Edward C. Prado
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Edward C. Prado (b. June 7, 1947 in San Antonio, Texas) is currently a judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. 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 Assistant Public Defender. In 1980, Judge Prado was appointed to serve as State District Judge in Bexar County, Texas. In 1981, President Reagan appointed Judge Prado to serve as United States Attorney for the Western District of Texas.
He served as United States District Judge for the Western District of Texas, having been appointed by President Reagan in 1984. He remained on that court until he was elevated to his current position in 2003 by President George W. Bush.
Judge Prado has been a leader in numerous bar associations and law-related organizations. He has been a member of the Texas and San Antonio Bar Associations since 1972, including service as a President, and later Director and Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the San Antonio Bar Foundation. Judge Prado serves on the Texas State Bar Crime Victims Committee, and was appointed by Chief Justice Rehnquist to serve as the Chairman of the Criminal Justice Act Review Committee, from 1991-1993.
Judge Prado also has been actively involved in community and charitable affairs as a member in community organizations such as: St. Mark’s Catholic Church, the Witte Museum Community Advisory Committee, the Philosophical Society of Texas, the Rotary Club of San Antonio and Leadership San Antonio. Judge Prado has reached out to children in the San Antonio community by conducting events in his courtroom as an introduction to the law.
He has received many honors and awards, including the following: St. Thomas More Award, Saint Mary’s University School of Law (2000); Outstanding Alumnus, San Antonio College (1989); LULAC State Award for Excellence (1981); Edgewood I.S.D. Hall of Fame (1981); Achievement Award, U.S. Attorney General (1980); Outstanding Young Lawyer of San Antonio (1980); and Outstanding Federal Public Defender, Western District of Texas (1978).
Prado has been mentioned as a potential nominee to the Supreme Court during the George W. Bush presidency.
