Former City Hall communications director Petula Burks has been deposed in Connie Clay’s wrongful termination suit against her .

But in a Thursday court filing, Clay’s lawyer, Sarah Robb, accused Burks and her attorney of being uncooperative and walking out on a second day of court-ordered deposition because a court reporter was available two minutes late.

“This is another failure to obey the court’s orders and represents yet another unreasonable tactic by defendants’ counsel to obstruct discovery in this case,” Robb wrote in a motion asking Judge Claire Cardwell to intervene — and to go as far as imposing sanctions.

Sanctions are disciplinary actions a judge can take against attorneys who fail to abide by court orders or trial law. Examples include fines, formal reprimands and contemp

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