Travis LeBlanc is Chief of the Bureau of Enforcement at the FederalCommunications Commission where he leads the Commissions largestorganizational unit, including its 24 field offices around the country. Priorto joining the FCC, LeBlanc served as Special Assistant Attorney General ofCalifornia and a senior advisor to Attorney General Kamala D. Harris. In thiscapacity, he oversaw the California Department of Justices operations andactivities involving complex litigation, legislation, and policy matters suchas technology regulation, telecommunications, high-tech crime, cybersecurity,privacy, intellectual property, antitrust, and health care. He establishedCalifornias first high-tech crime and privacy enforcement units. He alsosecured agreements with leading technology companies to protect consumerprivacy, promote online safety, and respect intellectual property rights. Heis an Affiliated Scholar at the University of California Hastings College ofthe Law and a member of the American Law Institute. LeBlanc previously servedin the Obama Administration as an attorney in the U.S. Department of JusticesOffice of Legal Counsel, which advises the President, Attorney General, andgeneral counsels of executive branch agencies on the constitutionality andlegality of the programs and activities of the United States government. Hehas worked as an attorney at Williams & Connolly LLP in Washington, D.C. andKeker & Van Nest LLP in San Francisco, where his practice concentrated onwhite-collar criminal defense and complex civil litigation. From 2012-2014,LeBlanc was an Appellate Lawyer Representative to the United States Court ofAppeals for the Ninth Circuit and in 2012, he was selected as Columbia LawSchools Visitor from Government Practice. He clerked for the Hon. StephenReinhardt on the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. He hasan A.B. from Princeton University, an M.P.A. from the John F. Kennedy Schoolof Government at Harvard University, a J.D. from Yale Law School, and an LL.M.in International Law from the University of Cambridge.
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