Nuzum v. Field

Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Milton A. Tingling, J.), entered April 17, 2012, which granted defendant attorney’s motion for summary judgment dismissing the complaint as against him, unanimously affirmed, without costs.

Plaintiff established an issue of fact as to whether an attorney-client relationship existed between her and defendant Field, with her sworn testimony that defendant expressly undertook to prepare promissory notes for her, albeit with the fees paid by another (see Jane St. Co. v Rosenberg & Estis, 192 AD2d 451 [1st Dept 1993], lv denied 82 NY2d 654 [1993]). However,…