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Gregory Edgeworth
Japanese name	Mitsurugi Shin
Age	Deceased
Family	Son: Miles Edgeworth
Occupation	Defense Attorney

Gregory Edgeworth is Miles Edgeworth's father. He used to be a famous and talented defense attorney and his son looked up to him and idolized him. He is very much hated by Manfred Von Karma.

Background of Death

Gregory Edgeworth died when his son was only a child as shown in Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney; Turnabout Goodbyes. He was defending in court that day, and was beaten by Manfred Von Karma. But, he managed to see a single flaw in some of von Karma's reasoning, therefore tarnishing Von Karma's perfect record.

Gregory was in the courthouse elevator with his son and a baliff named Yanni Yogi when an earthquake happened and there was a black out, causing the elevator to jam. Due to lack of oxygen, Gregory and Yanni started to argue. His son Miles became terrified as he sensed that Yanni was about to hurt his father. He felt that Yanni's pistol fall near his feet, so he threw it at Yanni, and lost consciousness.

Gregory and Yanni also lost consciousness. The pistol Miles threw fired and went through the elevator doors and hit Manfred Von Karma's shoulder. The electricity came back on and the elevator doors opened in front of Von Karma. He saw the chance to kill Gregory for tarnishing his record, so he did, shooting him.

To establish what had happened, during the investigation Misty Fey channelled Gregory's spirit to find out who had murdered him. Gregory was of the belief that it was his son who had accidentally killed him, so in order to protect him he named Yanni Yogi as his killer.

Major portions of this page were written by: Ema Skye