Charlotte, North Carolina-based Robinson, Bradshaw & Hinson faces racial discrimination claims from a former associate who alleges the law firm markets itself as committed to maintaining a diverse workforce when, in reality, it’s dominated by white males and uses women and minority lawyers as “diversity props” to attract clients.

The former associate, Sharika Robinson, lodged a race bias lawsuit against Robinson Bradshaw on Monday in Charlotte federal district court. Among other claims in her complaint, Robinson’s lawyers allege that she was lured in as an associate by false promises that her diverse background as a black woman would be embraced at the firm.

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