Jonathan Parker Edwards
Prior to moving to Portland, Oregon, Jonathan Edward spent most of legal career working in higher education, as general counsel for Francis Marion University, and as an instructor in the FMU School of Business. There he advised the University's president, board of trustees, and the V.P.'s of each department in senior administration on a variety of legal matters.
Now he is licensed in Oregon and Washington and focuses his practice on advising businesses before problems arise, and protecting them through litigation when necessary. As general counsel and in private practice, Jonathan has handled a variety of legal matters, involving contracts, employment issues, property rights, taxes, construction defects, education law, and governmental regulations and administrative law.
Jonathan listens intently to each client's needs, and tailors solutions that fit their unique goals and ambitions.
- Summer Corp Standout
- Equal Justice Works
- Assisted with all aspects of a 1st degree murder trial in law school under the Equal Justice Works scholarship program. Selected as 1 of 6 standouts nationally in the program.
- Oregon State Bar  # 220634
- Member
- - Current
- Washington State Bar  # 57844
- Member
- - Current
- South Carolina Bar  # 100829
- Member
- - Current
- Business Law
- Business Contracts, Business Dissolution, Business Formation, Mergers & Acquisitions, Partnership & Shareholder Disputes
- Education Law
- Intellectual Property
- Employment Law
- Employee Benefits, Employment Contracts, Employment Discrimination, ERISA, Overtime & Unpaid Wages, Sexual Harassment, Whistleblower, Wrongful Termination