As he argued before the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday, Jenner & Block partner Paul Smith wasn’t exactly complaining about the $4.5 million award his firm had been granted—and then denied—in an employment discrimination case it successfully handled for its client, an Iowa trucking company.

But when Justice Anthony Kennedy asked Smith if the amount represented the Chicago-based firm’s entire bill for representing the client for the last eight years, Smith chuckled and said, “Oh no, your honor.”

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