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 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.

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