Edward L. Tarpley, Jr. is the owner of Edward L. Tarpley, Jr., A.P.L.C., in Alexandria. He received a BA degree in history in 1976 from Louisiana State University and his JD degree in 1979 from LSU Paul M. Hebert Law Center. He was admitted to practice in Louisiana in 1980.
Ed served in the Louisiana State Bar Association’s House of Delegates from 1992-94 and 2016-18. He is a member of the Alexandria Bar Association, the Louisiana Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers and The Federalist Society.
In his community, he is a member of the Alexandria Rotary Club, vice president and a board of trustees member for the Cenla Pregnancy Center and a member of the Louisiana Governor’s Prayer Breakfast Steering Committee.
Ed and his wife, Deborah Campbell Tarpley, are the parents of seven children.