Legal Assistant Sues Drinker Biddle Claiming Race Discrimination
Drinker Biddle & Reath is facing a discrimination suit from an African-American legal assistant in the firm’s Princeton office claiming she is paid less than her colleagues because of her race and was subjected to a barrage of offensive remarks.
Syneetra Hill’s suit was filed July 26 in Mercer County Superior Court. It brings a claim under New Jersey’s recently enacted equal pay law, which allows a plaintiff to seek treble damages for up to six years of alleged wage discrimination.
The suit also brings claims under the New Jersey Law Against Discrimination for retaliation and fostering a hostile work environment.
Drinker Biddle didn’t respond to requests for comment.
Hill says in the suit that…
