John Edwards new law firm, Former presidential contender John Edwards is looking to open a new law firm in Raleigh, North Carolina, CNN is reporting.
Edwards recently reactivated his license to practice law and is setting out on the speaking circuit.
The two-time presidential candidate and former North Carolina senator recently reactivated his law license after it was inactive for more than a decade. He is planning to open the firm in September, a source told CNN's Chris Cuomo.
Edwards has remained largely out of public view since his May 2012 acquittal on one charge of campaign finance fraud. A federal judge declared a mistrial on five other criminal counts after jurors couldn’t agree if Edwards illegally used campaign money to hide his pregnant mistress as he ran for president in 2008.
Edwards said after his trial last year that he hoped to someday open an advocacy law firm to serve indigent clients and find a way to positively contribute to society.
Since his highly publicized trial, Edwards has shunned public attention and lived quietly at his North Carolina home, a sprawling gated estate outside Chapel Hill that he shares with his two school-age children.
If he finds a way to successfully reenter public life, Edwards will follow other high-flying politicians whose careers were derailed by sex scandals only to make a comeback, including former New York Gov. Elliot Spitzer and former South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford. Spitzer has worked as a political commentator, and Sanford was recently elected in a special election for a congressional seat in his home state.
After his trial ended last year, Edwards stood on the steps of the federal courthouse in Greensboro and made an emotional public apology.
'While I do not believe I did anything illegal, or ever thought I was doing anything illegal, I did an awful, awful lot that was wrong and there is no one else responsible for my sins,' Edwards said.
The six-week-long trial recounted the most intimate details of Edwards’ affair with former campaign videographer Rielle Hunter, with whom the then-married presidential candidate fathered a daughter. At the time, Edwards’ wife Elizabeth was batting cancer; she died in late 2010.
At issue in the criminal case was about $1 million in unreported funds secretly provided by two wealthy campaign donors used to care for Hunter during her pregnancy, moving her quietly across the country on private jets between a series of luxury resorts and homes.
Edwards said last year he looked forward to making a positive contribution again.
'I don’t think God’s through with me,' Edwards said. 'I really believe he thinks there’s still some good things I can do.'
Thursday, June 6, 2013
John Edwards new law firm
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