three other Callison Tighe members were also honored in the 2014 edition.
Burnette is a certified federal court mediator. She’s co-author and editor of all four editions of Labor and Employment Law for South Carolina Lawyers, and she’s presented to more than 50 continuing legal education seminars. In addition to employment and labor law, her practice areas include alternate dispute resolution and domestic relations.
Burnette holds a bachelor’s degree in sociology from the University of South Carolina and is a graduate of the University of South Carolina School of Law.
About Callison Tighe & Robinson, LLC
Callison Tighe & Robinson, LLC has 18 attorneys whose practice areas include trials and appeals in all state and federal courts in South Carolina; litigation; commercial real estate transactions and real estate development; business organization, development and transactions; employment law and employee benefits; workers compensation; local government law and government litigation; alternative dispute resolution; appellate practice; wealth management and banking and commercial finance. The firm also has a major title insurance defense practice, representing both insurers and insureds in litigation.
For more information, visit www.callisontighe.com.
