Recent filings in an attorney fee request in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit lift the veil on the four-figure hourly rates charged by top advocates before the U.S. Supreme Court.

Thomas Goldstein of Washington’s Goldstein & Russell, who argued and won five high court cases last term, is seeking nearly $306,000 in fees from Los Angeles after winning City of Los Angeles v. Patel, a key Fourth Amendment case, in June.