Travis Leblanc Email & Phone Number

Travis LeBlanc is a partner at Cooley LLP in Washington and San Francisco. He is a leading authority on consumer protection, cybersecurity, privacy, telecommunications, and the regulation of emerging and disruptive technologies. In 2019, LeBlanc was nominated by the President and confirmed by the U.S. Senate to a position on the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board. LeBlanc was previously Chief of the Enforcement Bureau at the Federal Communications Commission, where he led the Commission's largest organizational unit, including its 24 field offices around the country. Under his oversight, the Bureau took cutting-edge enforcement actions involving fraud, false advertising, deceptive practices, privacy, data security, cybersecurity, unauthorized consumer charges, and unfair competition. Prior to the FCC, LeBlanc served as Special Assistant Attorney General of California and senior advisor to Attorney General Kamala D. Harris. In this capacity, he oversaw the California Department of Justice’'s operations and activities involving complex litigation, legislation, and policy matters such as technology regulation, telecommunications, high-tech crime, cybersecurity, privacy, intellectual property, antitrust, and health care. He established California's first high-tech crime and privacy enforcement units. He also secured agreements with leading technology companies to protect consumer privacy, promote online safety, and respect intellectual property rights. LeBlanc previously served in the Obama Administration in the U.S. Department of Justice's Office of Legal Counsel, which advises the President, Attorney General, and general counsels of executive branch agencies on the constitutionality and legality of the programs and activities of the United States government. He has worked as a litigator at Williams & Connolly LLP and Keker & Van Nest LLP, where his practices concentrated on white-collar criminal defense and complex civil litigation.

Listed skills include Communications Law, Public Policy, Privacy Law, Data Privacy, and 20 others.