EDWIN J. TISDALE

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Wilmington, North Carolina 28409

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abmagg@r.postjobfree.com

EXPERIENCE

Attorney, Edwin J. Tisdale, Attorney at Law, PLLC

Solo Practitioner: May 2003 - September 2006; September 2008 - present

Litigation and Transactional work including Wills, Trusts & Estate

Administration, Business Law including Business Formation and Business

Litigation, Family Law, Criminal Defense, Real Estate, including

residential closings and litigation, and Contracts.

Contributing Author - Appleman on Insurance Law and Practice, Matthew-

Bender & Company, 2008 - 2009.

Associate Attorney, Speaks Law Firm, P.C.

September 2006 - September 2008. Litigation and Transactional work

including Wills, Trusts & Estates, Business, Real Estate (closings and

litigation), Personal Injury, General Civil Litigation, and Criminal

Defense (misdemeanors, Federal and State felony appellate briefs).

LexisNexis, Charlottesville, VA

Director, Automated Forms: June 2001 - November 2002. Directed a team of

35 employees that created automated legal forms.

Manager of New Product Initiatives: September 2000 - June 2001. Conceived,

designed & directed the building of the LexisNexis Electronic Advance Sheet

Service, an online legal research system.

Editorial Director: March 1999 - September 2000. Directed several

editorial production teams of approximately 175 employees.

Managing Editor: June 1998 - March 1999. Created and monitored

departmental budgets and schedules for approximately 700 titles worth

approximately $20 million per year in revenue.

Editorial Manager: June 1995 - June 1998. Managed Legal Editors in the

production of published materials; negotiated with authors regarding

contractual issues, including manuscript submission and royalty payments.

Deputy Director of Statutory Publishing: March 1994 - June 1995. Developed

contractual publications with state agencies and private associations.

Law Editor - March 1992 - March 1994. Primary editorial responsibility for

five state CD-ROM publications; edited state codes.

United States District Court, Raleigh, NC

Pretrial Services Assistant, June 1990 - March 1991. Prepared bond

reports, made recommendations to federal magistrate judge regarding the

pretrial status of criminal defendants, supervised criminal defendants on

pretrial release,

prepared financial affidavits for criminal defendants seeking court-

appointed counsel.

Golden Corral Corporation - Legal Department, Raleigh, NC

Legal Intern, June 1989 - August 1989. Updated commercial lease summaries;

created master list of land use restrictions for real estate holdings;

prepared legal memoranda on corporate and real property issues.

Ralston Purina Company, Greenville, NC

District Sales Representative, July 1985 - July 1988. Managed nineteen-

county territory in eastern North Carolina with approximately 110 clients,

including wholesalers, buying groups, chain headquarters, and retail

stores.

EDUCATION

The University of North Carolina School of Law

Chapel Hill, North Carolina

JD 1991

Virginia Commonwealth University

Richmond, Virginia

B.S. - Marketing 1985

AFFILIATIONS

Licensed to practice law in North Carolina (NC Bar # 18738)

Member of the North Carolina State Bar, North Carolina Bar Association, New

Hanover County Bar Association, and the 5th Judicial District Bar.

Phi Eta Sigma - Virginia Commonwealth University

Eagle Scout - Boy Scouts of America

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