John T. Lay Jr. has been selected as president of the South Carolina Defense Trial Attorneys' Association.

Elizabeth Webber- Akre The Central Carolina REALTORS ® Association has named Elizabeth Webber- Akre as the 2009 REALTOR of the Year.

Allstate Insurance Company has recognized Cynthia Weaver for high standards in customer satisfaction, customer retention, and financial service sales.

Ben Crooks has been promoted to senior associate with Carter Goble Lee.

Noelle Naumann has joined Mashburn Construction Company, Inc. as project administrator.

Benjamin Carroll Boozer, a leader in strategic community planning, has received an honorary Doctorate of Education from Clemson University. Amedisys Home Health of Columbia has been named to the 2008 HomeCare Elite.

Jennifer Parrish Robinson has joined Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough's Columbia office as legislative counsel for the Firm's Government Relations Group.

The 2009 South Carolina Business Hall of Fame will honor Joseph Allen Edens Jr., chairman of Edens & Avant, William Hayne Hipp, former CEO of The Liberty Corporation, and the late Robert Evander McNair, founder of The McNair Law Firm and former governor of South Carolina at its 25th anniversary banquet.

Cynthia Weaver Ben Crooks Noelle Naumann