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.
Selected Recent Publications
Author, “Now Is Not the Time to Go Easy on Russia,” The Dispatch, December 2, 2021
Author, “Biden Is Now Flying Blind in Afghanistan,” Wall Street Journal, September 19, 2021
Author, “Congress could stop Milley’s nuclear weapons quandary from happening again,” The Hill, September 16, 2021
Author, “The FDNY on 9/11 and US national honor in Afghanistan,” Washington Examiner, August 30, 2021
Author, “Congress Needs Litigators to Help Investigate U.S. Capitol Attack,” Bloomberg Law, June 4, 2021
Author, “A New Idea for Fighting Chinese Theft of American Defense Technology,” War on Rocks, July 10, 2019
Author, “Want to stop cross-border gangs? You need a nerve center, not Trump’s wall,” Washington Post, February 19, 2019
Speaking Engagements
International Stability Operations Association Summit, regarding Afghanistan, October 28, 2021
Department of the Treasury’s Financial Service Sector Coordinating Council, regarding insider threats, July 22, 2020
American Bar Association TIPS Fidelity and Surety Committee’s Conference, regarding cybersecurity, January 29, 2020
Association of Corporate Counsel Foundation Cybersecurity Summit, regarding insurance policies’ acts of war exclusion and the NotPetya attack, January 28, 2020
American Health Law Association, regarding intellectual property theft by the Thousand Talents Program, November 21, 2019
Court Admissions
US District Court (District of Columbia)
US District Court (Eastern District of New York)
US District Court (Eastern District of Virginia)
US District Court (Southern District of New York)
US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
US Supreme Court
Highlighted Matters
Representation of a former prime minister in Section 1782 litigation
Representation of a defense contractor in a bid protest regarding an Intelligence Community contract
Representing an investor in a civil fraud case
Representing a field-grade Army officer in a board of inquiry
Representing a foreign service officer in an inspector general investigation
Representation of Intelligence Community officials in security clearance matters
Pursuing Torture Victim Protection Act claims against a Libyan warlord
Pursuing Antiterrorism Act claims against a financial institution for an American kidnapped by al-Qaeda
Representation of the managing partner of a US venture capital firm in civil litigation related to a Vatican investment fund
Representation of a professional in a terror finance investigation
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 a very senior government official in House Judiciary and House Oversight and Government Reform Committee investigations
Representation of a senior police commander in a public integrity investigation
Successfully obtained permission for clients to deal with sanctioned entities
Representation of investors defrauded by a Russian bank
Representation of academics and servicemembers in counterintelligence investigations
Representation of an undersecretary in congressional, criminal, and inspector general investigations
Representation of an airman in a general court-martial (full acquittal)
Representation of a former senior DoD official in a foreign criminal investigation
Representation of a DHS official in a criminal counterintelligence investigation
Successfully pursued trade secret theft claims on behalf of a financial advisory
Successfully recovered fraud losses for a hedge fund
Representation of a Mexican CEO in a First Amendment matter
Representation of senior executives in internal investigations
Representation of senior executives in US Customs and Border Protection matters
Representation of a field-grade Army officer in a fraud investigation
Conducted an internal investigation for a university victimized by China’s Thousand Talents program
Pro bono, representing 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
Successfully helped represent a whistleblower before the House Natural Resources Committee
Successfully helped pursue trade secret theft claims on behalf of a US manufacturer victimized by China
Successfully helped pursue First Amendment claims on behalf of public interest groups
Successfully helped pursue Securities Act claims on behalf of taxpayers
Successfully helped defend an official in a public integrity investigation
Helped conduct an internal investigation for a Swiss bank involving alleged tax fraud
Helped successfully represent a foreign business before the Armed Services Board of Contract Appeals