“At Willkie, nothing is more important to us than our integrity and we do not tolerate behavior that runs contrary to our core values,” the firm said in a statement.

Caplan said Friday that his daughter was devastated to learn what he had done. She is a junior in high school and has not applied to any universities, he said.

“She had no knowledge whatsoever about my actions, has been devastated to learn what I did and has been hurt the most by it,” he said.

Caplan apologized to his family, his friends and his former colleagues at Willkie Farr. He also apologized to “students everywhere who have been accepted to college through their own hard work.”

“The remorse and shame that I feel is more than I can convey,” he said.