Pryor Cashman has been ordered to pay more than $21,000 in legal fees for filing a “frivolous” motion in a legal malpractice lawsuit filed by the trustees of employee benefit funds accusing the firm of failing to provide advice that would have prevented the funds’ third-party administrator from embezzling $42 million.

The Nov. 13 order came from an Appellate Division, First Department, panel consisting of Presiding Justice Luis Gonzalez (See Profile) and Justices Peter Tom (See Profile), James Catterson (See Profile), Rosalyn Richter (See Profile) and Nelson Roman (See Profile).

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