Professional Information:

Stacia Davis Le Blanc is a partner in the Federal Grants Group practice of the firm specializing in the areas of government grants, cooperative agreements, and contracts, federal audit defense, and administrative law.

Prior to joining the firm, Ms. Le Blanc had a long and distinguished career in the Office of General Counsel within the U.S. General Services Administration and the U.S. Department of Commerce.  In that capacity, she represented these agencies in numerous actions in federal district court, the Court of Federal Claims, Government Accountability Office, and the General Services Administration Board of Contract Appeals.

Of special note, is her work on the implementation of Public Law 106-107, the Federal Grants Streamlining Act, where she participated on the interagency committees drafting the new proposed grant regulations and terms and conditions to be codified in Title 2 of the Code of Federal Regulations.  Ms. Le Blanc is a recognized leader in federal grant and contract law, providing training to grantees and contractors, several Congressional committees, grants officers, program officers, and contracting officers, as well as speaking engagements and moderating panel discussions for the National Grants Management Association, National Grants Partnership, Federal Publications Seminars, National Contract Management Association, Federal Bar Association, and the American Bar Association.

Ms. Le Blanc has expertise in contract and grant compliance, bid protests, disputes, terminations, audit resolutions and appeals, cost disallowances, conflicts of interest, suspensions and debarments, eligibility determinations (including faith-based organizations), intellectual property rights, federal real and personal property rights under grants and contracts, subcontractor and subgrantee rights and responsibilities, statutory construction, regulatory interpretation, legislative earmarks, appropriations law, and legal challenges under the Administrative Procedures Act.

Current Employment Position:

Partner

Year Joined Organization:

2007

Areas of Practice:

Government Grants & Contracts

Federal Grants

Audit Appeals

Bar Admissions:

District of Columbia Court of Appeals

U.S. District Court of the District of Columbia

U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit

U.S. Court of Federal Claims

Education:

American University, Washington College of Law, Washington, DC, 1981 J.D.

Law Review: American University Law School, Member, 1980

Michigan State University, Michigan, 1978 B.A. Cum Laude 

Classes/Seminars Taught:

What do Grantees Need to Know about the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act?, FTLF Webinar, Presenter, May 2009

Overview of Key Provisions of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, NGP Webcast, Presenter, March 2009

Ask a Grants Lawyer - Grants Law Panel, Panelist, FBA - NGMA Annual Conference,  2008 and  2009

Subrecipient Monitoring, Presenter, NGMA Annual Conference, 2008

What's New in Grants?, Presenter, FBA Annual Conference, 2008

Federal Grants Compliance, Federal Publications Seminar, Presenter, Fall  2008 and 2009

Federal Grants Compliance, Federal Publications Seminar, Presenter, Spring  2008 and 2009

Questions & Answers: Legal Round Table, Panelist, FBA - NGMA Annual Conference, 2007

Competition in Grants, Panelist, FBA - NGMA Annual Conference, 2002

Grants vs. Procurement, Presenter, NGMA Seminar, 1996

Grants Law Panel, Moderator, FBA - NGMA Annual Conference, 1995

Grants Law Panel, Moderator, FBA-Federal Publications Eastern Conference, 1995

Enforcement & Remedies, Presenter, FBA Essentials of Grants Law, 1994

Earmarked Grants, Presenter, FBA-NGMA Annual Conference, 1994

Published Works:

"Options Offered to Deal with Notice of Federal Interest Issue." News CHCs Can Use 16 July 2010: 3 

This Free Money Comes with Strings, Legal Times (April 13, 2009)

Perils of Congressional Earmarks, NGMA Journal, Vol. 7, No. 2, 1993

Implementation of TSCA, American Chemical Society Journal, 1983

Honors and Awards:

General Counsel's Award, 2004

National Grants Management Association Award, 2003

Secretary's Gold Medal Award for Distinguished Achievement, 2000

Secretary's Silver Medal Award for Meritorious Service, 1996

Award for Unusually Outstanding Attorney, 1994

Award for Outstanding Attorney, 1993

Professional Associations and Memberships:

National Grants Management Association, Director

Federal Bar Association, Government Contract Section, Former Chair of Grants Committee

Past Employment Positions:

LMI Government Consulting, Research Fellow

U.S. Department of Commerce, Chief, Federal Assistance Law Division

U.S. Department of Commerce, Government Contract Division

U.S. General Services Administration, Claims and Litigation Division

Birth Information:

Louisville, Kentucky, United States of America