Fred K. Herrmann

Fred has substantial experience in class action defense, multidistrict litigation, antitrust, patent and other intellectual property litigation, attorney and other professional liability defense, and contract disputes, as well as supply chain and other disputes implicating the Uniform Commercial Code. Fred has tried cases in state and federal courts, has filed briefs and argued cases in state and federal appellate courts, and has mediated resolutions for complex disputes on behalf of his clients. Fred is also available to serve as a neutral mediator.

Fred is a member of the firm’s Executive Committee and former Chair of the Representative Assembly, the final policy-making body of the State Bar of Michigan. He has also served on the Board of the Commissioners of the State Bar of Michigan and is a Fellow of the Michigan State Bar Foundation.

In the federal arena, Fred is the President of the Federal Bar Association, Eastern District of Michigan Chapter, and a Fellow of the American Bar Foundation.

Fred is repeatedly listed in The Best Lawyers in America^© for antitrust law.  He has been named a Michigan “Super Lawyer” in Commercial Litigation for more than ten years, and is a “Top Lawyer” in DBusiness magazine. He was named a 2018 “Leader in the Law” by Michigan Lawyers Weekly. Fred was named a  2015, 2017, and 2019 The Best Lawyers in America^® “Lawyer of the Year” in antitrust law.

Prior to practicing law, and following graduation from the United States Naval Academy, Fred served as a logistics officer in the United States Marine Corps. Fred was deployed overseas with the Second Battalion, Ninth Marines, following a stint as a member of the logistics staff of the First Marine Division. He subsequently served as a reservist with Detroit’s own First Battalion, Twenty-fourth Marines, as a logistics officer and H&S Company Commander.

Read an “Of Interest” profile of Fred written by his Kerr Russell colleague Joanne Swanson for the State Bar of Michigan Magazine.