Henry McMaster - Attorney and Counselor at Law

Attorney General of South Carolina
January 2003 – January 2011
Securities Commissioner, State of South Carolina
January 2003 – January 2011
United States Attorney, District of South Carolina
June 1981 – July 1985
Member, US Attorney General’s Advisory Committee
June 1981 – June 1983
Chair, US Attorney General’s Committee on Court Rules and Legislation
June 1983 – July 1985
Legislative Aide, Senator Strom Thurmond, Washington, D.C.
September 1973 – July 1974
Practicing Attorney, defense litigation, Tompkins & McMaster, Columbia, SC
July 1974 – June 1981; July 1985 – January 2003
Member, South Carolina Commission on Higher Education
1990 – 1994
Chairman, South Carolina Republican Party
May 1993 – March 2002
Republic National Committee Member
May 1993 – March 2002
Senior Advisor, University of South Carolina
February 2011 – Present
Board Member, South Carolina State Ports Authority
June 2011 – Present
Admitted to practice in all courts, state and federal South Carolina
The U.S. Court of Claims (1974)
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit (1975)
The U.S. Supreme Court (1978)

United States Army Reserves (JAG), September 1969 – September 1975, honorable discharge
Honorary Doctor of Laws, Newberry College, 2009
Editorial Board, Law Review, USC School of Law
Blue Key Honor Fraternity, USC; Kappa Alpha Order social fraternity, USC
Order of the Palmetto, 1996
Public Servant of the Year, Sierra Club, 2004
Humane Society of the United States, Animal Law Enforcement Officer of the year, 2005
St. Andrews Society
Columbia Rotary Club
Board member, Palmetto Health Foundation, January 2011 – present