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Michael Kaplen with New York State
Governor George Pataki at bill signing
for Traumatic Brain Injury Law.
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What set's us apart from most personal injury law firms is our commitment
and compassion to protect the rights of brain injury victims. De Caro & Kaplen, LLP are lawyers
that concentrate their practice on representing victims of traumatic brain damage.
We provide compassionate legal representation to the victims of negligence and their families.
De Caro & Kaplen, LLP
DE CARO & KAPLEN, LLP is a law firm which concentrates its practice on representing persons who
have sustained brain injury, head injury or coma. Our legal team understands the unique issues and problems
which are faced by victims and their families including the legal battles that must be fought to obtain adequate
compensation, the health care decisions that must be faced and important insurance issues.
MICHAEL V. KAPLEN, ESQ. is a noted legal authority in the area
of traumatic brain injury. He is the Chairperson of the New York
State Traumatic Brain Injury Services Coordinating Council, and the
immediate past president of the Brain Injury Association of New York
State. He is past Chairperson of the Association of Trial Lawyers of
America (ATLA) Automobile, Highway and Premise Liability Section.
He is Past Chair of the ATLA Traumatic Brain Injury Litigation Group.
He served as the Co-Chair of the Tort Section of the New York County
Lawyer’s Association. He serves on the Board of Directors of Trial
Lawyers for Public Justice. He has been an adjunct professor of law
teaching courses in trial practice and medical malpractice at St. John's
University School of Law. He is Certified as a Civil Trial Advocate
by the National Board of Trial Advocacy.
Mr. Kaplen’s legal practice focuses primarily on representing persons
with a brain injury caused by automobile accident, medical malpractice
and other forms of negligence. His summations on traumatic brain
injury have been published in the Matthew Bender, Art of Advocacy
Series. He is a noted national author and lecturer on Legal Issues and
Advocacy in the field of Traumatic Brain Injury. He has lectured
throughout the country to trial lawyer groups on effective advocacy
in representing persons with a brain injury. He has also lectured
throughout the country to brain injury associations and national medical
groups on traumatic brain injury. Because of his knowledge and
experience, he has been interviewed by CBS, NBC, ABC, FOX,
N.Y. Times, N.Y. Daily News, N.Y. Post, Newsday, Gannett Papers,
and other televisions stations, newspapers and leading periodicals
throughout the nation.
SHANA DE CARO, ESQ. has been an advocate for the rights of the
brain injured for over 25 years. She is a member of the Executive
Board of the American Association for Justice, Traumatic Brain Injury
Litigation Group and serves on the Board of Trustees of the Civil
Justice Foundation. She has been a member of the Medical Malpractice
Review Panels in New York State and is a former law secretary to a
Justice of the Supreme Court, Kings County. She is a trial and appellate
lawyer focusing her practice on representing victims of traumatic brain
injury and other catastrophic injuries.