Carryl v. MacKay Shields, LLC

In this action for racial discrimination, plaintiff, an African-American, alleges that his former employer, defendant MacKay Shields, LLC, an investment firm, discriminated against him by paying him less than a Caucasian peer. During the relevant period, plaintiff and his Caucasian peer were coheads of the firm’s growth equity products team and both held the title of senior managing director, but they were not paid equally.

Plaintiff met his initial burden of establishing a prima facie case of racial discrimination in pay by showing that he was a *590member of a protected class and was paid less…