732, 732 (Alaska 1993) (vacating superior court's decision to dismiss case where brief was filed late and instead ordering attorney to pay fees, costs, and $500 fine under Appellate Rule 510). 40 . Metcalf, 938 P.2d at 1025; Brown, 854 P.2d at 732; Sheehan, 700 P.2d at 1298. 41 . Brown, 854 P.2d at 732. 42 . Alaska R. Civ. P. 95(a). 43 . Alaska Rule of Professional Conduct 1.3 states: "A lawyer shall act with reasonable diligence and promptness in representing a client.” The comment to the rule states that "[a] lawyer should pursue a matter on behalf of a client despite opposition, obstruction or personal inconvenience to the lawyer.” 44 . Alaska R. Civ. P. 95(b). 45 . Stephenson, 697 P.2d at 655; see also Tobey v. Superior Court, Third Judicial Dist., 680 P.2d 782, 787 (Alaska 1984) (<HOLDING>); Esch, 577 P.2d at 1043 (same). 46 . Wilson,
holding that the language of rule 95b requires a judge to explicitly notify an attorney when sanctions are being considered and to afford him a reasonable time in which to show cause why the sanctions are not warranted holding that evidence of settlement may be considered under rule 408 when reviewing a motion for sanctions holding that trial court erred by imposing sanctions against attorney without notice and hearing but error was cured by attorneys subsequent challenge to sanctions holding that the district court committed reversible error by imposing criminal sanctions in a civil proceeding which did not afford the contemnor the procedural protections the constitution requires for the imposition of criminal contempt sanctions holding sanctions order not final where the amount of sanctions had not yet been determined