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The national law firm of Quarles & Brady LLP announced that Sara A. Cooper has joined the firm's Chicago office as an associate in the Real Estate Practice Group.

Cooper's practice includes representation of a variety of clients in real estate matters such as acquisitions and dispositions of investment real estate and corporate real estate holdings, negotiation of office and retail leases; and other real estate transactions and commercial transactions.

She received her law degree, with honors, from Chicago-Kent College of Law and her undergraduate degree, cum laude, from Boston College.

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Polsinelli Shughart welcomes Nura A. Yanaki to the Chicago office as an associate in the Litigation Department where she will concentrate her practice in the defense of companies involved in complex toxic and mass tort litigation. Yanaki joins a national team of toxic and mass tort attorneys who practice in Chicago, Kansas City, Phoenix and St. Louis.

“We are pleased to have Nura join our growing Chicago office,” said Chicago Managing Director Anthony J. Nasharr. “Nura was an outstanding law student and excelled in her undergraduate work in California. Her work since leaving law school has also prepared her for the broad-based litigation she will help handle for clients at the firm.”

Yanaki most recently worked with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, with a team of trial attorneys on class action cases involving Title VII and ADA violations.

While in law school Yanaki externed with various federal agencies including; the U.S. Department of Justice – Executive Office for Immigration Review, and the U.S. Department of Labor – Employee Benefits Security Administration, as well as the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. She also served as an Illinois 711 certified senior law student where she represented a child as a guardian ad litem in Cook County Probate Court.

Chester Charlton McCullough, Jr., who went to be with his Lord Sunday, August 19th, at age 95 years, 5 months, was a resident of River Forest, Illinois, from 1953 to 2012. A long-time member of First Presbyterian Church of River Forest, he served as Deacon and Elder and in several other capacities. Mr. McCullough was born March 18, 1917, in the city of Chicago, son of Chester C. and Una (McFarland) McCullough. He attended the Harvard School for Boys, Beloit College (B.A., 1939), Chicago Kent College of Law (LL.B., 1947, and J.D., 1948), and the University of Chicago (MBA, 1953). While at Beloit College, Beloit, Wisconsin, he was elected to Phi Beta Kappa; in law school, at Kent, he worked on the Law Review; at the University of Chicago, he was elected to Beta Gamma Sigma.

In 1942, Mr. McCullough married Jean Lenore Coffman. She passed away in 1986. Their two children, Dr. Celia M. (Gary Kaplan) and Major Daniel C. (Sue) survive.

Mr. McCullough served in World War II (Private to Captain), training with the 63rd Infantry Division, in the U. S., and then serving with the 26th Infantry Division in Europe; after V. E. Day, he was assigned to Military Government of Germany.  Recalled for the Korean Conflict, he served as a Civil Affairs Officer in Korea.

In 1939, Mr. McCullough went to work for Chicago Title and Trust Company as a Junior Clerk.  He was elected Vice President of that company in 1957.  In 1964, he transferred to the subsidiary, Chicago Title Insurance Company, from which he retired in 1982, as Senior Vice President and Secretary.

Amari & Locallo Partner Franco A. Coladipietro will receive the prestigious Award of Excellence from the Justinian Society on Sept. 12 at the Renaissance Hotel, 1 W. Wacker. Cocktails start at 5, Dinner is at 6:30. Click here for ticket information.

Dominic DiFrisco will received the Lifetime Achievement Award and Presidential Service Awards will go to Richard Caifano, Hon. Gloria Coco, Hon. Bruno J. Tassone and Salvator Tornatore.