Then-Acting Attorney General Matthew Whitaker appointed Francisco R. Prieto to begin hearing cases in March 2019. Judge Prieto earned a Bachelor of Business Administration in 1992 from Hofstra University and a Juris Doctor in 2000 from St. John’s University School of Law. From 2010 to 2019, he served as an assistant chief counsel with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), Department of Homeland Security (DHS), in New York, New York. From 2009 to 2010, he served as an assistant chief counsel ICE, in Miami, Florida. From 2007 to 2009, he served as an assistant attorney general at the New Mexico Attorney General’s Office, in Santa Fe, New Mexico. From 2006 to 2007, he served as an assistant district attorney with the First Judicial District Attorney’s Office, in Santa Fe. From 2004 to 2006, he was an examiner with AIG in New York, New York, and Jersey City, New Jersey. Judge Prieto is a member of the Florida Bar, State Bar of New Mexico and New York State Bar.

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