[1] He was a staff attorney of Polk County Legal Aid Society from 1973 to 1974, during which time his colleagues included future Senator Tom Harkin.
[1] His areas of practice included personal injury, workers' compensation, Social Security, federal indigent criminal defense, and union-side labor law.
He wrote in 1999 that "we [have] built a system that incarcerates our fellow citizens for inordinately long periods of time, wastes huge amounts of taxpayer dollars, ruins lives, and does not accomplish the stated purpose.
[3] He has also issued notable decisions upholding Iowa's campaign finance regulations and merit selection system for choosing state judges.
[9] On September 13, 2021, Pratt issued a temporary restraining order blocking Iowa House File 847, which prohibits local school districts from putting mask mandates in place.
This temporary restraining order allowed local school boards to pass their own mask mandates.