Mark was born in Statesville, North Carolina, moved to Greer, South Carolina, when he was in elementary school, and has remained in South Carolina ever since.  Mark attended Wofford College for his undergraduate degree and the Charleston School of Law for his law degree.  Following law school, Mark clerked for the Honorable Ralph King Anderson, Jr. at the South Carolina Court of Appeals, and he continued to do so when Judge Anderson returned to the circuit court bench as a retired active judge.  Mark then began working as an Assistant Attorney General in the criminal appeals division of the South Carolina Office of the Attorney General, where he continues to work today as a Senior Assistant Attorney General.  He has been admitted to practice in all South Carolina state courts, the United States District Court for the District of South Carolina, the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, and the United States Supreme Court.  To date, Mark has argued over fifty times in the South Carolina Supreme Court and over ninety times in the South Carolina Court of Appeals.  Additionally, Mark has served as a member of the Chief Justice’s Committee to Review South Carolina Appellate Court Rules and of the South Carolina Attorney General’s Office’s Appellate Review Committee, and he was the recipient of 2020 Trial and Appellate Advocacy Award from the South Carolina Bar Trial and Appellate Advocacy Council.