Brian D. Caplan, who founded Caplan & Ross, has more than 23 years’ experience litigating a broad range of entertainment, intellectual property and commercial matters. His clients have included recording artists and producers, publishing companies, record labels, personal managers, business management, accounting firms, and dealers in fine art. In addition to contractual disputes, defamation cases and the prosecution and defense of copyright and trademark infringement actions, Mr. Caplan has represented clients in a broad range of disputes relating to partnerships and closely held corporations, and employment matters.

Mr. Caplan is frequently called upon to speak at seminars conducted in the United States and abroad and at select universities with respect to intellectual property matters and the dynamics of the entertainment industry. He is an annual Lecturer before the Southern Regional Entertainment & Sports Law Symposium and has lectured as an authority on United States copyright law before the International Association of Entertainment Lawyers annual midem conference in France.

Mr. Caplan is a member of the Westchester County and New York State Bar associations, the Copyright Society of the United States, the International Association of Entertainment Lawyers, the Friar’s Club, and the Media and Entertainment Roundtable. He is an avid collector of Lincoln, Civil War and baseball related photography.

Mr. Caplan earned a B.A. from Brandeis University in 1982 and a J.D. from Pace University School of Law in 1984. He is admitted to practice in New York and before the following federal courts: the United States Courts of Appeals for the First, Second and Ninth Circuits; the United States District Courts for the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York; and the United States District Court for the Northern District of California.