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# Richard E. Starling, Jr.

Alexandria City Court · City or Parish Court Judge

## Profile

- Court: Alexandria City Court
- State: Louisiana
- Role: City or Parish Court Judge
- Service status: active
- Last verified: 2026-07-29

## Summary

Official statewide and applicable court procedural guidance applies to this judge.

## Biography

### Professional career

- The collected biographical information identifies Richard E. Starling Jr. as an Alexandria City Court judge, born in 1958
- Judge of the Alexandria City Court in Rapides Parish, Louisiana, serving in civil and criminal matters, with a background in accounting and law

### Education

- It records a B.A. in accounting from Northeast Louisiana University (1981), a J.D. from LSU Paul M. Hebert Law Center (1984), and Louisiana bar admission in 1984.

### Additional information

- Term: his tenure as of the last update; term expiration listed as 31 Dec 2020 in that source, but his current appointment is active per court listings
- Serves as City Judge for Alexandria, LA
- handling civil, criminal, traffic, and small claims cases
- Before judicial service he practiced in Alexandria in personal injury, domestic relations, and successions.
- Martindale and are cited for AV Preeminent and Client Champion recognition.

## Before you appear

- Read the judge-specific standing order first when one is listed.
- Check the docket and case orders for requirements that supersede broader guidance.
- Confirm current remote-access and courtroom technology arrangements before the proceeding.

## Courtroom Rules

### electronic or photographic presentation of evidence

Scope: statewide

Louisiana trial judges may authorize electronic or photographic means for presenting evidence, preserving the record, counsel use, or judicial-administration purposes.

Evidence excerpt: A trial judge may authorize ... the use of electronic or photographic means for the presentation of evidence

[Louisiana Code of Judicial Conduct, Canon 3A(9)](https://www.lasc.org/Court_Rules?p=CJC)
Source checked: 2026-07-26

### broadcast recording photography

Scope: statewide

Louisiana judges generally prohibit broadcasting, televising, recording, or photographing courtroom proceedings unless a Canon 3A(9) exception applies.

Evidence excerpt: a judge shall prohibit broadcasting, televising, recording, or taking photographs in the courtroom

[Louisiana Code of Judicial Conduct, Canon 3A(9)](https://www.lasc.org/Court_Rules?p=CJC)
Source checked: 2026-07-26

### appellate extended media coverage

Scope: statewide

Louisiana appellate courts may permit extended media coverage in public appellate proceedings, subject to the authority of the court and presiding judge or panel.

Evidence excerpt: An appellate court may permit broadcasting, televising, recording, and taking photographs of public judicial proceedings

[Louisiana Code of Judicial Conduct, Canon 3A(9)](https://www.lasc.org/Court_Rules?p=CJC)
Source checked: 2026-07-26


## Sources

- [Official profile](https://www.lasc.org/press_room/annual_reports/reports/2025_Guide_to_Louisiana_Courts.pdf)
- [Official roster](https://www.lasc.org/press_room/annual_reports/reports/2025_Guide_to_Louisiana_Courts.pdf)
- [Louisiana Supreme Court official judicial roster](https://www.lasc.org/press_room/annual_reports/reports/2025_Guide_to_Louisiana_Courts.pdf)
- [Louisiana Code of Judicial Conduct, Canon 3A(9)](https://www.lasc.org/Court_Rules?p=CJC)
- [LA Batch 12 supplied biography research source](https://ballotpedia.org/Richard_E._Starling,_Jr.)

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## Published courtroom rules

### Shared court rules

- [Louisiana Code of Judicial Conduct, Canon 3A(9)](https://knowjudges.com/courtroom-rules/national-shared-set-c043a9f2e3e33988fd8575e4) — Scope is limited to the court class in the source claim.  Shared court context only; case-type restrictions, exceptions, later amendments and case orders apply. This is not a personal preference or a complete rules inventory. [Official source](https://www.lasc.org/Court_Rules?p=CJC). Collected 2026-07-26.