The Hon. Preston A. Pratt is a judge for the 17th Judicial District Court of Kansas. He was appointed to the bench by former Governor Sam Brownback on June 9, 2011.
The 17th Judicial District includes Decatur, Graham, Norton, Osborne, Phillips, and Smith Counties.
During his judicial tenure, Pratt served as Chief Judge of the 17th Judicial District and was later appointed by the Kansas Supreme Court to serve as a member of the Kansas Board of Examiners of Court Reporters in 2020.
He received a bachelor’s degree from the University of Kansas. Pratt then completed a J.D. at the University of Kansas School of Law in 1993.