Elizabeth Palmer and Rebecca Roser named SC Bar Young Lawyers of the Year
May 11, 2015
COLUMBIA, SC – Elizabeth “Beth” J. Palmer of Charleston and Rebecca Roser of Columbia have been named Young Lawyers of the Year by the SC Bar Young Lawyers Division (YLD). The annual Young Lawyer of the Year Award recognizes young lawyers who most exemplify excellence in practicing law and public service. Palmer and Roser were presented with the award at YLD’s annual retreat on April 25 and will be recognized during the Bar’s House of Delegates meeting on Thursday, May 14, in Greenville.
About Elizabeth Palmer
Elizabeth “Beth” J. Palmer earned her Juris Doctor in 2005 from the University of South Carolina School of Law and is a shareholder with Rosen, Rosen & Hagood, LLC in Charleston. She focuses her practice in the areas of business and commercial litigation, employment law, personal injury and education law.
Palmer has been an active member of the SC Bar YLD since 2005. Since then, she has served as a member of the Voices Against Violence Committee, Community Law Week Committee, Nominating Committee and the YLD Bar Convention Committee, which she chaired from 2011-2014, significantly increasing the number of attendees at the Division’s convention activities. Palmer is also a graduate of the SC Bar Leadership Academy.
As a member of the American Bar Association’s YLD, Palmer organized the national anti-bullying initiative, “Bullyproof,” in 2012. As a result of her efforts she was selected as the National Public Service Director for 2014-15, currently leading “Project Street Youth,” which provides legal resources for homeless teens and children. Her work with the ABA’s public service efforts led to the creation of a Public Service Committee within the SC Bar YLD, which she currently chairs. In 2014 she was named an ABA YLD Star of the Year.
“Beth is results-oriented and works tirelessly to fulfill the responsibilities assigned to her,” said Will Johhnson of Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd, PA. “She always goes well above and beyond the expectations that any reasonable person would have of her, and that’s why she is truly deserving of the Young Lawyer of the Year Award.”
About Rebecca Roser
Rebecca Roser, a graduate of the Appalachian School of Law, is an attorney with Robinson McFadden Law Firm in Columbia, practicing in business and commercial litigation, banking litigation, contract disputes and enforcement, commercial landlord/tenant law and insurance and annuity disputes.
In his nomination letter, Blake Hewitt of Bluestein, Nichols, Thompson & Delgado, LLC wrote, “We all know that there are always one or two people who were the catalysts for the plan and who led the charge. Rebecca is always one of those special few. Every time something good is happening at the Bar, she is there.”
Roser is a S.C. delegate in the American Bar Association and was recently appointed to the ABA’s Standing Committee on Bar Activities and Services. Roser is also a current member of the SC Bar House of Delegates and Board of Governors and serves on the Bar’s the Annual Bar Convention Committee. Next year, Roser will lead the newly-created Future of the Profession Committee.
As a member of the YLD, Roser has served as the President and Secretary-Treasurer of the Division and currently co-chairs the YLD Bar Convention Committee.
Roser also volunteers with S.C. Special Olympics, is on the Richland County Public Library Friends Board and is a member of the Junior League of Columbia.
The Young Lawyers Division includes all members of the South Carolina Bar under age 36 and those with less than five years membership. The South Carolina Bar, which has a membership of more than 15,000 lawyers, is dedicated to advancing justice, professionalism and understanding of the law.
