Attorney Tedford graduated from the University of Connecticut in 1969, and received his law degree from Suffolk University in 1972. After obtaining that degree, Mr. Tedford served as a member of the United States Air Force Judge Advocate General Corps, being admitted to the United States Court of Military Appeals in 1973. Additionally, Mr. Tedford was admitted to the United States District Court, District of Connecticut, in 1978.

Mr. Tedford is a member of the Connecticut Bar Association (Member, Trial Section) and the Hartford County Bar Association, as well as the Defense Research Institute. He is a member of the National Fire Protection Association, (Committee on Hazardous Chemicals), and the Fire Protection Research Foundation (Research Advisory Counsel on Post Fire Analysis). Mr. Tedford's memberships also include the International Association of Arson Investigators, the Connecticut Chapter of the International Association of Arson Investigators, and the National Association of Fire Investigators.

Over the course of his thirty-five year career, Mr. Tedford has had extensive experience in product liability and fire science litigation. From 1982 to 1994, Mr. Tedford served as National Litigation Counsel for several major product manufacturers, coordinating and litigating product liability actions in jurisdictions throughout the United States. Since 1994, Mr. Tedford has developed an expertise in fire science litigation and devotes a substantial portion of his practice to that field.

Attorney Tedford was counsel for the plaintiff in the landmark fire science litigation case of Travelers Property Casualty Corp. v. Namerow, 261 Conn. 784 (2002), in which he successfully litigated the notion that motive was not an element to be proven in a civil arson action.