He was legal editor for Edward Thomson & Co. in Brooklyn, New York from 1938 to 1941, and was then in private practice in Atlanta, Georgia from 1941 to 1942.
He was a Lieutenant in the United States Navy during World War II, from 1942 to 1945.
[1] On May 24, 1967, Edenfield was nominated by President Lyndon B. Johnson to a seat on the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia vacated by Judge Frank Arthur Hooper.
Edenfield was confirmed by the United States Senate on June 12, 1967, and received his commission the same day.
He assumed senior status on September 1, 1981, and served in that capacity until his death on December 26, 1981.