Carro is an ardent advocate for the Hispanic and Latino American community and human rights throughout the world, and has been a major leader in the founding and management of many bar groups, committees and legal and educational associations.

Judge Carro attended one year at New York University's School of Public Administration through the City Executive Program.

After graduating from Brooklyn Law School in 1952, Carro worked as a probation officer in the Children's Division of the Domestic Relations Court until the fall of 1954.

For this reason, he joined the New City Youth Board and worked with the council of Social and Athletic Clubs, otherwise known as the "street gang project" until 1958.

From 1965 to 1969, Carro was in private practice and was law partner with Mary Johnson Lowe, a prominent African American attorney who was later appointed a Federal Court Judge.

[4] This appointment made Carro the first Puerto Rican to ever sit on the bench as an Appellate Court Justice, which became a very significant and inspirational event for the Latino community and young immigrants across the United States.

However, the Ronald Reagan and George H. W. Bush White House did not act on his nomination for three years and Carro withdrew his name from consideration in 1991.

During this time he was involved with thousands of cases including personal injury, corporate finance and various commercial, financial, real estate, and criminal law matters.

John Carro continues to work at the firm in New York City which is best known for its representation of accident victims in negligence cases and its appellate practice.

In 1987, Carro was awarded the Martin Luther King Jr. Freedom Medal by New York Governor Mario Cuomo.

The Association of Judges of Hispanic Heritage now presents an annual "John Carro Award for Judicial Excellence".

The John Carro Award is presented to a member of the judiciary who manifests both a comprehensive understanding of the law but also a commitment to the preservation of human rights.

in the Bronx about the legal profession and inspired student Rolando Acosta, who later followed in Carro's footsteps and was appointed to the Appellate Division, First Department by Governor Eliot L.

[10][11] Carro has traveled worldwide as an independent legal observer for Amnesty International investigating human rights abuses.

Judge Carro, as requested by the Task Force, was given a year's leave of absence from the Criminal Court bench to work on the report and was given an equivalent rank of a 1 star general and a diplomatic passport.