Judge Jerry Edwards was appointed United States District Judge for the Western District of Louisiana in December 2023. Judge Edwards received a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from Georgia State University in 2002 and his Juris Doctor from Vermont Law and Graduate School in 2005. From 2005 to 2006, he served as a law clerk for Judges Jeanette Garrett and Scott Crichton of the Caddo Parish District Court. From 2006 to 2014, he was an associate at Blanchard, Walker, O’Quin & Roberts, A.P.L.C. in Shreveport and from 2014 to 2019, he was a shareholder and director at the same firm, where he focused on civil law, including torts and contracts. From 2019 to 2023, he served as an assistant United States attorney at the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Western District of Louisiana. While at the U.S. Attorney's Office, he served as Chief of the Civil Division from 2020 to 2022 and from 2022 to 2023, he served as the First Assistant U.S. Attorney.