Bob is a founding member of Smith Freed & Eberhard and has over 36 years of litigation experience. Bob frequently prepares and delivers seminars and lectures to insurance professionals and trade organizations on insurance coverage issues, hot topics and legislative updates. He also has spent several years training agents for large insurers on all aspects of claims with an emphasis on E&O liability and how to avoid it.

Professional Certification & Accolades

• Member, Oregon State Bar Association
• Member, Washington State Bar Association
• Member, Oregon Association of Defense Counsel
• Member, Defense Research Institute
• Member, International Association of Arson Investigators
• Member, Litigation Counsel of America (a trial lawyer honorary)
• Member, Council on Litigation Management
• Member, Oregon Casualty Adjusters Association
• Admitted, United States District Court for the District of Oregon
• Admitted, United States Supreme Court
• Member, Best Lawyers in America
• Oregon Super Lawyer 2006-2011

Bar Admissions

• Oregon
• Washington

Education

• University of Oregon School of Law, J.D., 1975
• University of Oregon, B.S., Finance, 1971

• Conducted over 500 Examinations Under Oath.
• Tried approximately 150 cases to a jury verdict.
• Conducted approximately 300 arbitration cases.
• Defended the first methamphetamine clean up case in the county and was interviewed in an article in the Wall Street Journal about the case.
• Handled numerous first party lawsuits at the appellate level, many of which established new laws in those areas. 
• Assisted several national insurance carriers in rewriting portions of their insurance policies to better protect themselves and their insureds.