J. Stanley Edwards has been an Arizona attorney since 1975. Although he started out as a patent attorney, he has been a general practitioner for all but two of those years. He has co-authored five textbooks on paralegal studies with his late wife, Dr. Linda Edwards. He was a judge pro tem in the civil division of the Maricopa County Superior Court, now called family court. In addition, he is a certified arbitrator in the District Court of Arizona. He has also practiced before the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals and is an inactive member of the State Bar of Colorado.