Celebrate the history of the DuRant Distinguished Public Service Award and welcome the newest award winner, Mark W. Buyck Jr., with this presentation from the 2014 SC Bar Convention Plenary Luncheon.

2. …to fund the advancement of
justice by improving access,
education and accountability…

3. The DuRant Legacy
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David W. Robinson
Walton J. McLeod Jr.
Robert M. Figg Jr.
Thomas H. Pope
J.D. Todd Jr.
Hugh L. Willcox
C. Bruce Littlejohn
Heyward E. McDonald
Charles W. Knowlton
E.P. “Ted” Riley
Augustine T. Smythe
Harry M. Lightsey
Terrell L. Glenn
A. Frank Lever
Morris D. Rosen
Ellen Hines Smith
Claude M. Scarborough Jr.
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Julius W. McKay
A. Lee Chandler
I.S. Leevy Johnson
William L. Pope
H. Simmons Tate Jr.
Joseph H. McGee
Alex M. Sanders Jr.
Eugene N. “Nick” Zeigler Jr.
Ernest A. Finney Jr. & Leo H. Hill
Julian J. Nexsen
B. Henderson Johnson Jr.
David L. Freeman
G. Dewey Oxner Jr.
Richard W. Riley
David A. Merline
Harold W. Jacobs

4. Professional:
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Attorney, Willcox Buyck & Williams, P.A.
US Attorney for South Carolina
Listed in all published editions of Best Lawyers in America
Leadership:
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Past President, SC Defense Trial Attorneys’ Association
Past Chair, National College of District Attorneys Committee
– American College of Trial Lawyers.
Member, Federation of Insurance and Corporate Counsel
Member, National Association of Railroad Trial Counsel
Awards:
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Mark W. Buyck Jr.
Willcox Buyck & Williams, PA
University of South Carolina, AB
University of South Carolina School of
Law, JD
University of South Carolina School of
Law, LL D
Order of the Palmetto, Governors David Beasley and James
Edwards
Judge Hemphill Award, SC Defense Trial Attorneys’
Association
Compleat Lawyer of the Year Award, University of South
Carolina School of Law Alumni Foundation.
Anderson Award, Florence County Bar
Honorary degrees, Francis Marion and University of South
Carolina
Community:
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Member, University of South Carolina board of trustees
Member, Carolinas Hospital System board of trustees
Member, American Board of Trial Advocates board of
directors
President & Founder, Florence Heritage Foundation
Director, Bank of Clarendon