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Chase Cooke joined the team at Charleston Pro Bono Legal Services in February 2021 as the Housing Court Coordinating Attorney to assist with legal services in eviction-related issues. He received his Bachelor’s Degree from Clemson University and his Juris Doctor from the University of South Carolina School of Law.

While in law school, Chase participated in the Constitutional Scholar’s Pipeline as well as a practice clinic where he helped represent clients in court. He also clerked for a general practice law firm located in Columbia, SC.

Prior to joining our team, Chase worked for a community health center in New York where he kept up to date with new policies associated with the pandemic, as well as, advocated in favor of Covid-19 legislation that was necessary to ensure that underserved communities got the services they needed.

Chase is a member of the Charleston County Bar Association. He moved to Charleston in 2020 and in his free time, you’ll likely find him walking his dog Zoe on the beach or participating in intramural sports with friends.

Jon Ozolins is the lead Loan Closing Unit attorney with South Carolina Legal Services and Supervising Attorney for the Conway Office. He received a Bachelor of Sciences degree from Arizona State University, and received a Juris Doctorate from the University of Southern California Gould School of Law. He has been a staff attorney with South Carolina Legal Services since 2010, focusing on elder law, foreclosure defense, housing, consumer, and disaster recovery cases. 

Nicole Paluzzi joins Charleston Pro Bono Legal Services as litigation counsel for matters involving a primary residence. She is a member of the South Carolina Women Lawyers Association, Charleston County Bar Association, and SC Bar Family Law Section. She is a Certified Family Court Mediator and Certified Guardian ad Litem. She is active with the Charleston County Housing Court Pilot Program and is a member of the local Coordinated Community Response Team working to provide resources and awareness for the prevention of Elder Abuse and Neglect.

Nicole grew up in typical military fashion, being relocated every few years to a new base. Nicole lives in Charleston County with her spouse, child, and dog. She considers the whole beautiful State of South Carolina her true “hometown” and comes from a family of Clemson Tigers.On weekends you can find Nicole and her family enjoying the local county parks and museums.

Bar Admissions: South Carolina State Court, 2012 U.S District Court;  District of South Carolina, 2016.

Sutania A. Fuller, Assistant Solicitor for the 11th Circuit Solicitor's Office 

Sutania was born to Jamaican immigrants in Bronx, New York, and raised in Miami, Florida. She graduated Summa Cum Laude from the University of Florida in 2009 with a Bachelor of Arts in Criminology and a minor in Business Administration. She then received a Juris Doctor in 2012 from the University of South Carolina School of Law. Sutania has passed the South Carolina, Florida, and Georgia bar exams. 

Sutania is a violent crime prosecutor handling the prosecution of cases in Lexington, Edgefield, Saluda, and McCormick counties. She is dedicated to prosecuting some of the toughest and violent cases in the 11th Circuit. Sutania is an active member of the South Carolina Bar, the South Carolina Bar Young Lawyers Division, and the ABA Young Lawyers Division. Sutania also serves as Vice Chair of the SC Bar’s Diversity Committee where she helped to spearhead the phenomenal Legacy Conversations series featuring distinguished jurists. Sutania also serves as the ABA YLD District 10 Representative, co-chairs the SC Bar Leadership Academy, and co-chairs the SC Bar YLD Diversity committee. 

Sutania’s numerous awards include the 2021 SC Bar YLD Young Lawyer of the Year, Service to Mankind Award presented by the Columbia Sertoma Club, the John R. Justice Community Leadership Award, the SC Bar YLD President’s Award three times, and multiple Star of the Quarter awards presented by the ABA YLD and the SC Bar YLD. 

Sutania has a passion and drive for everything that she does and for making an impact in the community. She enjoys educating young adults about the law and the consequences of their actions as she strives to positively impact their lives. She often tells these young adults that her goal in life is to reach them before she has to prosecute them. Sutania, along with four other female lawyers, organized a call to action to inspire SC lawyers across the state to stand against all forms of racial injustice. 

Outside of work and her life of service, you can find Sutania at home with her husband watching movies. She enjoys making memories with her husband, her parents, her four sisters, and her friends.