Boies Schiller Flexner is pleased to announce that Travis LeBlanc, former Chief of the Enforcement Bureau at the Federal Communications Commission, has joined the firm as a partner in the Washington D.C. and Palo Alto offices. LeBlanc is a leading authority on consumer protection, cybersecurity, privacy, telecommunications, and the regulation of emerging and disruptive technologies.

Drawing on his broad experience in federal and state government as well as private practice, LeBlanc will help clients manage their litigation, regulatory risk, and direct strategic responses to government enforcement efforts, including the growing number of enforcement matters before state attorneys general. He will also advise clients on crisis response, internal investigations, and compliance.

“Travis is outstanding, creative, and effective. He has a stellar record in the federal government, state of California, and -- before that – as a trial lawyer in private practice. We are delighted to welcome Travis to the firm. His skills and experience are wide and deep. He will enrich our Firm and serve our clients well,” said David Boies, the Chairman of Boies Schiller Flexner.

As the chief law enforcement officer at the FCC, LeBlanc spearheaded hundreds of enforcement actions involving consumer protection, competition, compliance, and fraud, waste, and abuse. He also worked closely with senior officials at other federal, state, and international agencies, including the Federal Trade Commission, Securities & Exchange Commission, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, Department of Justice, all 50 state attorneys general, and data protection authorities across the globe.

“I am thrilled to join the powerhouse litigation team at Boies Schiller Flexner,” LeBlanc said. “Whether in Washington, Silicon Valley, or in-between, I will draw on my diverse experience to solve the most complex, dynamic, and emergent regulatory, litigation, and policy challenges facing my clients in and out of court.”

Before joining the FCC, LeBlanc served as a senior advisor to California Attorney General Kamala D. Harris and as Special Assistant Attorney General, where he oversaw the state’s complex litigation and policy in areas such as technology regulation, high-tech crime, cybersecurity, privacy, intellectual property, antitrust, health care, telecommunications, and human trafficking. During that time, he negotiated a global agreement to improve privacy protections in mobile apps, set up California’s first high-tech crime and privacy enforcement units, and led the restructuring of the state’s Office of the Solicitor General.

LeBlanc previously served in the Obama Administration as an attorney in the U.S. Department of Justice’s Office of Legal Counsel, which advises the President, Attorney General, and executive branches on the constitutionality and legality of the programs and activities of the U.S. government.

In private practice, he worked as a litigator at Williams & Connolly in Washington D.C. and at Keker & Van Nest in San Francisco, where his practices focused on white collar defense, internal investigations, and complex litigation. He clerked for the Hon. Stephen Reinhardt on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.

LeBlanc is a member of the American Law Institute. He has an A.B. from Princeton University, an M.P.A. from the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University, a J.D. from Yale Law School, and an LL.M. in International Law from the University of Cambridge.