Mark W. Buyck III, has appeared since 2014 in The Best Lawyers in America® in the field of Labor and Employment Law. (Copyright 2013 by Woodward/White, Inc., of Aiken, S.C.).
Mark 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.
Mark is a popular speaker on employment related issues. He currently serves as the Chair of the Board of Directors of HopeHealth, the largest Federally Qualified community health center in South Carolina. Mark is Chairman of the Board of the Friends of the Florence Stockade, a national organization devoted to research and preservation of the Florence Stockade. He is a former 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.
Buyck is a former member of the Board of Directors of the Florence Chamber of Commerce and past General Counsel. He is a former Director of the Florence-Darlington Technical College Foundation, Past Chairman of Florence City/County Civic Center Commission, Past President of the Florence Rotary Club, and a former member of the Coker College Board of Visitors. He has served as Secretary of the Florence City-County Historic Commission since 2004. In 1996 and 2000 he was a delegate to the Republican National Convention and is former Chairman of the Florence County GOP.
