-3- Petitioner is an attorney and has been admitted to practice before this Court since 1981. He did not cooperate with respondent in preparation of the trial, and he disobeyed our orders and Rules on numerous occasions. On October 24, 2006, the Court issued a standing pretrial order to petitioner. The order required petitioner to stipulate all facts to the maximum extent possible and to exchange with respondent all documents he intended to present for trial at least 14 days before the date of trial, March 26, 2007. Petitioner ignored the order. He refused, even to the day of trial, to stipulate any facts. On October 31, 2006, respondent’s attorney sent petitioner an informal request for production of documents. Petitioner ignored the request. On December 6, 2006, respondent again requested the production of documents. Again petitioner ignored the request. On February 2, 2007, respondent filed with the Court a motion to compel production of documents and a motion to compel responses to respondent’s interrogatories. On February 9, 2007, we granted respondent’s motions, requiring petitioner to answer respondent’s interrogatories in full and to produce each and every document requested on or before March 10, 2007. We also warned petitioner that if he did not fully comply with our orders, we would be inclined to impose sanctions pursuant to Rule 104. Petitioner did not comply with our orders. He did notPage: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 NextLast modified: November 10, 2007