Although an attorney representing the executor of an estate, generally, is not liable to the beneficiaries of the estate (see Kramer v Belfi, 106 AD2d 615, 616), as the attorney does not represent the estate itself (see Betz v Blatt, 116 AD3d at 816; Matter of Hof, 102 AD2d 591, 593), when fraud, collusion, malicious acts, or other special circumstances exist, an attorney may be liable to those third parties, even though not in privity with them, for… [read post]