Kevin Chambers
Kevin Andrew Chambers is an American attorney and former accountant serving as a associate deputy attorney general in the Biden administration. In March 2022, he was appointed to serve as director for COVID-19 Fraud Enforcement in the United States Department of Justice.
Kevin Chambers | |
|---|---|
| Director for COVID-19 Fraud Enforcement | |
| Assumed office March 2022 | |
| Appointed by | Merrick Garland |
| President | Joe Biden |
| Preceded by | Position created |
| Associate Deputy Attorney General | |
| Assumed office February 2021 | |
| President | Joe Biden |
| Preceded by | Multi-member position |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Kevin Andrew Chambers |
| Education | University at Albany, SUNY (BS) Yale University (JD) |
Education
Chambers earned a Bachelor of Science degree in accounting, with a minor in English, from the University at Albany, SUNY in 1997 and a Juris Doctor from Yale Law School in 2004.[1]
Career
From 1997 to 2000, Chambers worked as an auditor at Ernst & Young. After law school, he worked as an associate at WilmerHale from 2004 to 2006. Before joining the DOJ, Chambers was a partner at Latham & Watkins. He also served in the Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Columbia, where he worked on the prosecution of musician R. Kelly.[2]
In March 2022, Chambers was selected to serve as director for COVID-19 Fraud Enforcement.[3][4] In the role, Chambers will manage the COVID-19 Fraud Enforcement Task Force, a multi-agency task force that will include officials from the DOJ, United States Department of Labor, United States Department of the Treasury, United States Department of Homeland Security, Small Business Administration, Pandemic Response Accountability Committee, and others.[5][6][7]
References
- "Kevin Andrew Chambers – Latham & Watkins LLP". Retrieved 2022-03-10.
- Barber, C. Ryan. "Top Justice Department official Kevin Chambers will lead a COVID fraud crackdown". Business Insider. Retrieved 2022-03-10.
- Ward, Myah. "DOJ names chief prosecutor for pandemic fraud task force". POLITICO. Retrieved 2022-03-10.
- Ngo, Madeleine (2022-03-10). "Justice Dept. names director to pursue cases of Covid-19 relief fraud". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2022-03-10.
- "Justice Department Announces Director for COVID-19 Fraud Enforcement". www.justice.gov. 2022-03-10. Retrieved 2022-03-10.
- "Attorney General Announces Task Force to Combat COVID-19 Fraud". www.justice.gov. 2021-05-17. Retrieved 2022-03-10.
- "New Covid fraud prosecutor steps up effort to convict people who stole billions in relief benefits". NBC News. Retrieved 2022-03-10.