Kara Moreau

Kara Moreau, an associate attorney, practices in the areas of personal injury and criminal defense.

Kara is a well-respected litigator who has represented more than 100 defendants in state and federal courts. She has handled cases involving wire fraud, sexual assault, DUI, possession and sale of narcotics, firearms offenses, kidnapping, robbery, and murder. Kara has tried a number of cases to verdict as associate counsel, including murder, wire fraud, firearm offenses, and illegal distribution of drugs. Kara also has experience on post-conviction matters, including appeals before the Connecticut Appellate Courts, habeas matters, and sentence modifications. Kara is an active member of the District of Connecticut’s Criminal Justice Act (CJA) panel.

Kara also handles a broad array of personal injury matters, including motor vehicle accidents and slip and fall cases.

Kara has been recognized by her peers as a Super Lawyers Rising Star in 2023 and 2024. By appointment of the District Judges of the District of Connecticut, Kara serves on the Criminal Justice Act Committee, which screens and supervises appointments of counsel in federal criminal cases. In addition, she is an adjunct professor of trial practice at Quinnipiac University School of Law.

Kara presently serves on the board of Connecticut Star, a non-profit organization created to provide financial support for Support Court, a program developed in the Connecticut federal courts to aid defendants who are struggling with drug and alcohol addiction.

Kara graduated summa cum laude from Quinnipiac University School of Law. She was third in her class and served as Lead Articles Editor at the Quinnipiac Law Review and President of the Mock Trial Society.

Kara is a native of Rhode Island, but she relocated to Connecticut in 2013. Presently, she resides in West Haven with her husband and their pets.