A Cherry Hill, New Jersey, law firm has been sued for race discrimination and fraud by a former associate who said he never received his agreed-on share of fees collected by the firm in personal injury cases.

Benjamin Smith, who graduated from Temple University’s Beasley School of Law in 2016, says in his suit, filed Wednesday, that the Cronin Law Firm shortchanged him by more than $15,000 in earnings and also subjected him to derogatory comments about his Asian heritage.