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State Brain Injury Associations

The brain injury law firm® of De Caro & Kaplen, LLP are proud supports of the Brain Injury Association of America and their state chartered affiliates.

The Brain Injury Association of America and your state brain injury association can assist your family member or yourself if you have sustained a traumatic brain injury or a traumatic head injury.

Michael Kaplen receives the 2011 Public Policy Award at the Brain Injury Association of New York State 2011 Awards Ceremony for his advocacy on behalf of victims of traumatic brain injury

Michael Kaplen receives the 2011 Public Policy Award at the Brain Injury Association of New York State 2011 Awards Ceremony for his advocacy on behalf of victims of traumatic brain injury

We are proud that our founding partner, Michael Kaplen, has served for nine years as the three term president of the Brain Injury Association of New York State.  Prior to serving as President, he served on the association’s board of directors.   Brain injury attorney, Michael Kaplen also has served as national liaison between the Traumatic Brain Injury Litigation Group of the American Association of Justice and the Brain Injury Association of America. Brain Injury Attorney Shana De Caro serves as an officer of the American Association for Justice Traumatic Brain Injury Litigation Group.

New York brain injury attorney, Michael Kaplen is the president of the American Academy of Brain Injury Attorneys.  New York brain injury attorney, Shana De Caro is the vice president of the American Academy of Brain Injury Attorneys.

As part of the philosophy of our law firm, we believe that it is our obligation to assist the Brain Injury Association of America and State brain injury associations in advocating on behalf of victims of brain trauma.  For this reason we have gladly volunteered our time and resources in being national lecturers at brain injury seminars and meetings sponsored by the national and state brain injury associations.

Our brain injury attorneys co-author the New York Law Journal outside counsel column on the legal aspects of traumatic brain injury; have co-authored the chapter on neurolaw for the Psychiatric Clinics of North America edition on traumatic brain injury and have lectured at the ground rounds of Mt. Sinai Medical Center on brain injury and medical malpractice in emergency medicine.

Brain Injury Association Links

Brain Injury Assoc. of America http://www.biausa.org
Alabama http://www.ahif.org/
Arizona http://www.biausa.org/Arizona/
Arkansas http://www.brainassociation.org/
California http://www.biaca.org/
Colorado http://www.biacolorado.org
Connecticut http://www.biact.org
Delaware http://www.biausa.org/Delaware/bia.htm
Florida http://www.biaf.org
Georgia http://www.braininjuryga.org
Hawaii http://www.geocities.com/biahawaii/
Illinois http://www.biausa.org/Illinois/bia.htm
Indiana http://www.biausa.org/Indiana/
Iowa http://www.biaia.org
Kansas http://www.brain-injury-ks-gkc.org
Kentucky http://www.braincenter.org
Maine http://www.biame.org/
Maryland http://www.biamd.org
Massachusetts http://www.mbia.net
Michigan http://www.biausa.org/Michigan
Mississippi http://members.aol.com/biaofms/index.htm
Missouri http://www.biausa.org/Missouri/bia.htm
Montana http://www.biausa.org/Montana
New Hampshire http://www.bianh.org
New Jersey http://www.bianj.org
New York http://www.bianys.org
North Carolina http://www.bianc.net/
Oklahoma http://www.biaok.org
Oregon http://www.biaoregon.org/
Texas http://www.biatx.org
Vermont http://www.biavt.org/
Virginia http://biav.net/
Northern Virginia http://www.nvbia.org
Washington http://www.biawa.org
West Virginia http://www.biausa.org/WVirginia
Wisconsin http://www.biaw.org/
Wyoming http://www.biausa.org/Wyoming

Our lawyers focus their legal practice on representing individuals who have sustained traumatic brain injury and traumatic head injury.  With over 30  years of experience we can assist you with your brain injury or head injury case in New York City, Long Island, throughout New York State including Albany, Nassau, Syracuse, Rockland, Westchester and surrounding areas. With national affiliates, we will work with other brain injury lawyers throughout the nation to represent your interests.

Victims of brain trauma need legal representatives who understand the lifelong consequences of brain injury.

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CALL US TOLL FREE AT 1 866 BRAIN LAW or by email at michael@brainlaw.com

For the most up to date information on brain injury, head injury and events and information from the brain injury association of America and state brain injury associations, visit our Brain Injury News & Information Blog at www.braininjury.blogs.com


Our Credentials

Michael Kaplen

Chair
New York State Traumatic
Brain Injury Coordinating Council

President
American Academy of Brain Injury Attorneys

Vice President
New York State Academy of Trial Lawyers

3 Term President
Brain Injury Association of
New York State

Past Chair
Traumatic Brain Injury Litigation
Group: American Association
For Justice

Past Chair
Motor Vehicle, Highway, Premises
Liability Section: American Association
For Justice

National Advisory Board
Association of Interstate
Trucking Lawyers of America

Past Co-Chair
Tort Section, New York County
Lawyers Association

Board of Directors
Trial Lawyers for Public Justice

Board of Governors, American Board of Professional Liability Attorneys

Board of Directors
New York Academy of Trial Lawyers

Editorial Board
Neurolaw Letter

Board Certified
Civil Trial Advocate
National Board of Trial Advocacy*

Board Certified
American Board of Professional
Liability Attorneys
Medical Liability*

Sustaining Member:
American Association for Justice
Public Justice Foundation

Member:
N.Y.S. Trial Lawyers Association
Florida Academy of Trial Lawyers
Southern Trial Lawyers
Association-Fellow
North American Brain Injury Association

Graduate of Marquette University, College of Health Sciences, in Neuro Anatomical Dissection of the Human Brain and Spinal Cord

Honors & Awards:

New York Super Lawyer
2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010

Top 100 New York Trial Lawyers -
American Trial Lawyer Association

Trial Lawyers for Public Justice
Public Achievement Award

Board of Trustees, Melvin M. Belli Society

Shana DeCaro

1st Vice President
American Academy of Brain Injury Attorneys

Treasurer
Traumatic Brain Injury Litigation Group: American Association for Justice

Board of Trustees, Secretary
Civil Justice Foundation

Board of Directors
New York State Academy of Trial Lawyers

Fellow
American Association for Justice

Fellow
Melvin M. Belli Society

Editor
Law Update
New York Academy of Trial Lawyers

Amicus Counsel
New York State Academy of Trial Lawyers

Honors and Awards

Trial Lawyers for Public Justice
Public Achievement Award

President’s Award
New York State Academy of Trial Lawyers

Who’s Who in American Women

Who’s Who in American Law

Top 100 New York Trial Lawyers-American Trial Lawyers Association

Elite Lawyers Of America

Graduate of Marquette University, College of Health Sciences, in Neuro Anatomical Dissection of the Human Brain and Spinal Cord

Member:

New York Academy of Trial Lawyers

New York State Trial Lawyers Association

Brain Injury Association New York State

North American Brain Injury Association

Member:
Nursing Home Litigation Group
American Assoc. for Justice

Interstate Trucking Litigation Group
American Assoc. for Justice

Brain Trauma Litigation Group
American Assoc. for Justice

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Admitted to Practice:

New York State
United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit
United States Federal District Courts:
Southern, Eastern and Northern Districts of New York
United States Tax Court
United States Court of International Trade

 

* The National Board of Trial Advocacy and the American Board of Professional Liability Attorneys are not affiliated with any government authority. Certification is not a requirement for the practice of law in the State of New York and does not necessarily indicate greater competence than other attorneys experienced in this field of law.