More than fair

Saw this in an AP story about Lance Briggs pleading guilty to something:

Defense attorney Frank Himel said he was pleased with the outcome.

"The judge was more than fair, more than fair," Himel said.

I guess my question is: if you are more than fair, aren't you clearly being unfair somewhere? If we decide to split a cookie evenly and I take 60% of if, I was totally more than fair. I guess this comes down to zero-sum games versus not, but I think it is still a silly statement.