Edward C. Prado
| Edward Charles Prado | |
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| Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit | |
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Assumed office May 5, 2003 |
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| Appointed by | George W. Bush |
| Preceded by | Robert Manley Parker |
| Judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Texas | |
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In office March 30, 1984 – May 13, 2003 |
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| Appointed by | Ronald Reagan |
| Preceded by | Clyde Frederick Shannon Jr. |
| Succeeded by | Xavier Rodriguez |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
Edward Charles Prado June 7, 1947 San Antonio, Texas |
| Education |
San Antonio College A.A. University of Texas at Austin B.A. University of Texas School of Law J.D. |
Edward Charles Prado (born June 7, 1947) is a United States Circuit Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit.
Prado was born in San Antonio, Texas on June 7, 1947. H received an Associate of Arts degree from San Antonio College. He received a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Texas at Austin in May 1969 and received his Juris Doctor (J.D.) in 1972 from 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. 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.
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 outright from the federal bench on November 1, 2002 to return to private law practice. He was confirmed by the United States Senate on May 1, 2003, just under three months after his nomination. Prado was the second judge nominated to the Fifth Circuit by Bush and confirmed by the Senate.
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