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New York Personal Injury Lawyers

Often times, accident victims are told that no one’s at fault-that they’re simply the victims of fate. Hey accidents and personal injury happen. Wrong!

Pursuing Justice with a passion–making a difference in lives.

What sets us apart from most personal injury law firms is our commitment and passion to protect the rights of brain injury victims.

At DE CARO & KAPLEN, LLP we believe that accidents don’t just happen. We believe that accidents and injury can be prevented if proper safety precautions are taken by drivers on the road, landlords, employers, construction site owners, doctors, hospitals and product manufacturers.

Over 26 Years Of Experience In Personal Injury And Accident Law–Representing Victims Of Brain Trauma And Head Injury

We’ve been successfully handling negligence and personal injury cases for over 26 years. Our knowledge and experience in representing persons who have sustained a traumatic brain injury or other personal injury has helped our clients receive favorable settlements and verdicts in cases ranging from car accidents, to defective conditions of property, to lawsuits against Cities to law suits against doctors and hospitals.

Michael Kaplen presents an award to the St. Barnabas Hospital Auxiliary Board on behalf of the Brain Injury Association

Michael Kaplen presents an award to the St. Barnabas Hospital Auxiliary Board on behalf of the Brain Injury Association

We are proud that our senior New York personal injury lawyer Michael V. Kaplen has served as the Chair Person of the Motor Vehicle, Highway and Premises Liability Section of the Association of Trial Lawyers of America and as President of the Brain Injury Association of New York State. He has also taught courses in trial practice and medical malpractice law at St. John’s University School of Law.

We represent victims of closed head brain injury and other forms of brain damage as well as other personal injury throughout New York City including Bronx, Brooklyn, Manhattan, Staten Island and Queens. We handle accident and injury cases in all areas of New York State including Albany, Buffalo, Long Island, Nassau, Rockland, Suffolk, Syracuse, Westchester and surrounding areas.

We Treat Our Clients With Respect

Our New York accident and injury lawyers, MICHAEL V. KAPLEN and SHANA DE CARO have the knowledge and experience to properly represent you and or your loved on. We are nationally recognized in the legal community and continually looked to by other lawyers for advice and assistance. We will personally handle your case.–We Are Brain Injury Lawyers You Can Trust

We have represented victims of personal injury and death as a result of: BRAIN INJURY; HEAD INJURY; SPINAL CORD INJURY; ORTHOPEDIC INJURY INCLUDING FRACTURES AND NERVE DAMAGE CAUSED BY:
  • Car Accidents
  • Bus Accidents
  • Truck Accidents
  • Train Accidents
  • Construction site accidents
  • Dangerous and Unsafe Property
  • Medical Malpractice
  • Hospital Negligence
  • Nursing Home Neglect
  • Legal Malpractice
  • Burn Injuries
  • Defective Products
No fee unless we are successful

Your access to justice is not compromised or dependent upon your financial situation. We do not charge a fee unless we are successful at the conclusion of your case. This is called the contingency fee agreement and allows the courtroom to be accessible to all. Under this system, an injured person and their family can afford to retain the most qualified personal injury attorney.

OUR REPUTATION

Over the past 26 years we have successfully obtained multimillion dollar verdicts and settlements for our clients. Our results have been reported in leading newspapers, television news programs and in legal periodicals. Our cases have been reported in the New York Times, New York Daily News, New York Post, Newsday, on the Associated Press wire services, on CBS news, NBC news, ABC news, Fox News and on radio stations, television networks, and newspapers throughout the country.

Whether the injury is a traumatic brain injury, a fracture, burn, , neurological injury, spinal injury, paralysis or death we will provide competent and compassionate legal representation. We represent both adults and children for injury caused by negligence. We will represent your family and yourself to see that justice is done. And we will do it with compassion and respect for your family and yourself.

Contact the New York personal injury lawyers at De Caro & Kaplen, LLP for a no obligation consultation toll free at 1 866 BRAINLAW or e mail us at Michael@brainlaw.com. A New York Personal Injury Lawyer will contact you.


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.