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Jeff Eberhard, Managing Partner and Paul Sheely, Construction Defect Practice Leader, Named 2020 Best Lawyers.

Smith Freed Eberhard is pleased to announce that two attorneys have been named to the 2020 edition of The Best Lawyers in America®, one of the legal profession’s oldest and most respected peer-review publications.

Since it was first published in 1983, The Best Lawyers in America has become widely regarded as a respected reference guide to legal excellence. Best Lawyers lists are compiled based on detailed peer-review evaluations, and lawyers are neither required nor allowed to pay a fee to be listed.  The stand-alone Best Lawyers magazine will be distributed in more than 30 leading publications around the country, including The New York Times, The Philadelphia Inquirer, The Washington Post and The Wall Street Journal. A digital edition also will be available.

The Smith Freed Eberhard 2020 Best Lawyers are:

Jeffrey D. Eberhard – Managing Partner
Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants

Paul E. Sheely – Construction Defect Practice Group Leader
Construction Law

Jeff and Paul know that great achievements can not be accomplished alone. They would like to thank the firm and its dedicated employees, their diligent and loyal customers, the Oregon and Washington legal community and the legal industry business partners.

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