Burnet Maybank III

Burnet Maybank III is a lawyer, author, and former two-time director of the South Carolina Department of Revenue under former Governors David Beasley and Mark Sanford. 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 about his work on charitable tax deductions. He was selected for the 2009 edition of The Best Lawyers in America.^[1]

Life

Maybank grew up in one of Charleston's oldest families. He attended Porter-Gaud School and graduated from St. Paul's School (Concord, New Hampshire) in 1974. He attended the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 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 where he studied taxation.

Maybank is a member of the Nexsen Pruet 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., as Deputy Securities Commissioner and General Counsel in the Secretary of State's Office, as a Commissioner on the South Carolina Public Service Commission, 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 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.

References

External links

• Biography