Facts About Max
SC House Representative (District 32)
- Serves on Judiciary & Regulations and Admin. Procedures committees
Former Spartanburg City Councilman (District 4)
AV Preeminent rating (Highest Possible Rating in Both Legal Ability & Ethical Standards) by Martindale-Hubbell since 2009
Recognized with Business Advocate Award, receiving a 95% pro-business rating (highest score in the General Assembly) from the SC Chamber of Commerce
Admitted: United States Supreme Court; United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit; United States District Court, District of South Carolina; South Carolina Bar
Law School: University of South Carolina School of Law, J.D., 2000
College: Davidson College, A.B., History, with honors, 1995; Spent junior year (1993-94) studying at Mansfield College, Oxford University, United Kingdom
Memberships: Judicial Conference of the Fourth Circuit, Permanent Member; South Carolina Bar; Spartanburg County Bar Association
Service record: Spartanburg Regional Foundation Heart Division Board of Directors; Piedmont Interstate Fair Association Board of Directors; Hub City Writers Project, Inc. Board of Directors; Spartanburg County Historical Association Board of Directors; United Way of the Piedmont Board of Directors; Chairman, Spartanburg Community College Foundation Board of Directors; Chairman, City of Spartanburg Board of Zoning Appeals; Secretary, American Red Cross Board of Directors, Piedmont Chapter; Advisory Board, Salvation Army; Leadership Spartanburg.
Member: First Presbyterian Church of Spartanburg (Deacon); Rotary Club of Spartanburg, Board of Directors; Spartanburg Philharmonic Orchestra, Board of Directors; Thomas E. Hannah Family YMCA, Board of Directors
Awards: Spartanburg County Bar Association Young Lawyer of the Year 2009; United Way of the Piedmont Young Leader of the Year 2006
Family: Married to Eliza Howell Hyde. Four children: Lilly Ruth Hyde, Thomas Hyde, Rose Hyde, and Annabelle
Hobbies: Spending time with family, golfing, hiking, playing the banjo, reading about history, and going to F3