The man accused of molesting his wife, the New York prosecutor, who allegedly died by assisted suicide, has quit his job as a trial attorney after being placed on leave.
Greenberg Taurig officials said in a statement that Allan Kassenoff submitted his resignation after his superiors at the company launched an investigation into him.
Allen was a patent attorney and a shareholder in the agency before resigning, although it’s unclear whether he was forced out of office or did so voluntarily.
The man had been furloughed after his ex-wife Catherine Kassenoff revealed in a Facebook post that he allegedly abused her, which – along with the diagnosis of terminal cancer – contributed to her decision to die.
“The Company has completed its review of the situation to determine Allan Kassenoff’s status with the Company,” Greenberg Taurig said in a statement.
“Our primary responsibility is to uphold and protect the core values and best interests of our firm, our clients, our attorneys and our professional staff,” it said.
Allan Kassenoff, the man accused of molesting his ex-wife Catherine Kassenoff, who allegedly died by assisted suicide, has quit his job after being furloughed. Pictured: Allan Kassenoff
Allan had been furloughed after his ex-wife Catherine posted in a post that he had allegedly abused her, which contributed to her decision to fly to Switzerland, where she reportedly died by suicide on May 27. Pictured: Allan (top left) and Catherine (top right) with their three daughters
In a shocking and heartbreaking post on Facebook, Catherine had claimed Allan abused her and tried to ruin her life before she died.
The woman, who once worked as a special adviser to New York Gov. Kathy Hochul, said she was the victim of a “predatory” court system that kept her children away.
According to Catherine’s post, the couple were embroiled in a terrible custody battle over their three daughters that always escalated.
In her post on Sunday night, Greenberg told Taurig that they would look after the couple’s children financially after Allan left.
“The company is addressing the needs of the three children,” the company wrote in its post, calling the children “the main victims of the situation.”
“Therefore, a special trust fund will be established with an independent trustee solely for the benefit of these children, funded voluntarily by our firm’s attorneys and staff,” the post continued.
In a separate post in early June, Greenberg told Taurig that they plan to look into Catherine’s claims on social media.
The firm specifically stated that no judges or attorneys found any evidence of abuse throughout the custody process, but that it takes the allegations seriously.
“Nevertheless, the company will conduct its own investigations to determine its status with the company,” the statement posted online said.
“In the meantime, he’s taking voluntary time off to focus on his family,” adding that he’s been awarded sole custody of the girls.
reached out to Allan’s attorney, Gus Dimopoulous, on Monday night, but received no response at the time of publication.
“Our primary responsibility is to uphold and protect the core values and best interests of our firm, our clients, our attorneys and our professional associates,” Greenberg Taurig wrote in a post announcing Allan’s departure from the firm. Pictured: Allan Kassenoff
In her post on Sunday night, Greenberg told Taurig that they would look after the couple’s children financially after Allan left
“Every day for the last four years of my life I’ve woken up to a nightmare like no other. I can no longer bear the abuse and terror of Allan Kassenoff… I have also endured the emotional devastation of being without my children for so long…’
On Catherine’s Facebook farewell, alongside the videos, she posted thousands of court documents in a defunct Dropbox link, which paints a different picture.
In an email, Allan vowed never to give up the custody battle, which he says cost $3 million.
“Even if this court awards you my last dollar, I will never stop protecting you,” Allan wrote in an email to Catherine on March 19. “Until the day I die.”
He added that she “must be really proud of having financially decimated him and their children during the process.”
Allan also said she should have focused her anger on getting help instead of trying to destroy him.
Along with the details of her dire legal troubles and his alleged abuse, Catherine shared a video of Allan throwing tantrums and calling her a “fat old loser.”
In another video, he could be heard berating the mother-of-three and saying he hated her.
Other clips show him allegedly yelling from behind doors, yelling at his kids to “shut up,” as he dramatically leaves their home and refusing to babysit his little ones.
In a heartbreaking video Catherine shared, one of her daughters was seen crying that she “don’t want to be with this crazy guy.”
In her Facebook post, she claimed Allan made a fake 911 call and claimed she was “capable of ‘killing’ him or my own children.”
He reportedly filmed her being questioned by police, who eventually failed to arrest her after realizing that “he had been lied to,” she claimed.
In the email, which he sent on March 19, he detailed the ruinous sum of money he forced her to spend out of love for his children and said: “You must be really proud of supporting me and the children financially to have decimated.”
Catherine and Allan had been locked in a custody battle over their daughters for four years
The custody battle in Westchester has been dragging on since 2019, according to records.
In 2022, Catherine was fired from her job as special adviser to the governor of New York after she was arrested for violating a protective order. The charges were later dismissed.
In her May 27 Facebook post, Catherine also wrote about her third cancer diagnosis, saying she wasn’t strong enough to endure “again debilitating chemotherapy, surgery and radiation.”
She also said she kept her health secrets a secret because her husband “would have tried a lot harder to end my existence.”
is working to confirm whether Catherine actually went ahead with her planned suicide, as she implied in her Facebook post.
If you or someone you love is having suicidal thoughts or actions, call the National Suicide Hotline at 988.