Kevin T. Carroll

Kevin Carroll is a partner in the Washington, D.C. and New York offices of Hughes Hubbard & Reed in the White Collar & Regulatory Defense and Anti-Corruption & Internal Investigations practice groups. His practice focuses on representing businesses and senior corporate executives and government officials in congressional and criminal investigations; conducting internal investigations; and litigating national security claims. Kevin also helps counsel businesses on CFIUS/FIRRMA, cyber security and data privacy, EAR/ITAR, FARA, FCPA, FISA, FMS and OFAC compliance.

Kevin began his legal career with Hughes Hubbard. He later served as executive director of the U.S. Council on Transnational Organized Crime, senior counselor to homeland security secretary John Kelly, senior counsel to House homeland security committee chairman Peter King, a CIA case officer in the Middle East, and a law clerk to U.S. District Judge Thomas Platt. An Army Reserve colonel, Kevin served in Europe, the Middle East and Central Asia, and maintains Top Secret/Special Compartmented Information clearance.

Kevin has published widely, including in the Wall Street Journal and Washington Post, offered legal commentary to CNN and the New York Times, and addressed the American Bar Association and Association of Corporate Counsel. He is active in Business Executives for National Security and Culper Connect.

• Representation of a former prime minister in Section 1782 litigation
• Representation of a Cabinet officer in House Judiciary and House Oversight and Government Reform Committee investigations 
• Representation of an undersecretary in parallel congressional, criminal, and inspector general investigations (declination issued) 
• Representation of a CEO in a bank fraud case related to the Paycheck Protection Program (received a 5K1.1 letter and reduced sentence)
• Representation of an airman in a general court-martial (full acquittal)
• Representation of a former senior DoD official in a foreign criminal investigation (charge dismissed)
• Representation of a DHS official in a criminal counterintelligence investigation (declination issued) 
• Representation of a professional in a terror finance investigation (no charge brought) 
• Representation of a field-grade Army officer in a fraud investigation (no charge brought)
• Representation of a senior FBI official in an Office of Professional Responsibility investigation 
• Representation of a former senior CIA officer in a House Oversight and Government Reform Committee investigation 
• Representation of a foreign service officer in an inspector general investigation 
• Representation of a senior police commander in a public integrity investigation 
• Representation of academics and servicemembers in counterintelligence investigations 
• Representation of a defense contractor and Intelligence Community officials in security clearance matters
• Representation of senior executives in internal investigations
• Representation of senior executives in US Customs and Border Protection matters
• Representation of Torture Victim Protection Act claimants against a Libyan warlord 
• Representation of Antiterrorism Act claimants against a financial institution for an American kidnapped by al-Qaeda
• Representation of a financial advisory pursuing trade secret theft claims (obtained settlement)
• Representation of a Mexican CEO in a First Amendment matter (obtained edits to subsequent editions of a mass-market book)
• Representation of a foreign defense contractor in a Freedom of Information Act matter (records obtained)
• Representation of the managing partner of a US venture capital firm in civil litigation related to a Vatican investment fund (claim dismissed)
• Representation of a Roman Catholic media organization in a First Amendment dispute
• Representation of investors defrauded by a Russian bank
• Representation of a defense contractor in a bid protest regarding a CIA contract 
• Representation of an investor in a civil fraud case
• Recovered fraud losses for a hedge fund 
• Conducted an internal investigation for a university victimized by the “Thousand Talents” program
• Performed due diligence on a politically exposed person
• Obtained licenses for clients to deal with sanctioned entities
• Advised businesses and not-for-profits operating in and around Afghanistan and Ukraine
• Advised litigation funders about the merits of cases brought under the Antiterrorism Act and Terrorism Risk Insurance Act
• Advised U.S. businesses in the national security sector about anticorruption, export control, foreign agent registration, foreign military sales, and sanctions compliance
• Advised a foreign technology company about Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act compliance 
• Advised a hedge fund about Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States compliance
• Pro bono, representation of an airman appealing a homicide conviction
• Pro bono, persuaded CIA to clear a book by Agency and Air Force officers about the drone program
• Pro bono, persuaded the Army to restore the full rank of a wrongfully demoted general
• Pro bono, persuaded a federal judge to vacate a Board of Inquiry’s decision against a Marine whistleblower
• Pro bono, persuaded the Governor and New York State legislature, and Mayor and New York City Council, unanimously, to amend civil service laws to allow an older Navy SEAL to join the FDNY
• Pro bono, assisted Afghan refugees
• Helped represent a whistleblower before the House Natural Resources Committee
• Helped represent an international organization in a Senate Commerce Committee investigation
• Helped pursue trade secret theft claims on behalf of a US manufacturer victimized by espionage
• Helped pursue First Amendment claims on behalf of public interest groups
• Helped pursue Securities Act claims on behalf of taxpayers, including an $806m trial verdict
• Helped defend an official in a public integrity investigation
• Helped conduct an internal investigation for a Swiss bank involving alleged tax fraud
• Helped represent a foreign business before the Armed Services Board of Contract Appeals
• As a senior counsel to the House Homeland Security Committee, helped conduct fifteen public hearings, including jointly with the Senate Homeland Security and Government Affairs Committee
• As a congressional committee counsel, led investigations into:
  • Terror threats to and within the US military
  • Radicalization in US prisons
  • Iranian terror threats within the US (after which Iran asked Interpol to arrest our witnesses)
  • The admission of a designated foreign terrorist into the US 
  • Plans to transfer 1993 World Trade Center bombing ringleader the "Blind Sheikh" to Egypt (which were thwarted) 
  • The failure to fully prosecute HAMAS terror fundraising cases against the Holy Land Foundation
  • Leaks of classified information to the filmmakers of "Zero Dark Thirty"
• As a congressional committee counsel, helped conduct investigations into:
  • The Boston Marathon bombing
  • Possible additional 9/11 conspirators 
  • US Secret Service misconduct in Colombia
• As a congressional committee counsel, helped obtain the release of a former Army Special Forces operator held hostage in Ira