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 Law360, the Wall Street Journal and Washington Post, offered legal commentary to CNN, NBC 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.
Selected Recent Publications
Author, Durham Russia Probe Acquittals Show Need For Reform, Law360, November 30, 2022
Author, Book review: Bravo Company, Washington Examiner, November 19, 2022
Author, Congressional Probes After The Midterms: Tips For Witnesses, Law360, October 11, 2022
Author, Potential Charges That Could Stem From Mar-A-Lago Search, Law360, September 1, 2022
Author, The Mar-a-Lago Raid Was Necessary to Protect U.S. Intelligence, Wall Street Journal, August 24, 2022
Author, ‘Could Putin Do the Unthinkable?’ The Dispatch, April 28, 2022
Author, ‘We win, they lose’: America must end the danger Putin poses, The Hill, March 18, 2022
Recent Speaking Engagements
All Things Investigations: Episode 14 - Observations on January 6 Committee, October 24, 2022
All Things Investigations: Episode 10 - Breaking Down National Security Issues with Kevin Carroll, August 22, 2022
Don’t Scratch Your Nose,’ discussing U.S. Congressional and UK Select Committee Hearings, jointly with the CMS international law firm, May 25, 2022
All Things Investigations: Episode 4 – Congressional Investigations, May 16, 2022
Court Admissions
U.S. District Court (District of Columbia)
U.S. District Court (Western District of Virginia)
U.S. District Court (Eastern District of Virginia)
U.S. District Court (Eastern District of New York)
U.S. District Court (Southern District of New York)
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
U.S. Supreme Court
U.S. Air Force Court of Criminal Appeals
Highlighted Matters
Criminal investigations
Representation of a former prime minister in Section 1782 litigation
Representation of an undersecretary in a public integrity investigation (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 CEO victimized by attempted extortion (suspect arrested)
Representation of a senior police commander in a public integrity investigation
Representation of investors defrauded by a Russian bank
Representation of a witness in a bank fraud prosecution
Recovered fraud losses for a hedge fund
Helped defend an official in a public integrity investigation
Congressional investigations
Representation of a former Cabinet officer in House Judiciary and House Oversight and Government Reform Committee investigations
Representation of an undersecretary in a congressional investigation
Representation of a former senior CIA officer in a House Judiciary Committee investigation
Helped represent a whistleblower before the House Natural Resources Committee
Helped represent an international organization in a Senate Commerce Committee investigation
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 U.S. military
Radicalization in U.S. prisons
Iranian terror threats within the U.S. (after which Iran asked Interpol to arrest our witnesses)
The admission of a designated foreign terrorist into the U.S.
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
U.S. Secret Service misconduct in Colombia
As a congressional committee counsel, helped obtain the release of a former Army Special Forces operator held hostage in Iraq
Internal investigations
Representation of an undersecretary in inspector general investigations
Representation of senior FBI officials in Office of Professional Responsibility investigations
Representation of a field-grade Army officer in a fraud investigation (no charge brought)
Representation of Navy SEALs in a Department of Defense inspector general investigation (matter resolved)
Representation of a foreign service officer in an inspector general 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
Conducted an internal investigation for a university victimized by the “Thousand Talents” program
Performed due diligence on a politically exposed person
Helped conduct an internal investigation for a Swiss bank involving alleged tax fraud
Civil litigation
Representation of a company and its CEO accused of hacking a political figure
Representation of war crimes victims with Alien Tort Statute and Torture Victims Protection Act claims against South Sudan
Representation of Torture Victim Protection Act claimants against a Libyan warlord
Representation of Antiterrorism Act claimant 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 not-for-profit board member accused of defamation
Representation of a not-for-profit pursuing a possible claim of defamation
Representation of a not-for-profit pursuing fraud claims
Representation of the managing partner of a U.S. 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 a defense contractor in a bid protest regarding a CIA contract
Representation of an investor in a civil fraud case (obtained settlement)
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 represent a foreign business before the Armed Services Board of Contract Appeals
Pro bono
Representation of an airman appealing a homicide conviction
Representation of a CIA officer victimized by sexual assault
Representation of an academic seeking FBI files
Persuaded CIA to clear a book by Agency and Air Force officers about the drone program
Persuaded the Army to restore the full rank of a wrongfully demoted general
Persuaded a federal judge to vacate a Board of Inquiry’s decision against a Marine whistleblower
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
Assisted Afghan refugees
Other Selected Matters
Representation of a business regarding Federal Election Commission compliance
Obtained licenses for clients to deal with sanctioned entities
Advised authors with security clearances in publication review board matters
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, Computer Fraud and Abuse Act, 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
Representation of an FBI informant in a Section 3071 matter
Representation of senior executives in U.S. Customs and Border Protection matters
Representation of a foreign defense contractor in a Freedom of Information Act matter (records obtained)
Representation of veterans in Army Board for the Correction of Military Records matters