Monaco. Prior to joining the firm in January 2012, Ms. Sahinoglu gained valuable experience in constitutional law and federal court litigation while working as a senior paralegal in the civil rights practice group at Hughes Socol Piers Resnick & Dym, Ltd. During law school, Ms. Sahinoglu worked at the Federal Defender Program, Inc., representing indigent individuals accused of federal crimes. Ms. Sahinoglu also worked at the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development in the Office of Equal Opportunity investigating and making determinations in cases of housing discrimination. At Chicago-Kent College of Law, Ms. Sahinoglu was a scholarship recipient, and was active in Chicago-Kent’s Labor and Employment Law Society. Ms. Sahinoglu is fluent in Spanish.