Mark W. Buyck III. was recently selected by his peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America® 2011 in the field of Labor and Employment Law. (Copyright 2010 by Woodward/White, Inc., of Aiken, S.C.).
Mark W. Buyck, III is a native of Florence although he was born in Istanbul, Turkey, while his parents were living abroad and his father was serving as a military Judge Advocate. While in law school at the University of South Carolina he was a member of Delta Theta Phi and the Palmetto Legal Society.
He is a member of the U.S.C. Board of Visitors and President of the Palmetto Trust for Historic Preservation.
He is the former Vice-Chairman of the Board of Directors of South Carolina Protection and Advocacy for People with Disabilities and served as chairman of the Grievance Committee. Mark is a popular speaker on employment related issues.
Mark is Treasurer of the Florence Heritage Foundation and Chairman of the Board of the Friends of the Florence Stockade, a national organization devoted to research and preservation of the Florence Stockade. Buyck is a past member of the Board of Directors of the Florence Chamber of Commerce and past General Counsel. He is a Director of the Florence-Darlington Technical College Foundation, Past Chairman of Florence City/County Civic Center Commission, the Palmetto Chapter Washington & Lee Alumni Association, Past President of the Florence Rotary Club, and a member of the Coker College Board of Visitors. In 1996 and 2000 he was a delegate to the Republican National Convention and is former Chairman of the Florence County GOP.
