Professional Affiliations

Michael Kaplen receiving award at New York State Health Department Brain Injury Awareness Conference

Michael Kaplen with retired New York Giant, Harry Carson, at Cornell Medical Center Sports Concussion Center

Michael Kaplen with Brain Injury Association of New York State staff members

Michael V. Kaplen, Esq.

Chair
New York State Traumatic Brain Injury Coordinating Council

President
American Academy of Brain Injury Attorneys

3 Term President
Brain Injury Association of New York State

Vice President
New York State Academy of Trial Attorneys

Past Chair
Traumatic Brain Injury Litigation Group, Association of Trial Lawyers of America

Past Chair
Motor Vehicle, Highway, Premises Liability Section Association of Trial Lawyers of America

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

Board of Directors
Trial Lawyers for Public Justice

Board of Directors
Association of Plaintiff’s Interstate Trucking Lawyers of America

Board of Governors
Melvin M. Belli Society                                                         

Editorial Board
Neurolaw Letter

Certified
Civil Trial Advocate
National Board of Trial Advocacy
Medical Malpractice
American Board of Professional Liability Attorneys

Honors and Awards
Fellow, Melvin M. Belli Society

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

Legal and Medical Publications
New York Law Journal, Outside Counsel Column, Traumatic Brain Injury
Co-Author Traumatic Brain Injury Defining Best Practices, Current Issues in NeuroLaw in Psychiatric Clinics of North America, December 2010
Guest Presentation, Grand Rounds in Emergency Medicine, Mt. Sinai Medical Center, New York.

Member
Association of Trial Lawyers of America-Sustaining Member
New York State Academy of Trial Lawyers, Vice President
New York State Trial Lawyers Association
Florida Academy of Trial Lawyers
Trial Lawyers for Public Justice- Bd of Dir.
Southern Trial Lawyers Association-Fellow
Melvin M. Belli Society, Board of Governors
Birth Trauma Litigation Group, American Association for Justice
Interstate Trucking Litigation Group, American Association for Justice
Nursing Home Litigation Group, American Association for Justice
Medical Negligence Litigation Group, American Association for Justice
New York County Lawyers Association

Shana DeCaro, Esq.

First Vice President
American Academy of Brain Injury Attorneys

Board of Trustees & Secretary 
Civil Justice Foundation

Officer
Traumatic Brain Injury Litigation Group
American Association for Justice

Board of Directors
New York State Academy of Trial Lawyers

Legal and Medical Publications
New York Law Journal, Outside Counsel Column, Traumatic Brain Injury
Co-Author Traumatic Brain Injury Defining Best Practices, Current Issues in NeuroLaw in Psychiatric Clinics of North America, December 2010
Guest Presentation, Grand Rounds in Emergency Medicine, Mt. Sinai Medical Center, New York.
Editor, Monthly Law Update
New York State Academy of Trial Lawyers

Honors and Awards
Fellow, American Association for Justice
Fellow, Melvin M. Belli Society
Ask The Expert Legal Panel, BrainLine
Top 100 Trial Lawyers
American Association of Trial Attorneys
Elite Lawyers of America
Who’s Who American Lawyers
Who’s Who American Women

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

Member
American Association for Justice
New York State Academy of Trial Lawyers
Birth Trauma Litigation Group, American Association for Justice
New York State Academy of Trial Lawyers
Interstate Trucking Litigation Group, American Association for Justice
Nursing Home Litigation Group, American Association for Justice
Medical Negligence Litigation Group, American Association for Justice
North American Brain Injury Society