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On March 14, 2001, Ms. Spaid faxed respondent 140 pages of
additional proposed exhibits to be incorporated into the second
stipulation of facts. All the documents related to frivolous
issues. Ms. Zusi spent 10 hours reviewing the documents and
preparing her objections. We order Ms. Spaid to reimburse
respondent for 10 hours of Ms. Zusi’s time.
On March 15, 2001, Ms. Zusi and Ms. Moe participated in a
conference call with the Court and Ms. Spaid regarding the second
stipulation of facts. Ms. Spaid faxed the proposed second
stipulation of facts to Ms. Zusi. Upon Ms. Zusi’s review, she
noted that none of her objections were shown on the proposed
stipulation. Ms. Zusi spent 10 hours reviewing and revising the
proposed second stipulation of facts. Ms. Moe spent .5 hour
reviewing Ms. Zusi’s revisions. While the entire second
stipulation of facts is frivolous, we believe that the lack of
objections and other organizational defects that Ms. Zusi
corrected were due to Ms. Spaid’s negligence. We therefore
order Ms. Spaid to reimburse respondent for 5 hours of Ms. Zusi’s
time. We do not order Ms. Spaid to reimburse any of Ms. Moe’s
time because we believe any time she spent on the frivolous
issues was negligible.
March 16, 2001, was the first day of trial; both Ms. Zusi
and Ms. Moe represented respondent. Approximately 5 of the 10
hours of the first day of trial were spent dealing with frivolous
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