Our Firm
DE CARO & KAPLEN, LLP is a law firm which concentrates it practice on representing persons who have sustained a brain injury, head injury, coma, concussion or other brain trauma. We represent our clients and their family members with compassion and with the understanding that a brain injury lasts a lifetime. Our legal team understands the unique issues and problems which are faced by brain injury victims, their spouses and family members. We are prepared to undertake the legal battles that must be fought to obtain adequate compensation, the health care decisions that must be faced and the important insurance issues surrounding brain injury.
Michael V. Kaplen is President of the Brain Injury Association of New York State. He is nationally recognized for his knowledge and experience in representing victims of brain injury. He has been appointed by the Speaker of the New York State Assembly to be his representative on the New York State Traumatic Brain Injury Services Coordinating Council.
He has been invited to lecture to attorney conferences, medical conferences and brain injury associations throughout the country on effective legal representation of victims of brain injury and head injury. He was elected by his peers as Chairperson of the Traumatic Brain Injury Litigation Group of the Association of Trial Lawyers of America, and Section Chair of the Motor Vehicle Collision, Highway and Premises Liability Section of the Trial Lawyers of America. He serves on the Board of Directors of Trial Lawyers for Public Justice and is the advisory board of the Crime Victims Bar Association.
Because of his experience and reputation in all areas of personal injury and negligence law, he serves as Co Chair of the New York County Lawyers Association, Tort Section. He is Certified as a Civil Trial Advocate by the National Board of Trail Advocacy. He has taught courses in Law and Medicine at St. John’s University School of Law.
Because of his knowledge and experience in the field of Brain Injury and effective advocacy in traumatic brain injury cases, Michael Kaplen has been an invited guest speaker at the Brain Injury Association of California, the Brain Injury Association of Florida, the Brain Injury Association of Indiana, the Brain Injury Association of Louisiana, the Brain Injury Association of Michigan, the Brain Injury Association of New York State, the Brain Injury Association of Ohio, the Brain Injury Association of Utah, the Brain Injury Association of Wisconsin, and the North American Brain Injury Society. He has also been an invited guest speaker to lawyer associations in California, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Texas, Utah, Virginia, Washington, D.C. and Wisconsin.
Shana De Caro has been an advocate for the rights of the Brain Injured for over twenty years. She serves on the Executive Board of the Traumatic Brain Injury Litigation Group of the Association of Trial Lawyers of America.
She was the primary legal assistant to a Justice of the Supreme Court, Kings County, New York and has served as a editorial advisor to the Association of Trial Lawyers of America Work Place Reporter. Shana has also served as a member of the Medical Malpractice Panels in New York State, appointed to review medical malpractice matters by the Supreme Court of the State of New York, First and Second Judicial Departments.
Shana is a member of the Brain Injury Association of New York State, Association of Trial Lawyers of America, New York State Trial Lawyers Association, New York State Bar Association.
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