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 ==Background==
-Parker was the older of two sons of Allen P. Self, Sr. (1932-2019), and the former Bonnie Bryan. The senior Self graduated from East Texas Baptist University, was an [[educator]] for thirty-six years in Bossier Parish, and served in leadership positions in the First [[United Methodist]] Church of [[Bossier City]]. His brother is Philip Self.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/shreveporttimes/obituary.aspx?n=allen-parker-self&pid=192732013|title=Allen Parker Self|publisher=''The Shreveport Times''|accessdate=April 29, 2019}}</ref>
+Parker was the older of two sons of Allen P. Self, Sr. (1932-2019), and the former Bonnie Bryan (1937-2024). The senior Self graduated from East Texas Baptist University, was an [[educator]] for thirty-six years in Bossier Parish, and served in leadership positions in the First [[United Methodist]] Church of [[Bossier City]]. His brother is Philip Self.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/shreveporttimes/obituary.aspx?n=allen-parker-self&pid=192732013|title=Allen Parker Self|publisher=''The Shreveport Times''|accessdate=April 29, 2019}}</ref>
 Parker Self, Jr., received his undergraduate degree summa cum laude in 1981 from [[Louisiana Tech University]] in [[Ruston, Louisiana|Ruston]]. In 1984, he procured his [[Juris Doctor]]ate from the Louisiana State University Law Center in [[Baton Rouge, Louisiana|Baton Rouge]].<ref name=jdc/> From 1984 to 2003, Self was engaged in the private practice of law.  His specialty fields are medical malpractice, nursing negligence, personal injury, and [[probate]], successions, and wills.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.martindale.com/benton/louisiana/allen-parker-self-jr-608677-a/|title=Judge Profile: Hon. Allen Parker Self, Jr.: Areas of practice|publisher=Martindale.com|accessdate=June 11, 2017}}</ref>

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 ==Career==
 ===Race for Louisiana State Senate===
-On October 19, 1991, Self ran as a [[Democratic Party|Democrat]] for the District 37 seat in the Louisiana State Senate, which encompasses Caddo and Bossier parishes. The position opened when [[Sydney B. Nelson]], also a Shreveport attorney, retired after three terms in the office. In the nonpartisan blanket primary, another Democrat, Gregory J. Barro of Shreveport, led the field with 11,224 votes (34 percent). [[Republican Party|Republican]] Ronald Bradford "Ron" Fayard (October 1, 1946 &ndash; March 7, 2011), a [[Mississippi]] native,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/shreveporttimes/obituary.aspx?n=ronald-bradford-fayard&pid=149165509&fhid=11119|title=Ronald Bradford Fayard obituary|publisher=''The Shreveport Times''|date=March 11, 2011|accessdate=March 11, 2011}}</ref> real estate broker, and civic leader<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.realproguide.com/USA/Louisiana/Bossier/Bossier-City/|title=Real Estate Guide Directory in Bossier City|publisher=realproguide.com|accessdate=April 24, 2010}}</ref> from Bossier City, trailed with 10,228 votes (31 percent). Self finished a strong third with 29 percent of the vote. A second Republican candidate, Shreveport attorney Leroy Havard Scott, Jr. (1922-2003), a former member of the Louisiana Republican State Central Committee, held the remaining 5.5 percent of the ballots cast.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://staticresults.sos.la.gov/10191991/10191991_Legislative.html|title=Louisiana election returns|date=October 19, 1991|publisher=Louisiana Secretary of State|accessdate=September 28, 2014}}</ref> Barro subsequently defeated Fayard in the [[general election]].
+On October 19, 1991, Self ran as a [[Democratic Party|Democrat]] for the District 37 seat in the Louisiana State Senate, which encompasses Caddo and Bossier parishes. The position opened when [[Sydney B. Nelson]], also a Shreveport attorney, retired after three terms in the office. In the nonpartisan blanket primary, another Democrat, [[Greg Barro|Gregory J. Barro]] of Shreveport, led the field with 11,224 votes (34 percent). [[Republican Party|Republican]] Ronald Bradford "Ron" Fayard (October 1, 1946 &ndash; March 7, 2011), a [[Mississippi]] native,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/shreveporttimes/obituary.aspx?n=ronald-bradford-fayard&pid=149165509&fhid=11119|title=Ronald Bradford Fayard obituary|publisher=''The Shreveport Times''|date=March 11, 2011|accessdate=March 11, 2011}}</ref> real estate broker, and civic leader<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.realproguide.com/USA/Louisiana/Bossier/Bossier-City/|title=Real Estate Guide Directory in Bossier City|publisher=realproguide.com|accessdate=April 24, 2010}}</ref> from Bossier City, trailed with 10,228 votes (31 percent). Self finished a strong third with 29 percent of the vote. A second Republican candidate, Shreveport attorney Leroy Havard Scott, Jr. (1922-2003), a former member of the Louisiana Republican State Central Committee, held the remaining 5.5 percent of the ballots cast.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://staticresults.sos.la.gov/10191991/10191991_Legislative.html|title=Louisiana election returns|date=October 19, 1991|publisher=Louisiana Secretary of State|accessdate=September 28, 2014}}</ref> Barro subsequently defeated Fayard in the [[general election]].
 ===Judicial record===

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-In 2015, Self became senior judge on the court in 2015. His colleagues include [[Jeff R. Thompson]], [[Charles Jacobs]], Mike Nerren, Michael Craig, and [[Lane Pittard]], who won the special election in October 2017 to succeed Jeffrey Stephen Cox, who was elevated to the Second Circuit Court of Appeal. Self and fellow Republicans Nerren, Craig, and Cox were all unopposed in the nonpartisan blanket primary held on November 4, 2014. Jacobs ran without opposition to succeed John M. Robinson; Thompson to succeed Ford Edwards Stinson, Jr.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.shreveporttimes.com/story/news/local/2014/08/20/desoto-da-minden-mayor-candidates-qualify/14331543/|title=Final day of qualifying in DeSoto, Webster|author=Vickie Welborn|publisher=''The Shreveport Times''|accessdate=August 22, 2014}}</ref>
+In 2015, Self became senior judge on the court in 2015. His colleagues included [[Jeff R. Thompson]], [[Charles Jacobs]], Mike Nerren, Michael Craig, and the late [[Lane Pittard]], who won the special election in October 2017 to succeed Jeffrey Stephen Cox, who was elevated to the Second Circuit Court of Appeal. Self and fellow Republicans Nerren, Craig, and Cox were all unopposed in the nonpartisan blanket primary held on November 4, 2014. Jacobs ran without opposition to succeed John M. Robinson; Thompson to succeed Ford Edwards Stinson, Jr.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.shreveporttimes.com/story/news/local/2014/08/20/desoto-da-minden-mayor-candidates-qualify/14331543/|title=Final day of qualifying in DeSoto, Webster|author=Vickie Welborn|publisher=''The Shreveport Times''|accessdate=August 22, 2014}}</ref>
 Judge Self's [[Wikipedia]] article was deleted on July 9, 2017, on grounds that he "lacks notability."

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 {{Infobox officeholder
 |name=Allen Parker Self, Jr.
 |birth_date=January 31, 1959
 |birth_place=

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 ==Career==
 ===Race for Louisiana State Senate===
-On October 19, 1991, Self ran as a [[Democratic Party|Democrat]] for the District 37 seat in the Louisiana State Senate, which encompasses Caddo and Bossier parishes. The position opened when Sydney B. Nelson, also a Shreveport attorney, retired after three terms in the office. In the nonpartisan blanket primary, another Democrat, Gregory J. Barro of Shreveport, led the field with 11,224 votes (34 percent). [[Republican Party|Republican]] Ronald Bradford "Ron" Fayard (October 1, 1946 &ndash; March 7, 2011), a [[Mississippi]] native,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/shreveporttimes/obituary.aspx?n=ronald-bradford-fayard&pid=149165509&fhid=11119|title=Ronald Bradford Fayard obituary|publisher=''The Shreveport Times''|date=March 11, 2011|accessdate=March 11, 2011}}</ref> real estate broker, and civic leader<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.realproguide.com/USA/Louisiana/Bossier/Bossier-City/|title=Real Estate Guide Directory in Bossier City|publisher=realproguide.com|accessdate=April 24, 2010}}</ref> from Bossier City, trailed with 10,228 votes (31 percent). Self finished a strong third with 29 percent of the vote. A second Republican candidate, Shreveport attorney Leroy Havard Scott, Jr. (1922-2003), a former member of the Louisiana Republican State Central Committee, held the remaining 5.5 percent of the ballots cast.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://staticresults.sos.la.gov/10191991/10191991_Legislative.html|title=Louisiana election returns|date=October 19, 1991|publisher=Louisiana Secretary of State|accessdate=September 28, 2014}}</ref> Barro subsequently defeated Fayard in the [[general election]].
+On October 19, 1991, Self ran as a [[Democratic Party|Democrat]] for the District 37 seat in the Louisiana State Senate, which encompasses Caddo and Bossier parishes. The position opened when [[Sydney B. Nelson]], also a Shreveport attorney, retired after three terms in the office. In the nonpartisan blanket primary, another Democrat, Gregory J. Barro of Shreveport, led the field with 11,224 votes (34 percent). [[Republican Party|Republican]] Ronald Bradford "Ron" Fayard (October 1, 1946 &ndash; March 7, 2011), a [[Mississippi]] native,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/shreveporttimes/obituary.aspx?n=ronald-bradford-fayard&pid=149165509&fhid=11119|title=Ronald Bradford Fayard obituary|publisher=''The Shreveport Times''|date=March 11, 2011|accessdate=March 11, 2011}}</ref> real estate broker, and civic leader<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.realproguide.com/USA/Louisiana/Bossier/Bossier-City/|title=Real Estate Guide Directory in Bossier City|publisher=realproguide.com|accessdate=April 24, 2010}}</ref> from Bossier City, trailed with 10,228 votes (31 percent). Self finished a strong third with 29 percent of the vote. A second Republican candidate, Shreveport attorney Leroy Havard Scott, Jr. (1922-2003), a former member of the Louisiana Republican State Central Committee, held the remaining 5.5 percent of the ballots cast.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://staticresults.sos.la.gov/10191991/10191991_Legislative.html|title=Louisiana election returns|date=October 19, 1991|publisher=Louisiana Secretary of State|accessdate=September 28, 2014}}</ref> Barro subsequently defeated Fayard in the [[general election]].
 ===Judicial record===

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 |children=Twin sons:<br>
 Lucas Hodgkins Self<br>
-William Parker "Will" Self<br>
+William Parker "Will" Self
 Parents:<br>
 Allen, Sr., and Bonnie Bryan Self

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 ==Background==
-Parker was the older of two sons of Allen P. Self, Sr. (1932-2019), and the former Bonnie Bryan. The senior Self was a long-term [[educator]] in Bossier Parish and an active leader in the First [[United Methodist]] Church of [[Bossier City]].
+Parker was the older of two sons of Allen P. Self, Sr. (1932-2019), and the former Bonnie Bryan. The senior Self graduated from East Texas Baptist University, was an [[educator]] for thirty-six years in Bossier Parish, and served in leadership positions in the First [[United Methodist]] Church of [[Bossier City]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/shreveporttimes/obituary.aspx?n=allen-parker-self&pid=192732013|title=Allen Parker Self|publisher=''The Shreveport Times''|accessdate=April 29, 2019}}</ref>
 <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/shreveporttimes/obituary.aspx?n=allen-parker-self&pid=192732013|title=Allen Parker Self|publisher=''The Shreveport Times''|accessdate=April 29, 2019}}</ref> Parker Self received his undergraduate degree summa cum laude in 1981 from [[Louisiana Tech University]] in [[Ruston, Louisiana|Ruston]]. In 1984, he procured his [[Juris Doctor]]ate from the Louisiana State University Law Center in [[Baton Rouge, Louisiana|Baton Rouge]].<ref name=jdc/> From 1984 to 2003, Self was engaged in the private practice of law.  His specialty fields are medical malpractice, nursing negligence, personal injury, and [[probate]], successions, and wills.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.martindale.com/benton/louisiana/allen-parker-self-jr-608677-a/|title=Judge Profile: Hon. Allen Parker Self, Jr.: Areas of practice|publisher=Martindale.com|accessdate=June 11, 2017}}</ref>
 He is a former chair of the Young Lawyer Section of Louisiana Bar Association and currently serves on the Bill of Rights section of that organization. Self is affiliated with the National Association for Court Management and the American Judges Association. He teaches at the North Louisiana Criminal Justice Academy in Plain Dealing in Bossier Parish.<ref name=jdc>{{cite web|url=http://www.26jdc.com/judges.html|title=Judge Parker Self|publisher=26jdc.com|accessdate=April 25, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.zoominfo.com/p/Parker-Self/360969271|title=Parker Self: Northwest Louisiana Criminal Justice Academy|publisher=Zoominfo.com|accessdate=June 11, 2017}}</ref>