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De Caro & Kaplen, LLP

LFL Certified 2026 · Score 65Personal InjuryNew York, NY● Accepting new clients
★★★★★ 4.9 · 205 Google reviews1 office2 attorneysEnglish
ContingencyFee model
FreeInitial consultation
24/7intake line
6Practice areas

About De Caro & Kaplen

De Caro & Kaplen works from East 45th Street and practises one thing: traumatic brain injury. It names two attorneys, Shana De Caro and Michael V. Kaplen, and keeps a second Manhattan office at United Nations Plaza.

202 reviews at 4.9, and twenty-eight years by its domain registration, the longest of the firms added in this pass. Contingency fees, a free consultation and a 24 hour line, published, along with nineteen case results of its own.

What this firm has earned Every one from a measured value, with the evidence behind it

LFL Certified 2026

Scored 65 out of 100 on measured evidence, above the 70 this tier requires, with every eligibility gate its state allows us to check cleared.

No public discipline

None of the 1 named attorneys carries a disciplinary status on the public register: no disbarment, suspension or disciplinary resignation. Those statuses persist, so the check reaches back years, but it would not show a censure or a suspension since lifted.

4.9 average over 205 reviews

A high rating is easy at low volume and hard to hold at this one. Pillar C scores it against the market rather than against five stars.

19 results published

Across 6 case types on the firm's own site. We read the page and counted what is on it; the amounts are the firm's and we have not confirmed them.

46 years average at the bar

Mean 46.0 years since admission across 1 of 2 named attorneys (longest 46, shortest 46) · NYS Attorney Registration database

LFL Certification Score Scored under Methodology v2.0 · rows tagged Registry, Observed or Ahrefs are measured; rows tagged Illustrative are sample values pending full verification

65out of 100
LFL Certification Score · Methodology v2.0Scored across 87 of the 87 points this firm's state lets anyone measure, out of 100 in the methodology: 13 of them need a register that New York does not publish for us to read. Anything unscored counts neither for nor against the firm.

LFL Certified

All 5 eligibility gates passed. Strongest pillar: B; most headroom in pillar D (8/25).

LFL Certified 2026 · re-verified Oct 24, 2026
13 points to Distinguished
78 needed · A+B+C floor not yet met (76% of the A, B and C points assessed)
Most headroom: A6 Roster verifiability: +6 available · D2 Search authority: +4 available · E3 Languages & accessibility: +4.0 available
G1 Licensure1 of 2 named attorneys are currently registered and none carries an adverse status. 1 could not be told apart from namesakes in the register and are counted neither way
G2 DisciplineNone of the 1 named attorneys carries a disciplinary status on the public register: no disbarment, suspension or disciplinary resignation. Those statuses persist, so the check reaches back years, but it would not show a censure or a suspension since lifted.
G3 Entity & officeDE CARO & KAPLEN LLP is an active domestic registered limited liability partnership registered since 1997-08-06, with 1 Google-verified location
G5 WebsiteSite has served over HTTPS, a working phone number published, 2 named attorneys published.
G6 Footprint205 public client reviews and 29 years since the entity was formed in 1997
Professional Standing
16/25
A2 ExperienceRegistryMean 46.0 years since admission across 1 of 2 named attorneys (longest 46, shortest 46) · NYS Attorney Registration database10 / 10
A6 Roster verifiabilityRegistry1 of 2 named attorneys matched to the New York register; no bar number published on any bio3 / 9
A5 AccountabilityObservedmember of American Association for Justice · no professional liability cover disclosed, which is not scored here: plaintiff firms in this market do not publish it, and an absence shared by every firm separates none of them3 / 3
BPublished Outcomes
12/15
B1 Results publishedFirm-submitted19 results published on the firm's own site, counted from stated amounts4.5 / 6
B2 SpecificityFirm-submitted6 case types named; no court or county named, so no result can be looked up3 / 5
B3 Results disclosureFirm-submittedPrior-results disclaimer present beside the published results4 / 4
CClient Experience
16/20
C1 Authentic volumeObserved205 Google reviews · Google Business Profile via Places API. 1 listing, counts summed and rating weighted by count4 / 5
C2 Rating qualityObservedGoogle rating 4.9 over 205 reviews → Bayesian 4.88 (prior 4.83 weighted as 100 reviews, from 1410 scored firms) · single platform, Google only5 / 6
C3 Review recencyGoogle5 of 5 sampled reviews are from the last 12 months (newest 2026-07-12) · a sample of five per business listing, not every review5 / 5
C5 Complaint shareGoogle1 of 5 sampled reviews rate 1 or 2 stars · a sample, so this is the shape of the complaints rather than a count of them2 / 4
DDigital Presence & Authority
8/25
D1 Website trust & experienceObservedCWV fail · no fee statement · privacy policy · no disclaimer · fresh content · scored out of 5 of the 7: nothing has measured accessibility or bar numbers on bios here yet, so it is not counted against this firm1.5 / 5
D2 Search authorityAhrefs · 2026-09-16DR 33 → 68th pct of 79-firm cohort (median 27.5) 2/3 · 742 referring domains, 48th pct 1/2 · 661 organic keywords / 3,960 visits·mo, 72th pct 1/2 · brand demand 0/1 (pending)4 / 8
D3 Local presenceGoogle1 operational Google Business Profile listing · 10 or more photos, which is where the API stops counting · 5 categories, hours published, which almost every listing here has and so separates nobody · the services list, Q&A and recent posts are owner-side fields the Places API does not expose, and NAP consistency across citations and local-pack rank have no source here, so the rest of this sub-factor leaves the scale rather than being scored as unearned1 / 1
D4 Content, E-E-A-T & schemaAhrefs · 2026-09-16JSON-LD detected 1/1 · not assessed on any firm yet, so content depth and earned media and AI citations leave the scale (4 pts)1 / 1
EAccess & Responsiveness
6/15
E1 Free consult & fee transparencyObservedFree consultation · Contingency · the fee percentage itself is not published3 / 6
E3 Languages & accessibilityObservedEnglish0 / 4
E4 AvailabilityObserved24/7 intake line2.5 / 5
Next automated re-check: Nov 1, 2026 · Cohort: New York × Personal Injury (81 firms measured)How the score works →

Digital presence snapshot

Pillar D signals, re-measured monthly. Paid advertising is not scored.

Domain authority
33· 67th percentile
742 ref. domains · cohort median 28 · Ahrefs rank 3.1M
Observed · Ahrefs, 2026-09-16
Trust pages
2 / 2
blog · privacy policy
Observed
Core Web Vitals
Failmobile
Performance 66
Observed · PSI, 2026-09-16

Case results Only results verified against court records or documentation show amounts

What the firm publishes itself

De Caro & Kaplen, LLP lists 19 case results on its own website, across 6 case types. The page carries its own disclaimer about past results. We have read the page and counted what is on it. We have not confirmed the amounts, so none are repeated here.

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Results are specific to their facts and do not guarantee similar outcomes. Firms submit results through their claimed profile; only results we can substantiate are published with amounts.

Attorneys 1 attorney · every licence checked against the New York attorney register · 1 more person is named by the firm without a role, so we do not call them attorneys

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Michael V. KaplenAdmitted in NY

Also named by the firm

The firm lists this person among its team and prints no role beside the name, so we do not describe them as attorneys.

Client reviews

4.9
★★★★★
Based on 205 Google reviews · Google Business Profile via Places API. 1 listing, counts summed and rating weighted by count · Quotes below are testimonials published by the firm

Offices 1 location · main office: Manhattan

Manhattan228 E 45th St Ste 1100, New York, NY 10017, USA

Frequently asked questions

How much does De Caro & Kaplen charge?
De Caro & Kaplen publishes a contingency fee, which means the fee is a share of what the case recovers and there is nothing to pay if it recovers nothing. The rate itself is not published, so ask for it in writing, along with how case expenses are handled and whether they come out of the recovery before or after the fee. The first consultation is free, which is the place to ask.
Does De Caro & Kaplen offer a free consultation?
Yes. De Caro & Kaplen publishes a free initial consultation. The intake line is published as open around the clock.
Where does De Caro & Kaplen have offices?
De Caro & Kaplen publishes one office, in Manhattan. Addresses and the Google listing behind each one are on this profile under Offices.
Who are the attorneys at De Caro & Kaplen?
De Caro & Kaplen names two attorneys on its own site, and each is listed on this profile with the page we read them from. 1 of 2 named attorneys are currently registered and none carries an adverse status. 1 could not be told apart from namesakes in the register and are counted neither way.
Are the case results De Caro & Kaplen publishes verified?
No. De Caro & Kaplen publishes 19 case results with amounts on its own site. We counted them and we did not confirm them: the figures are the firm's. Pillar B scores whether a firm publishes outcomes and discloses them properly, including whether a prior-results disclaimer appears beside them, not whether the amounts are right. Past results do not predict another case.
What has Law Firm Listings verified about De Caro & Kaplen?
De Caro & Kaplen scores 62 and sits at Verified. Passed: licensure, discipline, entity registration, website and footprint. Every row of the scorecard above names where the value came from and when it was read. Nothing on this profile was supplied by the firm for payment, and no placement here can be bought.