Warren A. Perrin, lawyer and author of six books, was born near Erath and lives in Lafayette, Louisiana. He holds a Juris Doctorate degree from Louisiana State University School of Law. As an undergraduate, he was captain of the weightlifting team at the University of Southwestern Louisiana (now University of Louisiana at Lafayette). From 1994-2010, he was president of CODOFIL and an adjunct professor at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette. Perrin is also the founder and cultural director of the Acadian Museum in Erath, Louisiana, and an advocate for human rights.

A proud Cajun, Mr. Perrin is very well known for starting a petition to get an apology from Queen Elizabeth II for the Acadian Deportation. Beginning in 1988, Perrin threatened to sue the Queen if the British government did not acknowledge the illegal expulsion of the French-speaking Acadians from Nova Scotia beginning in 1755. On December 9, 2003, a Royal Proclamation acknowledging England’s wrongdoings was signed.