Mary T. Coleman
Senior Vice President
Mary T. Coleman is a Senior Vice President with Compass Lexecon. Dr. Coleman previously served as the Deputy Director for Antitrust in the Bureau of Economics of the Federal Trade Commission from 2001 to 2004.
Dr. Coleman's expertise focuses on competitive analysis of mergers and acquisitions as well as antitrust and intellectual property litigation and regulatory proceedings. Her case work has also included price fixing, predation, vertical restraints, foreclosure, tying, exclusive dealing and price discrimination. Dr. Coleman has testified before regulatory agencies in the U.S., Europe and Australia. Her experience covers a wide variety of industries including petroleum and natural gas, consumer food products, cable and broadband television, food and drug retailing, pharmaceuticals, healthcare, telecommunications, and computer hardware and software.
During her tenure at the FTC, she was instrumental in the efforts in the Bureau of Economics to increase the empirical content of antitrust investigations at the FTC. Dr. Coleman has published widely in academic journals including International Antitrust Bulletin, Global Competition Review, Industrial and Labor Relations Review, Trade Practices Journal, and Journal of Human Resources.
From 1990 to 1993, she held the title of Staff Economist at the FTC where she was the Lead Economist on the Commission’s investigation of Microsoft. Dr. Coleman holds a Ph.D. in Economics from Stanford University and a BA in Economics from Stonehill College.