Edwin Dunahoe

Dunahoe is a 1971 graduate of Northwestern in mathematics. He is a 1974 graduate of LSU Law School where he was a member of the Order of the Coif and was named to the Louisiana Law Review, Dunahoe is a member of Phi Kappa Phi and Blue Key Honor Fraternities.

Dunahoe began practicing law in Natchitoches in 1974. He is a member of the Louisiana State Bar Association and the Natchitoches Parish Bar Association. He has served on the Louisiana Attorney Disciplinary Board and the Local Indigent Defender Board. He has been selected as one of the “Best Lawyers in America.”

Dunahoe has been a member of the Louisiana Association for Justice serving as its president in 2020-21. He has been selected to be a member of the American College of Trial Lawyers, an organization limited to one percent of the attorneys in the United States.

He has been a member of the First Baptist Church since 1974, serving as a deacon and in leadership roles.

Dunahoe was a charter member of the Natchitoches Historic Foundation and was president of the organization. He has been a member of the Natchitoches-Northwestern Symphony Society for over 50 years. Dunahoe has served as a member of the Natchitoches City Planning and Zoning Commission and co-chairman of the Natchitoches Christmas Festival Committee.

He and his family established a scholarship in the name of his mother, Janetha June Dunahoe. They created an endowed chair to honor his late wife, Lola W. Dunahoe (one of only four Endowed Chairs at Northwestern).

Harrington has served as the district attorney for the 10th Judicial District of Louisiana since 2017. Before taking office, he spent 27 years as an assistant district attorney. As District Attorney, he is responsible for prosecuting all criminal cases in Natchitoches Parish and representing public bodies, agencies and commissions.