William Michael Herrick began his professional career as a financial analyst and examiner at the Federal Home Loan Bank Board (now the Office of Thrift Supervision). He subsequently became a lawyer for that agency and for the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, Administrator of National Banks. Since 1981 Mr. Herrick has been an Associate, Partner and Senior Partner with the law firm of Elias, Matz, Tiernan & Herrick, Washington D.C., a corporate law firm specializing in banks and other financial institutions. From 1997 to Present he has been Senior Counsel to Elias, Matz, Tiernan & Herrick. Mr. Herrick holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration from the University of Delaware and a Juris Doctorate from American University Washington College of Law.