NYCTL 1997-1 Trust v. Seijas

Order, Supreme Court, Bronx County (Bertram Katz, J.), entered January 11, 2002, which, insofar as appealed from, directed nonparty appellant Michael H. Schwartz, Esq., to pay the sum of $500 to the Lawyers’ Fund for Client Protection as a sanction for frivolous conduct pursuant to 22 NYCRR subpart 130-1, unanimously reversed, on the law, without costs, and the finding of frivolous conduct and the sanction vacated.

*877Nonparty appellant Schwartz, an attorney, served a limited notice of appearance for defendant Seijas in this action to foreclose on a tax lien. After a judgment of foreclosure and…