Nekki Shutt | Attorney

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About Nekki

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.

Education

University of South Carolina