Ed is a partner in the Charlotte, North Carolina law firm James, McElroy & Diehl, P.A. His practice is devoted principally to business litigation - including practice in State and Federal Courts and arbitration before FINRA and AAA. He also maintains an active white-collar criminal defense practice. He began his legal career as an assistant District Attorney in Mecklenburg County from 1977 to 1981. He has been in private practice with James, McElroy & Diehl, P.A. since that time. He currently represents the Mecklenburg County Bar as a Delegate to the ABA House of Delegates and serves as State Chair of the North Carolina Chapter of the American College of Trial Lawyers.
He was awarded a B.A. in History, summa cum laude by Wofford College in 1974 and a J.D. Degree by Duke University School of Law in 1977.
His community involvement includes current service on the North Carolina Judicial Standards Commission, the Board of Directors of McLeod Center (a drug treatment facility), the Board of Directors of Legal Services of the Southern Piedmont (a non-profit which renders civil legal services to clients who cannot afford counsel), and the Board of the Federal Defenders of the Western District of North Carolina (a non-profit which provides representation in Federal Court to those who cannot afford counsel). He also serves on the Advisory Board of The Center for Professional and Applied Ethics at UNCC and The Medical Humanities Advisory Council at Davidson College. He has served as Chair of the Board of Deacons at Myers Park Baptist Church in Charlotte and currently serves as a life Deacon. He is an active participant in a Bible Workbench Group originally led by Bill Dols.
He is married to Dorothy Brown Hinson, and they have two children, Philip, age 28 and Rebecca, age 21.
