In the law firmsSheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP associate John B. Sample has been elected to the Associates Board for The Chicago Committee.Sample has experience on a range of commercial litigation matters, including breach of contract, real estate, intellectual property, product liability and labor and employment.•Thomas G. Cline, former vice president and general counsel at Northwestern University School of Law, joined Husch Blackwell LLP’s health-care, life sciences and education industry group …