Burnet Maybank III is a lawyer

Lawyer

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, author, and former two-time director of the South Carolina

South Carolina

South Carolina is a state in the Deep South of the United States that borders Georgia to the south, North Carolina to the north, and the Atlantic Ocean to the east. Originally part of the Province of Carolina, the Province of South Carolina was one of the 13 colonies that declared independence...

 Department of Revenue

South Carolina Department of Revenue

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 under former Governors David Beasley

David Beasley

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 and Mark Sanford

Mark Sanford

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. He was South Carolina's first director of the SCDOR. He comes from a family deeply rooted in politics. His grandfather, Burnet Maybank, was the former Senator and Governor of South Carolina; and his father, Burnet Maybank II, was a former Lieutenant Governor of South Carolina. He has testified in front of the United States Senate

United States Senate

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 about his work on charitable tax deductions. He was selected for the 2009 edition of The Best Lawyers in America.

Life

Maybank grew up in one of Charleston's oldest families. He attended Porter-Gaud School

Porter-Gaud School

Porter-Gaud School is an independent coeducational college preparatory day school in Charleston, South Carolina. Porter-Gaud has an enrollment of some 870 students in grades 1–12 and located on the banks of the Ashley River...

 and graduated from St. Paul's School (Concord, New Hampshire)

St. Paul's School (Concord, New Hampshire)

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 in 1974. He attended the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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 and graduated in 1978. Maybank received his law degree from the University of South Carolina Law School in 1981. He also holds a master of laws from Emory University

Emory University

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 where he studied taxation.

Maybank is a member of the Nexsen Pruet

Nexsen Pruet

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 law firm and works in the firm's Columbia and Charleston offices. He concentrates on economic development, local and state tax issues, as well as maritime, and administrative law.

He served as Legal Counsel to Gov. Carroll A. Campbell, Jr.

Carroll A. Campbell, Jr.

Carroll Ashmore Campbell, Jr. was a U.S. Republican Party politician who served as 112th Governor of South Carolina from 1987 to 1995.-Early life:He was born in Greenville, South Carolina, the oldest of six children...

, as Deputy Securities Commissioner and General Counsel in the Secretary of State's Office, as a Commissioner on the South Carolina Public Service Commission

South Carolina Public Service Commission

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, as well as a member of the S.C. Department of Health and Environmental Control board. He also served three years as Chairman of the Enterprise Zone Subcommittee of the Coordinating Council for Economic Development.

He is co-author of a number of books and law review

Law review

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articles and co-authored Summary of South Carolina Not-for Profit Laws, 21.3 The Exempt Organization Tax Review (September, 1998) and Limited Liability Companies, as well as several books on insurance published by the South Carolina Bar.

Published Works

• "South Carolina Tax Incentives for Economic Development:" (Co-Author), The Tax Review, September, 1998
• "Local, State and Federal Tax Incentives for Conservation Easements:" (Co-Author), The Tax Review, September, 1998
• "State Tax Crimes" (Co-Author), The Tax Review, September, 1998
• "Enterprize Zone Act," (Co-Author)
• "Rural Development Act," (Co-Author)
• "Fee-in-Lieu Simplification Act ," (Co-Author)
• "Tax Incentives Neswletter 7/01"
• "Important Economic Development Tax Incentives Set to Take Effect"
• "Income Tax Incentives Provided by the State of South Carolina," (Co-Author), The State's Columbia Business Journal

Career Highlights

• "Curtis Loftis transition team
• "South Carolina Economic Developers Association's "2010 Ally of the Year"
• "Best Lawyers in America
• "Chair, S.C. Tax Realignment Commission (TRAC)
• "S.C. Transportation Infrastructure Study Committee
• "2006 Palmetto Leadership Award from the S.C. Policy Council
• "Director of the SC Department of Revenue (2003-2005)
• "South Carolina's first Director of the Department of Revenue and Taxation (1995-1999)
• "Government Efficiency and Accountability Review Committee
• "Member of the Coordinating Council for Economic Development and Chair of the Enterprise Zone Subcommittee (1995-99 and 2003-05)
• "Legal Counsel to Former SC Governor Carroll Campbell
• "Former Commissioner on the SC Public Service Commission
• "Former Member of the Board of South Carolina's Department of Health and Environmental Control
• "Received Order of the Palmetto from both Governor Carroll Campbell and Governor David Beasley
• "2007 Recipient of the South Carolina Manufacturers Alliance Defender of Manufacturing Award
• "Former SC Deputy Securities Commissioner in SC Secretary of State's Office
• "Former General Counsel in the SC Secretary of State's Office
• "Received the Compleat Lawyer Award from USC School of Law (1998)
• "Past Board Member, South Carolina Economic Developers Association (SCEDA)
• "L.H. "Sonny" Siau Award of Excellence from the South Carolina Association of Auditors, Treasurers, and Tax Collectors
• "Past President, S.C. Agency Directors Organization
• "Mr. Maybank served on the Transition Team for Governor Mark Sanford.

External links

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