Katrina A. Carroll

Katrina is the Chief Counsel of the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN), within the U.S. Department of the Treasury.  In this role, she serves as the principal legal advisor to the Director of FinCEN and oversees the provision of legal advice to FinCEN on all aspects of its national security and law enforcement-related mission to protect the U.S. financial system from money laundering and other forms of illicit finance.

Previously, Katrina was the Chief Anti-Money Laundering Officer for LPL Financial and its affiliate, the Private Trust Company.  In her prior position as Counsel in the Financial Institutions Group at WilmerHale, she advised banks, broker-dealers, money services businesses (including new payment technologies) and other clients on all aspects of AML and OFAC compliance.  She also advised financial institutions in the enforcement and transactional contexts.  Prior to joining WilmerHale, Katrina served for nearly a decade in the federal government at the U.S. Department of the Treasury and the Securities and Exchange Commission.

She earned her J.D. from the George Washington University Law School and her B.S. in Foreign Service from Georgetown University.