Office of Chief Disciplinary Counsel v. Miller, 335 Conn. 474 (2020)

Citation: Office of Chief Disciplinary Counsel v. Miller, 335 Conn. 474 (2020)
Parent Document: Office of Chief Disciplinary Counsel v. Miller, 335 Conn. 474 (2020)
Jurisdiction: Connecticut (state)
Effective Date: 2020-04-27
Original Source: https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/4801014/office-of-chief-disciplinary-co... ↗

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motion dated July 7, 2014]. This notice was followed
up on July 1, 2014, by an e-mail to the respondent asking
her to confirm the Stone deposition for the following
day at 10 a.m. The respondent replied at 2 p.m. on July
1, 2014, that ‘‘we will need to reschedule as I became
preoccupied with a trial and did not have tomorrow
down. Can we do this next week perhaps July 11. I
think I’m free. But will need to check with Mr. Stone.’’
[Petitioner’s Ex. 4, exhibit G to the motion dated July
7, 2014]. At the presentment hearing, the respondent
testified that she believed she failed to insert the July
2, 2014 deposition date into her electronic calendar.
[Tr. 2 81:22–27, Miller].
On June 6, 2014, the defendant filed an answer, spe-
cial defenses and counterclaim. [Petitioner’s Ex. 4]. The
respondent failed to file an answer to the counterclaim,
and the defendant thereafter filed a motion for default
for failure to plead. [Petitioner’s Ex. 4, motion dated
June 11, 2014]. On July 7, 2014, the defendant filed a
motion for nonsuit, sanctions and judgment of dis-
missal, which was set down for a hearing for September
3, 2014. On that date, the court, Bellis, J., dismissed
the action based on the respondent’s repeated failures
to appear in court. The respondent testified at the pre-
sentment hearing that she ‘‘had not noted the date of
September 3 as the date for the status conference.’’ [Tr.
2 84:1–2, Miller].
Following the dismissal of the case, the respondent
filed a motion to open judgment of dismissal on Novem-
ber 28, 2014. [Petitioner’s Ex. 4, motion]. The court
scheduled a hearing on the motion for January 7, 2015.
On December 31, 2014, the respondent filed a motion
for continuance of the hearing, which was granted by
the court, and the hearing was rescheduled to January
29, 2015. [Petitioner’s Ex. 4, motion and order]. On
January 28, 2015, the day before the hearing, the respon-
dent filed a caseflow request indicating that she had a
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