According to the Charlotte Observer, the firm of Edwards Kirby will also have offices in Washington, D.C. run by Edwards’ eldest daughter Cate.
“I loved it for the decades I did it, and I think it’s what I was born to do,” the 60-year-old Edwards told the Observer.
Edwards, a former U.S. senator who was the 2004 Democratic vice presidential nominee, insisted in the interview that he doesn’t believe his affair with his campaign videographer Rielle Hunter while his late wife Elizabeth Edwards was fighting breast cancer will result in juries being less than supportive in his cases. Edwards had a child with Hunter.
While refusing to answer questions about reports he’s now dating a 35-year-old single mother, Edwards says that in his experience juries decide verdicts based on the evidence and the law as well as how well the cases are presented.
“Courtrooms are not a place where, in my experience, showmanship and flamboyance wins out. Hard work and having a case that is true and meritorious wins out.”
Edwards was elected to the Senate in North Carolina in 1998 and served a single six-year term. He was a candidate for the Democratic presidential nomination in 2004 when he eventually became John Kerry’s running mate, and later he failed in his bid to become the presidential nominee in 2008.
His personal and political life collapsed when he admitted in 2010 that he had fathered a child with Hunter. His affair with Hunter late led to him being charged with six counts of campaign finance corruption alleging that he used nearly $ 1 million in contributions to hide his pregnant mistress during his 2008 presidential bid. He was cleared of one charge by a federal jury in May and a mistrial was declared in the other counts.
Edwards and Kirby worked on a number of high-profile cases together, and Edwards says his friend is “the best lawyer I know.” Their new firm will have six attorneys and they plan to take on consumer rights, personal injury, and civil rights cases.
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