The war over affirmative action is bound to get nastier in the next few years, but for the moment William Lee, a partner at Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr, is savoring his win for Harvard University.

Earlier this month, federal judge Allison Burroughs ruled that Harvard’s undergraduate admissions policy, which considers race as a factor, does not discriminate against Asian Americans. The case was brought by Students for Fair Admissions (SFFA), an anti-affirmative action group spearheaded by Edward Blum.