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.[2] In 1980,Prado was appointed to serve as a Texas state district judge in Bexar County.[2] In 1981,President Ronald Reagan appointed Prado to serve as the United States Attorney for the Western District of Texas. He served as US Attorney until becoming a federal judge in March 1984.[2]
Prado was nominated on February 6,2003 by President George W. Bush to fill a vacancy on the Fifth Circuit created by Judge Robert Manley Parker,who retired on November 1,2002.[2] He was confirmed by the United States Senate on May 1,2003,just under three months after his nomination. Prado received his commission on May 5,2003.[2] He retired from the Fifth Circuit on April 2,2018,prior to taking office as U.S. ambassador to Argentina.[2]
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. 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 to 1993.
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. 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, St. 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).
On March 20, 2018, his nomination was reported out of committee.[8] His nomination was confirmed by voice vote on March 22, 2018.[4]
On May 8, 2018, Prado arrived in Argentina,[9] and presented his credentials to the President of Argentina, Mauricio Macri, allowing him to perform his duties as the 56th U.S. Ambassador to Argentina.[10] He left office on January 20, 2021.
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