A lawyer who prevailed in a Title VII suit three years ago has been engaged since then in an unusual fee fight: against her own client, who says his pro se work entitles him to keep the fees awarded.

Worse for the lawyer, Antonia Kousoulas, the client is asserting his right to the $144,462 in fees and interest — now sitting in a court registry — through a malpractice counterclaim that a federal judge on Monday refused to throw out.

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