The Law Offices of EDWARD M FARMER

Ed was born in Park Ridge, Illinois. During grade school and high school, Ed lived in the small town of Crete, Illinois. In his senior year of high school, Ed enlisted with the Illinois Army National Guard as a field artillery cannon crewmember. In August of 2001, Ed was sent to Fort Sill, Oklahoma for basic and advanced individual training. The attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon happened during his training. After completing training, Ed returned to Illinois and shortly afterwards, began attending school at Illinois State University in Normal, Illinois. In 2004, during his senior year at Illinois State University, Ed’s National Guard unit was activated by the Federal government to serve a tour of duty in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. Ed and his unit were cross trained as infantry mortar men before being sent to Iraq. Ed performed a variety of tasks while serving in Iraq including offensive and defensive combat operations.