About the Presenter

Eddie Correia is of counsel in the Washington, D.C. office, where his practice focuses on government relations, antitrust, and consumer protection. He has extensive experience in representing clients before Congress in connection with legislation and Congressional investigations. He serves as antitrust counsel to a number of trade associations and represents clients before the Federal Trade Commission on both antitrust and consumer protection matters.

Before joining the firm, Mr. Correia served in the Clinton Administration as Special Counsel to the President for Civil Rights in the White House. In that position, he was a senior legal adviser to the President and other White House officials regarding civil rights laws and various constitutional issues. He helped coordinate the Administration’s civil rights efforts at the Justice Department, the Department of Education, and other federal agencies.

Prior to his position in the White House, Mr. Correia served as Scholar in Residence at the Federal Trade Commission in Washington, D.C. where he participated in a review of the application of the antitrust laws to joint ventures. From 1989 to 1997, he was a Professor of Law at Northeastern University School of Law, Boston, Massachusetts, where he taught constitutional law, antitrust and administrative law. In 1996, he was selected as the law school’s first Urban Law and Public Policy Distinguished Professor. Mr. Correia has also served as Chief Counsel and Staff Director of the Senate Subcommittee on Antitrust, Monopolies and Business Rights and in a number of senior positions at the Federal Trade Commission, including Assistant Regional Director and Senior Advisor to a Commissioner. He was appointed by President Clinton to the National Council on Disability. He is also a Member of the Board of Trustees of the Lawyers’ Committee on Civil Rights Under Law.

Mr. Correia is a widely published author on various legal topics, including antitrust, constitutional law, and advertising regulation. He is admitted to the Bars of the District of Columbia, State of Oklahoma, and the United States Supreme Court.