Married NYC lawyer SUSPENDED after he was caught kissing underling

A top New York City lawyer who was caught kissing an underling on a Central Park bench has been suspended from his firm, it has emerged.

Nathaniel D Cullerton, a partner at Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz, was placed on leave amid an investigation into a now-viral video of him and his colleague Kelsey Borenzweig, the Financial Times reported.

The married lawyer, 45, and Borenzweig, 29, were caught together in the shadows of Billionaires’ Row by a TikTok comedian named Jay Guapo, who shared the clip with his 3.5 million followers last week. It is unclear when the video was filmed. 

Cullerton was among six Wachtell partners who were expected to soon jump ship to rival Gibson Dunn.

But his employment was scrapped in the wake of the video, sources familiar with the matter told the newspaper.

It is unclear whether Borenzweig, an ᴀssociate at the firm, is also under investigation over the video.

As of Wednesday morning, both Cullerton’s and Borenzweig’s attorney profiles were still active on Wachtell’s website.

Nathaniel D Cullerton, 45, was filmed smooching Kelsey Borenzweig, 29, by a TikTok comedian. The loved-up couple were quickly identified, and the clip, filmed in Central Park, spread like wildfire across social media, setting elite New York law circles ablaze with gossip

Nathaniel Cullerton outside his apartment last week. He has been placed on leave amid an investigation into a now-viral video of him and his colleague

Dressed in a blue cap and sunglᴀsses on Saturday morning, Borenzweig went for coffee with parents Tracy and Matt at the upscale Crosby Street H๏τel in Soho

The pᴀssionate kiss took place on the western edge of Central Park, about 30 blocks south of the co-op Cullerton is listed as living in with wife Moira Penza, 42, along an ultra-exclusive stretch of Manhattan’s Fifth Avenue. 

Guapo could be seen scolding the pair and hissing: ‘Get a room. There’s kids watching.’

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Borenzweig and Cullerton tried to shoo him away and cover his camera on realizing that their tryst was being filmed. He walked towards Guapo and forcefully demanded, ‘Put the phone down,’ but to no avail.

The loved-up couple were quickly identified by commenters when Guapo uploaded the clip to his TikTok. It spread like wildfire across social media and set elite New York City law circles ablaze with gossip. 

It is unclear when Cullerton and Borenzweig’s romance started or whether it had been disclosed to human resources, but the pair worked closely together to win the Altman case against Elon Musk. 

Musk claimed Altman had broken a founding agreement to keep OpenAI a nonprofit. 

A pH๏τo taken during the trial in May 2026 showed Cullerton smiling as he walked into the federal court building in Oakland, California, with Borenzweig just a few steps behind him. 

Cullerton and Borenzweig walking into the Oakland Federal Courthouse in May. They worked together to defeat a civil lawsuit filed by Elon Musk against Sam Altman

Borenzweig works alongside Cullerton in the litigation department of Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz

Cullerton’s wife Moira Penza is a former federal prosecutor who now works in private practice

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Cullerton’s wife, Penza, is a partner at another top law firm, Wilkinson Stekloff. 

They married in February 2016. Before moving into private practice, Penza worked as a federal prosecutor and led the case against NXIVM Sєx cult leader Keith Raniere. 

She appeared on an episode of the HBO series The Vow, which investigated the secretive cult.

Cullerton’s meteoric rise to success saw him obtain his JD from Georgetown University in 2013, before clerking at the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. 

Borenzweig’s legal pedigree is just as impressive. 

She received her JD from New York University School of Law in 2022 and also spent time clerking before joining Wachtell. 

She grew up in Malibu, California, in a sizable $2.7 million midcentury home moments from the Pacific Ocean.

The Daily Mail has approached Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz for comment.