Major Lindsey & Africa, one of the country’s most prolific legal recruiting firms, is facing claims that a Black, female associate was “blackballed” by the firm in a complaint filed Tuesday in a Maryland District Court.
The complaint alleges that once Gita Sankano sued her former employer, law firm Troutman Pepper Hamilton Sanders, MLA lied about availability of open positions and cut off its relationship with Sankano.
Managing directors Randi Lewis and Andy Ufberg and head of associate practice group Eliza Stoker are named in the suit. The complaint says Lewis also warned Sankano against suing Troutman Pepper: “‘If you ...
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