Background
Prado was born in San Antonio, Texas on June 7, 1947. He graduated from the University of Texas at Austin in May 1969 and received his Juris Doctor (J.D.) degree in 1972 from The University of Texas School of Law.
Prado served as an Assistant District Attorney in the Bexar County District Attorney’s Office. Thereafter, in 1976 he served in the Federal Public Defender’s Office in the Western District of Texas as an Assistant Public Defender. In 1980, Judge Prado was appointed to serve as a Texas state District Judge in Bexar County, Texas. In 1981, President Ronald Reagan appointed Judge Prado to serve as the United States Attorney for the Western District of Texas.
In 1984, Reagan appointed Prado to the United States District Court for the Western District of Texas. He remained on that court until he was elevated to his current position.
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