Gregory Edgeworth

Gregory Edgeworth was a well-known defense lawyer, Miles' father, and an important figure in Case 1-4; he was the victim in the infamous DL-6 Incident.

Name
"Gregory" possibly comes from Gregory Peck, the actor who played Atticus Finch in To Kill a Mockingbird.

"Edgeworth" could mean "edge of a sword."

Background
Gregory Edgeworth was a criminal defense attorney without peer, despite his amazing skills. Fifteen years ago, he took a case with Manfred von Karma as the prosecutor. He tried to call attention to von Karma's methods and lost. However, during the course of the trial, Edgeworth managed to prove that von Karma had been knowingly presenting falsified evidence to try and rig the court in his favor. The result of Edgeworth's accusation was the first and last penalty that Manfred von Karma had ever received in his career.

After the trial, Gregory and his son Miles proceeded to leave the courthouse, accompanied by Yanni Yogi, a bailiff. An earthquake struck the building and shut the power down, leaving the three stranded for 5 long hours. While they were trapped, the oxygen was running low, and Yogi started to panic. The two adults had fought, leaving Miles to try and stop them by throwing Yogi's pistol. A single gunshot was heard, along with a blood-curling scream. Gregory Edgeworth had died, never knowing who shot him. His ghost, however, spoke through a spirit medium named Misty Fey, blaming Yanni Yogi. He was wrong, however, as he got an innocent man accused of murder.