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Kevin Chambers

Oversight and enforcement

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Oversight and enforcement
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The profile

The Justice Department's first Director of COVID-19 Fraud Enforcement (appointed March 2022) and addressee of the Select Subcommittee's December 1, 2022 referral letter; later returned to private practice.

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Identity & role

Kevin Chambers served as Director for COVID-19 Fraud Enforcement at the Department of Justice (appointment announced March 10, 2022; we do not have a copy of the DOJ release) and as Associate Deputy Attorney General (Latham announcement). DOJ's releases on his appointment and the strike forces are cited, but we do not have copies.

Career arc

Latham & Watkins litigation partner → senior Deputy Attorney General's office roles → Director for COVID-19 Fraud Enforcement (2022) → back to Latham & Watkins as a white-collar defense and investigations partner.

Pandemic relief oversight role

As fraud-enforcement director he was the addressee of the Select Subcommittee's December 1, 2022 referral letter on Blueacorn, Womply, Kabbage and Bluevine (per the Subcommittee release cited in the Clyburn profile; that capture does not name him).

Government-program record

Chambers' role sits between the program operators and the line prosecutors. He did not approve PPP lenders or design SBA controls; DOJ appointed him in March 2022 to coordinate the department's response after fraud patterns had become visible. He coordinated with Criminal Division head Kenneth Polite (succeeded by Nicole Argentieri) and Fraud Section Chief Glenn Leon, and his designated successor as strike-force director was Michael Galdo.

In December 2022, Latham announced that Chambers had rejoined the firm as a partner in its White Collar Defense & Investigations practice.

Lobbying & industry ties

No lobbying registrations. White-collar/investigations practice at Latham representing corporate clients in government investigations.

Where they are now (2025–2026)

At Latham & Watkins (announcement of Dec. 6, 2022; profile capture).

In the Blueacorn case, Nathan Reis's December 18, 2025 sentencing minute entry lists Kevin Chambers, Michael Heiskell and Matthew Salerno as defense counsel, and a January 9, 2026 filing is entered under his name (DocketAlarm report capture). Reis was the Blueacorn co-founder who pleaded guilty in the N.D. Texas case. This is a representation fact, not an allegation of misconduct by Chambers.

Sources held in this archive

Original source documents and archived captures

Sources

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