(CNN) - Former Sen. John Edwards is looking to open a new law firm this September, a source told CNN’s Chris Cuomo.

The firm will be based in Raleigh, North Carolina, and will focus on plaintiff work, the source said. Before entering politics, Edwards was a nationally known attorney who specialized in representing plaintiffs in medical malpractice, personal injury and product liability lawsuits, earning millions.

Edwards, the 2004 candidate for vice president who went on to make a bid for the 2008 Democratic presidential nomination, admitted to an extramarital affair in August 2008. His mistress, Rielle Hunter, was a onetime videographer for his presidential bid.

At the time, the former North Carolina senator denied paternity of the daughter Hunter had given birth to six months earlier, but eventually acknowledged paternity of the girl. Edwards' legally separated from his wife, Elizabeth, in January 2010. Eleven months later, Elizabeth died of cancer.

The Justice Department had accused Edwards of using nearly $1 million in illegal campaign contributions to keep his pregnant mistress under wraps as he mounted a second presidential bid in 2008. But after more than 50 hours of deliberation, a North Carolina jury acquitted him in May 2012 on one of the six counts against him and deadlocked on the other five.

Speaking after the trial, Edwards made a public apology for his misdeeds.

“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,” he said.

Since the trial, Edwards has led a private life away from cameras. He has granted no interviews, and spent most of his time at his home in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. Hunter said in June 2012 that she and Edwards had split up.

He's scheduled to speak at a client retreat Thursday in Orlando for the legal marketing firm PMP. A schedule for the event, which is titled "Historic Trials of the Century," has Edwards speaking for 45 minutes, and participating in an hour and a half question-and-answer session.

The North Carolina State Bar listed Edward’s status as “active,” and says he’s “presently eligible to practice law in North Carolina.”

6/5/2013 4:43:03 PM

Humper, Dumper & Scram?

6/5/2013 4:45:05 PM

a lawyer wants to open a law firm? clearly something that needs debate.

6/5/2013 4:47:18 PM

i wonder if he will bring in that fucker he used to partner with that has all the arrowheads and shit all over his office.

6/9/2013 6:18:27 PM

wife dead, mistress left, what's a lonely man to do?

6/9/2013 7:00:41 PM

Pretty despicable human being, overall. To top it off, he's a Tarheel fan despite being an NC State graduate.

6/9/2013 7:22:06 PM

^UNC grad also

6/9/2013 8:44:39 PM

Loyalties should like with undergrad. Everyone knows that. Of course, it's not like I want to claim the guy. It's just that his fandom is even more evidence of his douchebaggery. I remember way back before all this dirt unfolded when he was the golden boy of politics, and they interviewed him during the ACC Basketball Tournament where he professed his love for his Tarheels. F that guy!

6/9/2013 8:48:52 PM

John Chichwak before John Chichwak

6/9/2013 9:57:03 PM

haha edwards was never a golden boy of politics. they just decided to run him out there like so much prized cattle because they thought he'd be able to pull another clinton. luckily the people saw right through him.
i hated him the second he tried to pretend to be a hawk. i could have tolerated the luke-warm sickly-sweet-tea North Carolina personality and the sheepish populism but he's the kind of fuck that would have done what W did: react stupidly to shit like 9/11 for political reasons.

6/10/2013 5:40:26 AM

http://www.newsobserver.com/2013/11/18/3385956/john-edwards-is-starting-a-new.html

11/19/2013 10:41:44 AM

okay

11/19/2013 10:46:01 AM

Does he want to run for president in 2016 again?

11/19/2013 10:50:56 AM

no, he wants to have a law firm

11/19/2013 11:06:31 AM

I'm glad this is news.

11/19/2013 11:10:06 AM

I know. But is he earning money for election?

11/19/2013 11:10:17 AM

I'm gonna go out on a limb here and say no.

11/19/2013 11:28:18 AM

Gotta pay dem bills on that huge as fuck house. Biggest in Orange County. Like 16k square feet counting the "garage".

11/19/2013 11:29:52 AM

guy is a gigantic douche

11/19/2013 11:26:00 PM

NOT NEWS

11/21/2013 2:16:21 PM

I don't understand why this is soapbox material.

11/21/2013 5:05:32 PM

He's a politician.

11/21/2013 5:15:34 PM

was

11/21/2013 5:52:34 PM

will be perhaps

11/21/2013 7:48:48 PM