[2] From 1994 to 2000, Gonzalez worked as an assistant district attorney in Bexar County in San Antonio, Texas.

From 2023 to 2024, Gonzalez served as a senior attorney advisor in the U.S. Department of Justice's Criminal Division, Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs Section.

President Biden nominated Gonzalez to the seat vacated by Judge Frank Montalvo, who assumed senior status on December 1, 2022.

Moses denied a personal motive and said she wanted Gonzalez to avoid a conflict of interest with his brother.

Gonzalez's brother is a supervisor in the El Paso division of the US Attorney's Office for the Western District of Texas.