Herb Frerichs offers businesses perspectives from the inside and outside.

As General Counsel to a major Maryland company, he blends the inside knowledge of an industry professional with the broad perspective of a legal and business analyst.

Mr. Frerichs regularly consults with clients on their day-to-day legal issues, as well as complex corporate transactions such as on mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures and private equity and debt financing.

Mr. Frerichs is General Counsel for the family holding company that owns and operates a number of international food and agricultural companies, including Perdue Food Products, Perdue AgriBusiness and Coleman Natural Foods. He was Associate General Counsel at UNC Incorporated, a publicly-traded aviation services company from 1991-1995.

His in-depth understanding of corporate legal and business strategies provides clients the ability to make the optimum decision for the issue at hand. Mr. Frerichs communicates as a partner with in-house legal counsel while providing fresh ideas and perspectives unique to outside counsel. With that combination of skills, he takes a holistic approach to the issues faced by his clients.

Mr. Frerichs was appointed to the Board of Directors of the Maryland Economic Development Corporation by Governor Martin O'Malley in March 2011.

Activities

Mr. Frerichs is a Trustee of the United States Naval Academy Alumni Association and serves on the Executive, Joint Finance & Audit and Governance Committees. He also is a Trustee of Athletic & Scholarship Programs, United States Naval Academy Foundation.

Mr. Frerichs chairs the Board of Directors of the Historic Ships in Baltimore. He is also a Trustee of The Living Classrooms Foundation and serves on the Board of and is Treasurer of the Hippodrome Foundation, Inc.

His civic participation also has included participation in the GBC Leadership Program, Class of 2003.

Mr. Frerichs was appointed to the Appellate Judicial Nominating Committee by Gov. Martin O’Malley and served on said Committee from 2007-2011.