Michael Kaplen

Michael V. Kaplen is a Professorial Lecturer in Law at The George Washington University Law School where he teaches the only course in the nation devoted to traumatic brain injury law. Michael is a member of the New York State Traumatic Brain Injury Services Coordinating Council and chaired the council from 2007 to 2013 and from 2019 to 2021. He is president of the American Academy of Brain Injury Attorneys.

He is board certified as a Civil Trial Advocate by the National Board of Trial Advocacy and is board certified by the American Board of Professional Liability attorneys in the field of medical malpractice.

Michael was an invited guest and participant in the 2014, White House Healthy Kids & Safe Sports Concussion Summit. Michael was a Vice President of the New York State Academy of Trial Lawyers where he continues to serve as a member of their board of directors. He is a member of the Board of Governors of the American Board of Professional Liability Attorneys and past member of the Board of Directors of the Melvin M. Belli Society.

He is the three-term past president of the Brain Injury Association of New York State and past chairperson of the American Association for Justice (AAJ) Automobile, Highway and Premise Liability Section and past chair of the AAJ Traumatic Brain Injury Litigation Group. He served as the Co-Chair of the Tort Section of the New York County Lawyer’s Association and on the Board of Directors of Public Justice. He is a New York Super Lawyer for the last 12 years and named as one of the top 100 trial lawyers in New York State by the American Association of Trial Lawyers.

Michael’s legal practice focuses on personal injury, representing persons with a traumatic brain injury caused by negligence and medical malpractice throughout the United States. He is admitted to the bars of New York, Florida and the District of Columbia

Brooklyn Law School

J.D. (1979) | Law

1979

Partner

De Caro & Kaplen, LLP

Current

Professorial Lecturer in Law

The George Washignton University Law School

Current

• Response of School Districts to the New York State Concussion Awareness And Management Act: Review of Policies and Procedures

Journal of School Health

June, 2017

Proving a Brain Injury Case Caused by Whiplash

Journal of the Maryland Association for Justice

2016

Concussion Settlement is Deeply Flawed

The National Law Journal

July, 2014

Players and Public Lose While NFL Reigns Victorious

Huffington Post

October, 2013

Traumatic Brain Injury: Detecting, Defining, Litigating

New York Law Journal

July 28, 2011

Current Issues in Neurolaw--Traumatic Brain Injury: Defining Best Practice

Psychiatric Clinics of North America

December, 2010

Proving Economic Damages in Brain Injury Cases, North American Brain Injury Society Legal Conference, New York, NY

September 23, 2022

North American Brain Injury Society

Civil Trial Advocate

National Board of Trial Advocacy

Professional Liability Attorney-Medical Malpractice

American Board of Professional Liablity Attorneys

Public Policy Award

Brain Injury Association of New York State

To champions of legislation, regulations, and other policies which promote equal access to services, community re-entry, inclusion, and acceptance of persons with brain injury and their families.

Public Justice Achievement Award

Public Justice

New York Super Lawyer

Super Lawyers

Founders Award

Brain Injury Association of New York State

American Association of Justice

Member

Current

New York State Academy of Trial Lawyers

Board of Directors

Current

New York State Trial Lawyers Association

Member

Current

Melvin Belli Society

Board of Directors

Current

National Board of Professional Liability Attorneys

Board of Directors

Current

New York State Bar  # 1662634

Member

1980 - Current

District of Columbia

District of Columbia Bar

Since 2014

Florida

Since 1981

New York

Since 1980

• Free Consultation
• Contingent Fees

• Traumatic Brain Injury