Edd Peyton is an Of Counsel attorney with Spicer Rudstrom in the Memphis office. He focuses on litigation throughout Tennessee and Mississippi. He is a graduate of the United States Naval Academy with a Bachelor’s Degree in Political Science.

Upon graduation from Annapolis, Edd was commissioned as an officer in the United States Navy where he led engineering and ordnance departments aboard ships, served as a regional admissions officer for the Naval Academy, and as a staff officer on several fleet staffs. Before leaving active duty service, Edd completed the Master of Business Administration degree at Jacksonville University. He retired as a Commander.

After his navy service, Edd worked in warehouse operations and systems management for a national whole foods distributor in Saint Augustine, Florida before pursuing a law degree at the University of Mississippi School of Law. At Ole Miss, Edd served on the Moot Court Board and won numerous mock trial and appellate competitions.

At Spicer Rudstrom, Edd primarily practices in the areas of employment law, healthcare liability, insurance defense litigation, and product liability. Edd previously served on the Board of Directors of the Memphis Bar Association and is a past president of the Ben F. Jones Affiliate Chapter of the National Bar Association in Memophis, Tennessee. He is a graduate of Leadership Memphis and Leadership Mississippi.

He and his lovely wife Kara have two sons, Naamon and Noah.