Gordon Caplan, the suspended co-chairman of Willkie Farr & Gallagher, made his first appearance in Boston federal court Wednesday alongside a host of other parents accused of paying bribes to get their kids into top colleges.

Caplan appeared before U.S. Magistrate Judge M. Page Kelley of the District of Massachusetts, along with his defense attorney, Joshua Levy of Ropes & Gray. The appearance was brief. Levy told the judge his client was waiving a preliminary conference. Caplan said, “Yes, your honor” to the judge several times, including in response to questions about whether he understood the charges against him and the possible maximum term.