 Practices
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Michael Brittingham is a Certified Tax Specialist who focuses his practice on employee benefits and related tax matters, including qualified and non-qualified retirement plans, welfare benefit plans, fringe benefits, and executive compensation.
Mr. Brittingham has substantial experience with related litigation.
In addition to Mr. Brittingham's advanced legal studies, he practiced public accounting with a national accounting firm and is a Certified Public Accountant.
 Career Highlights
- Best Lawyers in America
- Certified Tax Specialist
- Certified Public Accountant
 News
- Twenty-Five Nexsen Pruet Attorneys Named Among South Carolina’s Super Lawyers®
Twenty-five Nexsen Pruet attorneys have been named to the 2009 list of South Carolina Super Lawyers®.
- Nexsen Pruet Event Featured in SC Lawyers Weekly
The March 9th edition of SC Lawyers Weekly features a story about Nexsen Pruet's recent briefing on changes to COBRA.
- COBRA Changes Impact All Employers Providing Group Health Coverage
New changes to COBRA will impact almost every employer. Nexsen Pruet's Employment and Labor Law Group responds by holding a special breakfast briefing on Friday, February 27th.
- Nexsen Pruet Video Featured on Website
The Employment Law Information Network features Nexsen Pruet on its website.
- Video - "Employment Law: How Will the 2008 Election Impact You and Your Business?"
Employers can expect that efforts will be made to significantly change employment and labor laws and regulations over the next several months. Nexsen Pruet Employment and Labor Law attorneys David Dubberly, William Floyd, Cherie Blackburn and Mike Brittingham provide a briefing to help clients prepare for the changes.
- 45 Nexsen Pruet Attorneys Selected for Best Lawyers
Columbia, SC – Forty-five Nexsen Pruet attorneys will be included in the 2009 edition of The Best Lawyers in America®. The publication also ranks Nexsen Pruet #1 in eleven practice areas in South Carolina and three in North Carolina.
- 18 Nexsen Pruet Attorneys Named Among South Carolina's "Super Lawyers"
- 38 Nexsen Pruet Attorneys Names To "The Best Lawyers in America 2008"
Thirty-eight attorneys from Nexsen Pruet, LLC were recently selected by their peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America® 2008 – including six who have now earned the honor for 10 years or more.
- 32 Nexsen Pruet Attorneys Named to 2007 Edition of "Best Lawyers in America"
Thirty-two attorneys from Nexsen Pruet, LLC have been named to the 2007 edition of Best Lawyers in America – including six who have now earned the honor for 10 years or more.
- Americans with Disabilities Act UPDATE - Employment Law Briefing Covers Recent Developments
Employers constantly struggle with how to apply important ADA requirements to day-to-day issues that arise in the workplace. Please join us for a free breakfast briefing for employers about recent developments under the ADA.
- Three Attorneys Join Nexsen Pruet, Further Strengthening Benefits and Employment Practice
Nexsen Pruet, LLC, announced today that three new attorneys have joined the firm, bringing added strength and experience to its employee benefits, labor, and employment practice.
 Publications
- Employment Law Update - June 2009 Supplemental
Starting July 1, 2009, private employers in South Carolina with 100 or more employees
must comply with the employment verification requirements of the South Carolina Illegal
Immigration Reform Act.
- Employment Law Update - June 2009
This edition focuses on recent court decisions striking down restrictive covenants for being overly broad and highlights the need to narrowly tailor non-compete and non-solicitation agreements.
- Employment Law Update - May 2009
This edition explains why many employers are seeking privileged legal compliance reviews of their compensation practices and documentation in the aftermath of the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act.
A brief video update on immigration compliance developments is available by clicking here. Then, click on the video entitled "Immigration."
- Video - "Employment Law: How Will the 2008 Election Impact You and Your Business?"
Employers can expect that efforts will be made to significantly change employment and labor laws and regulations over the next several months. Nexsen Pruet Employment and Labor Law attorneys David Dubberly, William Floyd, Cherie Blackburn and Mike Brittingham provide a briefing to help clients prepare for the changes.
- Employment Law Update - January 2008
This edition analyzes the recent decision of the National Labor Relations Board upholding an e-mail policy that prohibited employees from using the employer's e-mail system to send “non-job-related solicitations.” This Update also contains a Benefits Alert describing a new Equal Employment Opportunity Commission rule allowing employers to coordinate retiree health plans with Medicare.
- Employment & Labor Law Desk Reference For The Carolinas
- Unemployment Compensation in South Carolina
New for 2006! A detailed guide to one of the most complicated and confusing areas of employment law – unemployment compensation.
- Employment Law Update - June 2006
Recent Decisions Highlight Importance Of Background Checks for Employers
 Events
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 Education
- University of North Carolina, B.S., 1984
- University of South Carolina, J.D., 1990
- University of Florida, LL.M., 1991
 Bar & Court Admissions
 Civic & Professional Memberships
- South Carolina Bar
- American Institute of Certified Public Accountants
- South Carolina Association of Certified Public Accountants
- South Carolina Compensation and Benefits Professionals
- Employee Benefits Committee - South Carolina Chamber of Commerce
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