Marc Brumer of Brumer & Brumer in Miami and R. Martin Saenz of Saenz & Anderson in Aventura convinced a federal jury to award $21.5 million to devout Christian and former hotel dishwasher Marie Jean Pierre, after she was fired from the Conrad Miami Hotel for refusing to work Sundays.

The Brickell hotel was one of several luxury Hilton franchises owned by Park Hotels and Resort Inc., formally known as Hilton Worldwide Inc., but has since changed ownership.

For Pierre — a member of the Bethel Church in Miami and Catholic missionary group Soldiers of Christ — Sundays meant a lot.