About
De Caro & Kaplen, LLP is a New York, NY personal injury law firm founded in 1980 with a nationally recognized focus on traumatic brain injury. Based in Manhattan, the firm represents clients throughout New York State. Partners Shana De Caro and Michael V. Kaplen have advocated for brain injury survivors for over 45 years; De Caro served two terms as Chairwoman of the Brain Injury Association of America, and Kaplen is a past president of the Brain Injury Association of New York State and teaches the nation’s only course on traumatic brain injury law at The George Washington University Law School. The firm handles brain injury, personal injury, and medical malpractice matters arising from vehicle and truck/bus collisions, construction and workplace accidents, unsafe premises and housing, municipal liability, hospital and physician negligence, and nursing home negligence. Clients receive direct partner-level attention, and the firm works with neurological experts and life-care planners to document long-term needs. De Caro & Kaplen reports well over $100 million in verdicts and settlements, including multimillion-dollar results such as an $8.5 million truck collision brain injury award and an $8 million anesthesia-error settlement. The firm operates on a contingency-fee basis, advances litigation expenses, and offers free consultations.