ADOMI ADVISORY GROUP, PLLC WELCOMES ITS NEW PARTNER 

ADOMI ADVISORY GROUP, PLLC WELCOMES ITS NEW PARTNER

JOHANNA LEBLANC

For Immediate Release:

Contact:

Communications Department

E-mail: advisory@adomigroup.com

Phone:  +1(202) 539-4700

Email: jleblanc@adomigroup.com

Direct: +1(317) 665-7246

Office: +1(202) 539-4700

Washington, D.C.- Adomi Advisory Group, PLLC is pleased to announce that Johanna Leblanc has joined the firm as a partner in its global public policy practice in the Washington, D.C. office. Ms. Leblanc is a trained lawyer specializing in national security law and foreign policy.

Before joining Adomi Advisory Group, Ms. Leblanc served as a senior staffer at the United States Congress, where she played a pivotal role in advancing both foreign and domestic policy agendas. Her responsibilities also included handling appropriations. Prior to this, she served as a Senior Foreign Policy Advisor to three Haitian Ambassadors to the United States and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, where she advised on intergovernmental relations, immigration, national security, and bilateral trade investments. She also promoted the interests of the State before the United States Congress, White House, State Department, and other institutions. Some of her accomplishments in this role include the successful renewal of Caribbean Basin Trade Partnership Act (CBTPA), by Congress through strategic lobbying. Ms. Leblanc has worked and lived across the African continent. Ms. Leblanc often appears on television across the Africa to discuss foreign policy-related matters.

Ms. Leblanc currently serves as the Co-Chair of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) initiative at the National Bar Association. Prior to that, she served as the Chief Foreign Policy Advisor for the National Bar Association. Since 2017, she has been a member of the Military Observation Commission Project (MOCP), authorized by the Pentagon, through which she attends, observes, analyzes, critiques, and reports on military commission war crimes hearings at Guantanamo Bay.

“ I am thrilled to be able to utilize my wealth of experience in law and public policy to help advance the interests of our clients.” While she offers expert advice to clients on a broad spectrum of matters, the firm’s clientele includes both U.S. and African-based clients, a significant portion of work is dedicated to supporting clients across the African continent. Her practice also includes supporting businesses and investors in securing debt financing for projects in emerging markets.

Due to work in the United States and abroad, Ms. Leblanc was named one of the 40 Under 40 Nation’s Best Advocates by the National Bar Association. In 2019, she was also named as one of the 100 under 40 Most Influential People of African Descent in Government and Politics.

Ms. Leblanc holds a Juris Doctorate from Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of law and a Master of Laws in National Security Law and U.S. Foreign Relations from the George Washington University Law School. In addition, she holds a bachelor’s and master’s degrees from Bethune Cookman University and Florida A&M University, respectively.

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ABOUT ADOMI’S GLOBAL PUBLIC PRACTICE

Adomi is the premiere trusted firm for African governments in the United States, as well as assisting local and multinational companies operating in Africa, private equity and asset management firms investing in Africa, and individuals and companies conducting business in the United States. We are the leading firm dedicated to strengthening bilateral trade relations between the United States and African countries. Leveraging our unique approach, extensive network, and deep roots in political and legal spheres in African countries and the United States of America, we empower clients to achieve their desired outcomes. In addition, the firm’s litigation team is comprised of highly skilled litigators with extensive experience in handling a wide range of disputes, including commercial litigation, civil litigation, intellectual property disputes, employment disputes, and more.

Adomi is an international law firm with a global public policy practice. We have offices in Ghana, Nigeria and Washington DC.