About Carl Irace

The Law Offices of Carl Andrew Irace & Associates, PLLC, believes that each client is an individual and each case is different.  We will provide you with individualized attention to assess your case and your goals, and to create and execute the strategy to get you the disposition you deserve.

Carl has practiced law from his East Hampton-based office since January 2012. He has been practicing law since 2001. He has practiced in over 22 different jurisdictions, ranging from the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, to the busy criminal courts of New York City, to the courts of Suffolk County.

He carries a varied caseload consisting of criminal matters, including DWI cases, building violations cases, land use and zoning matters, will, trusts and estate matters, and real estate matters.  He also does pro bono work. Carl has volunteered his legal services to the Retreat, the Ladies’ Village Improvement Society, and the Amagansett Life-Saving Station Society, Inc. He also provides indigent defense as a member of the felony panel of the Suffolk County Assigned Counsel Plan.

Carl graduated from the National College of DUI Defense Summer Session at Harvard University School of Law in 2014.  This summer program focused on the technical legal issues that clients need when charged with DWI/DUI.

Carl is Director of the East Hampton chapter of Lions Club International, an international service organization.  He also served, from 2011-2015, as the Secretary of the Eastern Long Island Chapter of the Surfrider Foundation, an international non-profit dedicated to the preservation of public beach access and clean water.

Carl received the 2014 “Leadership in Law- Partner Award” from Long Island Business News for “individuals whose leadership, both in the legal profession and in the community, has had a positive impact on Long Island.”

Prior to entering private practice, Carl served as Deputy Town Attorney for the Town of East Hampton. He was appointed to a two-year term. Before his promotion to Deputy Town Attorney, he served as an Assistant Town Attorney.

As Deputy Town Attorney, he provided legal counsel to the Town Board, the various departments, committees, and most notably as Counsel to the Zoning Board of Appeals.

Also as Deputy Town Attorney, Carl assisted the Town Attorney managing the Town Attorney’s Office and providing counsel to the Town Board at numerous Town Board meetings and during several different litigations. He also prosecuted Town Code violations and quality of life issues in Justice Court.