Paul Richard Karan, an attorney who specialized in trusts and estates planning, pleaded guilty to grand larceny and other charges for the theft of more than $2.6 million from the estates and trusts of multiple families, Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance Jr. announced Thursday.

“Paul Richard Karan stole millions from multiple families, callously abusing the longtime trust they placed in him as their attorney and adviser,” Vance said in a statement. “The defendant systematically drained his victims’ trusts and estate funds over a period of more than a decade—and in one instance, embezzled hundreds of thousands of dollars less than a month after his client’s death—all to finance his own lavish lifestyle.”