President Biden has announced his intent to nominate Travis LeBlanc of Cooley for member of the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board, a position he has held since 2019.
From the White House Press Release:
Travis LeBlanc has served as a Member of the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board since 2019. He is also a Partner at Cooley LLP in Washington, DC and San Francisco, where he is a co-leader of the global litigation department and the Vice Chair of the cyber, data, and privacy practice. Before his confirmation to the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board, LeBlanc was appointed by the U.S. Department of Commerce and the European Commission to serve as an arbitrator under the EU-US Privacy Shield Framework.
During the Obama-Biden Administration, LeBlanc was the Federal Communications Commission’s Enforcement Bureau Chief. He previously served as a Senior Adviser to former California Attorney General Kamala D. Harris, and as Special Assistant Attorney General of California. Prior to his California roles, LeBlanc served during the Obama-Biden Administration as an attorney in the U.S. Department of Justice’s Office of Legal Counsel, worked in private practice, and clerked for the Honorable Stephen Reinhardt on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit. LeBlanc is a member of the American Law Institute and serves on the Board of the Center for Democracy & Technology (CDT), and on the Advisory Board of the Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC). A native of New Orleans, Louisiana, LeBlanc holds an A.B. with honors from Princeton University, a M.P.A. from Harvard University, a J.D. from Yale Law School, and a LL.M. from the University of Cambridge.