Carlos Felipe Uriarte

In the archive

• Interactive: Where Pandemic-Oversight Lawyers Went Next

Identity & role

Partner and co-chair, Congressional Investigations practice, Morrison & Foerster (Washington, D.C.), since 2025. Formerly the Senate-confirmed Assistant Attorney General for Legislative Affairs at the U.S. Department of Justice (the office that manages DOJ's relationship with Congress). He was Chief Counsel for Investigations on the House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis (117th Congress) under Chairman James E. Clyburn. (committee staff release)

Career arc

• Judiciary and oversight counsel to Rep. Judy Chu; Counsel on the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. (Judiciary and oversight counsel to Rep. Judy Chu; Counsel on the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.... (original: justice.gov · stored capture); Judiciary and oversight counsel to Rep. Judy Chu; Counsel on the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.... (original: en.wikipedia.org · stored capture))
• Chief Counsel for Investigations, Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis. Announced on Chairman Clyburn's staff in 2020. (committee staff release (original: coronavirus.house.gov · stored capture))
• April 2021: left congressional staff for Unite Us, a health-technology company, as Vice President and Regulatory Counsel. (Judiciary and oversight counsel to Rep. Judy Chu; Counsel on the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.... (original: en.wikipedia.org · stored capture)) He had earlier been a compliance executive at Capital One.
• May 3, 2022: nominated by President Biden to be Assistant Attorney General for Legislative Affairs; later Senate-confirmed (former heads of that office wrote the Judiciary Committee in support). (Senate Judiciary support letter, June 21, 2022 (original: judiciary.senate.gov · stored capture))
• 2025: joined Morrison & Foerster as a partner co-chairing its Congressional Investigations practice; the firm's announcement was issued June 3, 2025; his LegiStorm revolving-door record dates the move to April 2025. (Former DOJ Assistant Attorney General Carlos Felipe Uriarte to Lead Morrison Foerster's Congressional Investigations Practice (June 3, 2025) (original: mofo.com · stored capture); Carlos Felipe Uriarte — LegiStorm Profile (original: legistorm.com · stored capture))
• Education and additional biography per his firm page. (Education and additional biography per his firm page. MoFo profile (original: mofo.com · stored capture))

Pandemic relief oversight role

Uriarte served as Chief Counsel for Investigations during the Subcommittee's first year and left in April 2021 (Wikipedia, secondary), about nineteen months before the Subcommittee's December 1, 2022 fintech-fraud staff report, "We Are Not the Fraud Police." He is not among that report's authors. (Report: House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis, majority staff, Dec. 1, 2022.)

Lobbying & industry ties

No federal lobbying registration is associated with Uriarte; his post-government work is law-firm practice (Morrison & Foerster) and, earlier, in-house regulatory/compliance roles (Unite Us, Capital One). His current practice is Congressional Investigations (MoFo practice page). (Congressional Investigations Practice — Morrison Foerster (original: mofo.com · stored capture))

Where they are now (2025–2026)

Partner and co-chair of Morrison & Foerster's Congressional Investigations practice since April 2025 (LegiStorm; MoFo announcement of June 3, 2025).

Documents on this site

Original source documents and archived copies

• Judiciary and oversight counsel to Rep. Judy Chu; Counsel on the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform....
• May 3, 2022: nominated by President Biden to be Assistant Attorney General for Legislative Affairs; later Senate-...
• 2025: joined Morrison & Foerster as a partner co-chairing its Congressional Investigations practice; the firm...
• Congressional Investigations Practice — Morrison Foerster
• Education and additional biography per his firm page. MoFo profile
• 2025: joined Morrison & Foerster as a partner co-chairing its Congressional Investigations practice; the firm...

Related profiles

• Molly Claflin — succeeded Uriarte as Chief Counsel for Investigations of the House Select Subcommittee in 2021.

Sources

• Morrison & Foerster, "Former DOJ Assistant Attorney General, Carlos Felipe Uriarte, to Lead Morrison Foerster's Congressional Investigations Practice," June 3, 2025 — Former DOJ Assistant Attorney General Carlos Felipe Uriarte to Lead Morrison Foerster's Congressional Investigations Practice (June 3, 2025) (original: mofo.com · stored capture)
• Morrison & Foerster attorney profile — Education and additional biography per his firm page. MoFo profile (original: mofo.com · stored capture)
• LegiStorm, Carlos Felipe Uriarte biography (MoFo partner/co-chair, April 2025–) — Carlos Felipe Uriarte — LegiStorm Profile (original: legistorm.com · stored capture)
• DOJ Office of Legislative Affairs, former AAG Uriarte staff profile (archive) — Judiciary and oversight counsel to Rep. Judy Chu; Counsel on the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.... (original: justice.gov · stored capture)
• Wikipedia, Carlos Uriarte (Unite Us April 2021; Capital One; nomination May 3, 2022) — Judiciary and oversight counsel to Rep. Judy Chu; Counsel on the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.... (original: en.wikipedia.org · stored capture)
• Senate Judiciary Committee, five former AAGs-OLA support letter, June 21, 2022 (PDF) — 6 21 22 Five Former Aags Ola Support For Uriarte Pdf 22D1E17A6Badf1E4 (original: judiciary.senate.gov · stored capture)
• Chairman Clyburn announces Select Subcommittee staff (committee release) — committee staff release (original: coronavirus.house.gov · stored capture)
• Report: "We Are Not the Fraud Police", House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis, majority staff, Dec. 1, 2022.