LSBA Board of Governors
Sixth Board District
Mr. Edward L Tarpley Jr
2018-2021
819 Johnston St
Alexandria, LA 71301
Phone: (318) 487-1460
Fax: (318) 487-1462
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.
He served as the district attorney for the 35th Judicial District, Grant Parish, from 1991-97.
In 2018, he received the Chief Justice Pascal F. Calogero, Jr. Lifetime Achievement Award from the Louisiana Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers and the Kevin Kane Justice Award from the Louisiana Family Forum.
In 2019, he was honored by the Urban League of Louisiana with an award for his work with the Unanimous Jury Coalition and his leadership in restoring the unanimous criminal jury verdict in Louisiana.
In his community, he is a member of the Alexandria Rotary Club and vice president and a board of trustees member for the Cenla Pregnancy Center. He attends Kingsville Baptist Church.
Ed and his wife, Deborah Campbell Tarpley, are the parents of seven children.