U.S. Department
of Justice
Transportation, Energy, and Agriculture Section
Responsibilities
The Transportation, Energy, and Agriculture Section (TEA) is responsible for civil antitrust enforcement, competition advocacy, and competition policy in the areas of:
- Domestic and international aviation
- Business and leisure travel
- Railroads, trucking, and ocean shipping
- Hotels, restaurants, and travel services
- Electricity
- Oil field services
- Food products, crops, seeds, fish, and livestock
- Agricultural biotech
Patricia Corcoran, Acting Section Chief
Leadership
Patricia Corcoran
Acting Section Chief
Katherine Speegle
Assistant Chief
Catherine Reilly
Acting Assistant Chief
Federal and State Contacts
Transportation, energy, and agriculture matters: TEA works closely on investigations and cases with Federal regulatory agencies and state attorneys general.
Competition advocacy: TEA consults on policy issues with, and engages in formal proceedings before, such regulatory agencies as the Department of Transportation, the Department of Agriculture, the Department of State, the Department of Commerce, the Department of Energy, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, and the Federal Maritime Commission.
Selected Cases and Investigations
U.S. and Plaintiff States v. US Airways Group, Inc. and AMR Corporation
U.S. and State of New York v. Twin America, LLC, et al.
U.S. v. Smithfield Foods, Inc. and Premium Standard Farms, LLC
U.S. and Plaintiff States v. JBS S.A. and National Beef Packing Company, LLC
U.S. v. Signature Flight Support and Hawker Beechcraft Services, Inc.
Mailing address:
Suite 8000, Liberty Square Building
450 Fifth Street, NW
Washington, DC 20530
Phone: 202-307-6349
Fax: 202-616-2441