New York brain injury attorney Michael Kaplen has more than 25 years of experience in negligence and personal injury litigation. He has been nationally recognized for his knowledge in the areas of personal injury including brain injury and wrongful death as well as automobile and construction accidents. Because of his nationally recognized expertise as a personal injury lawyer, Michael Kaplen has been interviewed by CBS, NBC, ABC, FOX, N.Y. Times, N.Y. Daily News, N.Y. Post, Newsday, Gannett Papers and other television stations, newspapers and leading periodicals throughout the nation. His summations in cases with multi-million dollar verdicts have been published in the Art of Advocacy Series, Matthew Bender, Publishers. Michael’s partner Shana De Caro has been an advocate for the rights of the disabled for over 25 years. She has successfully handled trials and appeals in State and Federal Courts on behalf of New York accident and injury victims.

Michael Kaplen and Shana De Caro’s backgrounds in personal injury law include:

• Traumatic Brain Injury
• Personal Injury
• Car Accidents
• Bus Accidents
• Train Accidents
• Truck Accidents
• Construction Accidents
• Medical Malpractice
• Hospital and Nursing Home Negligence
• Unsafe Products   

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Michael V. Kaplen

Education and Accomplishments

• B.A. from New York University - 1976
• J.D. from Brooklyn Law School - 1979
• President of the Brain Injury Association of New York State; Past Chair of the Traumatic Brain Injury Litigation Group of the Association of Trial Lawyers of America
• 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
• Past Chair of the Automobile, Highway & Premises Liability Section of the Association of Trial Lawyers of America
• Past Co-Chair of the Tort Section of the New York County Lawyers Association
• Has taught courses in Law and Medicine as well as Trial Practice at St. John’s University School of Law
• Honored by Trial Lawyers Care for his successful volunteer representation of victims of the World Trade Center Disaster

Invited Speaker to Brain Injury and Lawyer Associations Across the Nation
Mr. Kaplen’s knowledge and experience as a brain injury attorney and his effective advocacy in traumatic brain injury cases has led to him being an invited guest speaker at the Brain Injury Associations of various locations including California, Florida, Indiana, Louisiana, Michigan, New York State, Ohio, Wisconsin, Brain Injury association of American and North American Brain Injury Society. Mr. Kaplen 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.

Full Curriculum Vitae

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Shana De Caro

Education and Accomplishments

• B.A. degree from George Washington University - 1977
• Law degree from Benjamin Cardozo School of Law - 1980
• Attended Oxford University Institute on International and Comparative Law in Oxford England
• Admitted to the bar of the State of New York
• Elected to the Executive Board of the Traumatic Brain Injury Litigation Group of the Trial Lawyers of America
• Appointed as a member of the Medical Malpractice Panels in New York State by the Appellate Divisions of the First and Second Departments of the Supreme Courts of the State of New York
• Primary legal assistant to a Justice of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Brooklyn)
• Has served as an editorial adviser to the Association of Trial Lawyers of America Work Place reporter
• Has been admitted to the Court of International Trade
• Is a Fellow of the National College of Advocacy, Association of Trial Lawyers of America

Honored by Trial Lawyers Care for her successful volunteer representation of victims of the World Trade Center Disaster.

Full Curriculum Vitae