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 Global Investigations, Enforcement and Compliance practice groups. His practice focuses on representing businesses, 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, EAR/ITAR, FARA, FCPA, FISA, FMS, NISPOM 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 counsel to homeland security secretary John Kelly and House homeland security committee chairman Peter King, a CIA case officer, and a law clerk to U.S. District Judge Thomas Platt. An Army Reserve colonel, Kevin’s deployments include Bosnia, Afghanistan, Iraq, and Yemen. He served in the Office of the Secretary of Defense and on the Joint Staff, and as an intelligence officer for special operators including the National Missions Force. He maintains Top Secret/SCI clearance.
Kevin is published regularly in outlets including Bloomberg Law, Law 360, the Wall Street Journal, Washington Post and the Dispatch; offered legal commentary to CBS, CNN, CSPAN, Fox, NBC, and the New York Times; and addressed audiences including the American Bar Association, Association of Corporate Counsel and the U.S. Departments of State and Treasury. He is active in Business Executives for National Security.
Selected Recent Publications
Author, A Catholic Veteran’s Memorial Day Reflections, Arlington Catholic Herald, May 25, 2024
Author, the Dispatch, Now Is Not the Time to Hinder Our Intelligence-Gathering Capabilities, Apr. 9, 2024
Author, The Dispatch, The ISIS Attack on Moscow Should Be a Wake-Up Call to the U.S., Mar. 29, 2024
Author, with Michael Huneke and Sean Reilly, Whack-a-Mole Sanctions Compliance Can Benefit From War Lessons, Bloomberg Law, Feb. 29, 2024
Author, with Michael Huneke and Sean Reilly, US Products in Enemy Weapons Need Scrutiny Across Supply Chains, Bloomberg Law, Feb. 14, 2024
Author, The Fire Next Time, Persuasion, Jan. 19, 2024
Author, How—and Why—Biden Should Act Against the Houthis, The Dispatch, Jan. 4, 2024
Author, The National Guard Is Not the Answer to the Migrant Crisis, The Dispatch, Nov. 20, 2023
Author, Sherman’s Hard Truths About War Ring True Today, The Dispatch, Nov. 9, 2023
Author, Conspiracy Theorists Need Not Apply, The Dispatch, Sep. 11, 2023
Author, Special Operations Forces Aren’t the Answer for Fighting Cartels, The Dispatch, Aug. 25, 2023
Author, An Unthinkable Choice, The Dispatch, Aug. 8, 2023
Author, Service Members Should Have the Right to Unanimous Verdicts, Law360, Jul. 3, 2023
Recent Speaking Engagements
All Things Investigations: The Trump Immunity Appeal, Feb. 12, 2024
CIA terminates whistleblower prompting flood of sexual misconduct complaints, NewsNation, Feb. 11, 2024
All Things Investigation: The DC Circuit Immunity Argument, Jan. 16, 2024
All Things Investigations: Submarines and Gag Orders, Oct. 30, 2023
CIA stairwell attack among sexual misconduct complaints, NewsNation, Aug. 25, 2023
Women bring sexual assault allegations to light at CIA, Fox News, Aug. 25, 2023
The "unthinkable position" America's generals would have found themselves in because of Donald Trump, MSNBC, Aug. 12, 2023
“My Blood Ran Cold,” CNN, Aug. 8, 2023
All Things Investigations: Trump January 6th Indictment, Aug. 7, 2023
All Things Investigations: Update on Trump Indictment, Target Letter and Michigan Electors, Jul. 24, 2023
Recognitions
Recommended in The Legal 500 United States, Corporate Investigations and White-Collar Criminal Defense (2023, 2024)
2023 Capital Pro Bono High Honor Roll, sponsored by the District of Columbia Court of Appeals and the Superior Court of the District of Columbia
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. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit
U.S. Supreme Court
U.S. Air Force Court of Criminal Appeals
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces
Highlighted Matters
Criminal Investigations
Representations of defendants, targets, subjects, and witnesses in election law, espionage, export control, false statements, Foreign Agents Registration Act, fraud, money laundering, public integrity, terror finance, and violent crimes cases including homicides, for clients including CEOs, a congressional candidate, senior military and police officials, and an undersecretary, and a full acquittal on five counts for a serviceman facing 74 years in prison
Representations of victims of extortion and fraud
Representation of a former prime minister in Section 1782 litigation
Congressional Investigations
Representation of the first whistleblower regarding CIA’s mishandling of sex crimes within the Agency, leading to an investigative report by the House intelligence committee, an inspector general investigation ordered by the Senate intelligence committee, and statutory reforms in the 2024 National Defense Authorization Act
Representation of witnesses in House of Representatives Intelligence, Judiciary, Natural Resources, and Oversight and Government Reform Committee investigations, and Senate Commerce and Intelligence Committee investigations and confirmation proceedings, including a Cabinet officer, an undersecretary, and CIA, military and naval officers
As senior counsel to the House Homeland Security Committee, helped conduct fifteen public hearings, including jointly with the Senate Homeland Security and Government Affairs Committee, and led or assisted in ten investigations
Internal Investigations
Conducted or supervised internal investigations for a university victim of the “Thousand Talents” program, a Fortune 250 company, and a social media company, and helped conduct an investigation for a Swiss bank of tax fraud
Performed due diligence on a politically exposed person
Representation of corporate executives in internal investigations
Representation of Departments of Defense, Energy, Homeland Security, State and CIA and FBI officials in inspector general investigations
Representation of academics, civil servants, defense contractors, and servicemembers in counterintelligence investigations
Civil Litigation
Representation of CEOs and businesses accused of defamation, discrimination, hacking, harassment, fraud, racketeering and trade secret theft
Representation of businesses and individuals pursuing claims of civil rights, First Amendment, defamation, fraud, Privacy Act, theft of trade secrets, and Securities Act violations, including work on an $806m trial verdict
Representation of businesses pursuing bid protests, contract appeals, and commercial claims in the national security sector
Representation of Antiterrorism Act and Torture Victim Protection Act claimants
Pro Bono
Representation of CIA and military personnel pursuing claims of First Amendment violations, sexual assault, whistleblower retaliation, withholding of decorations, and wrongful demotion, including persuading an Article III judge to throw out a Marine Corps Board of Inquiry's results
Persuaded New York State and City governments, unanimously, to amend civil service laws to allow an older Navy SEAL to join the FDNY
Assisted Afghan refugees pursuing U.S. citizenship
Other Selected Matters
Obtained licenses to deal with sanctioned entities; helped delist sanctioned bank
Advised businesses on Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States, Computer Fraud and Abuse Act, export control, Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, Foreign Military Sales, and National Industrial Security Program Operating Manual compliance, and assisted them with Freedom of Information Act requests
Advised litigation funders on the Antiterrorism Act and Terrorism Risk Insurance Act
Advised authors on CIA and military publication review board matters
Advised businesses operating in Afghanistan, Gaza, Sudan, and Ukraine
Representation of an FBI informant in a Section 3071 matter
Representation of executives in Customs and Border Protection matters