Nicholas A. Carra, Esq. graduated from the University of Miami with a Bachelor of Science and Brooklyn Law School with a Juris Doctor. He completed internships with the Nassau County District Attorney’s Office in 2018 and the United States Attorney for the Eastern District of New York in 2019. Nicholas graduated from Brooklyn Law School in 2020 and began working for the Nassau County District Attorney’s Office.

While at the Nassau DA’s Office, Nicholas started in District Court handling all types of misdemeanor offenses, specializing in the prosecution of driving while intoxicated and driving under the influence of drugs. Following his time in District Court, he spent time in the Grand Jury Bureau and the Felony Screening Bureau, presenting various felony charges to the Grand Jury. Nicholas then moved to the County Court Bureau, where he was assigned various felony cases including burglaries, robberies, attempted murder, drug cases, assault cases, grand larcenies, kidnapping, and other serious crimes. Finally, Nicholas spent the end of his career at the DA’s Office in the Vehicular Crimes Bureau, handling cases related to fatalities and serious physical injuries caused by intoxicated drivers, drivers who left the scenes of accidents, and reckless drivers.

In May 2024, Nicholas left the District Attorney’s Office and began work in private practice with Lo Piccolo Law, P.C. Since then, he has been admitted into the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York to practice federal criminal defense. As a defense attorney, Nicholas has completed trials for charges of robbery, assault with a deadly weapon, burglary, sex offenses, forged documents, and more. With this trial experience and familiarity with the responsibilities of a prosecutor, he has individualized knowledge and experience in the world of criminal law in Long Island and the Five Boroughs.