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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 not
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