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==Career==

==Career==

In 1969, Prestridge was appointed as the first assistant district attorney for Bossier and Webster parishes in the 26th Judicial District Court. He was elected  municipal judge of Bossier in 1973, when James L. Cathey, Jr. (1919-1996), became the new [[mayor]]. His tenure as judge focused on education and community development as well as justice. The obituary does not indicate when he left the judgeship. In 1975, Judge Prestridge was appointed by then [[Governor]] [[Edwin Edwards]] for a six-year term on the Louisiana Board of Regents for Higher Education. From 1977 to 1997, he was a member of the Caddo/Bossier Port Commission from 1977 to 1997. Another later Governor [[Kathleen Blanco]] named Prestridge in 2005 to the Red River Waterway Commission, and [[Republican Party|Republican]] [[Bobby Jindal]], Blanco's former opponent and successor as governor, renewed the appointment in 2009. From 1988 to 2010, Prestridge was coordinator of legal and government affairs for the LSU School of Medicine in Shreveport.<ref name=obit/>

In 1969, Prestridge was appointed as the first assistant district attorney for Bossier and Webster parishes in the 26th Judicial District Court. He was elected  municipal judge of Bossier in 1973, when James L. Cathey, Jr. (1919-1996), became the new [[mayor]]. His tenure as judge focused on education and community development as well as justice. The obituary does not indicate when he left the judgeship. In 1975, Judge Prestridge was appointed by then [[Governor]] [[Edwin Edwards]] for a six-year term on the Louisiana Board of Regents for Higher Education. From 1977 to 1997, he was a member of the Caddo/Bossier Port Commission from 1977 to 1997. Another later Governor [[Kathleen Blanco]] named Prestridge in 2005 to the Red River Waterway Commission, and [[Republican Party|Republican]] [[Bobby Jindal]], Blanco's former opponent and successor as governor, renewed the appointment in 2009.<ref name=obit/> On Prestridge's death, Democratic Governor [[John Bel Edwards]] refused to appoint Carolyn Craig Prator, the wife of [[Sheriff]] [[Steve Prator]] and the consensus choice to succeed Prestridge on the waterway commission. Edwards has been involved in a public dispute with Sheriff Prator over the scope and effectiveness of criminal justice reforms.

 

From 1988 to 2010, Prestridge was coordinator of legal and government affairs for the LSU School of Medicine in Shreveport.<ref name=obit/>

In 1978, Prestridge was an unsuccessful [[Democratic Party|Democratic]] candidate for Louisiana's 4th congressional district seat vacated after seventeen years by [[Joe Waggonner]]; victory went to Anthony Claude Leach, Jr., then of Leesville in Vernon Parish, who was himself unseated in 1980 by later Governor [[Buddy Roemer]].  

In 1978, Prestridge was an unsuccessful [[Democratic Party|Democratic]] candidate for Louisiana's 4th congressional district seat vacated after seventeen years by [[Joe Waggonner]]; victory went to Anthony Claude Leach, Jr., then of Leesville in Vernon Parish, who was himself unseated in 1980 by later Governor [[Buddy Roemer]].