The U.S. Supreme Court’s three-day oral argument marathon over the Affordable Care Act attracted the cream of the appellate bar on one side or the other. Jones Day, naturally, was among them in the form of partners Greg Katsas and Mike Carvin.

If there was a theme to the case and the other work the firm has been doing, partner Noel Francisco put it this way: “We represent major American institutions challenging the regulatory reach of the federal government.”