Walter Herbert Rice

Walter Herbert Rice
Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Ohio
In office May 23, 1980 – November 30, 2004
Appointed by	Jimmy Carter
Preceded by	Timothy Sylvester Hogan
Succeeded by	Michael Ryan Barrett
Personal details
Born	1937 (age 79–80) Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Alma mater	Northwestern University (B.A.) Columbia University (J.D./M.B.A.)

Walter Herbert Rice (born 1937) is a Senior District Judge for the United States District Court for the Southern District of Ohio.

Rice was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He received a Bachelor of Arts from Northwestern University in 1958, and a joint J.D./M.B.A. degree from Columbia University in 1962.

Rice was in private practice in Dayton, Ohio in 1963 before serving as assistant county prosecutor of Montgomery County from 1964 to 1966. Rice resumed private practice in Dayton from 1966 to 1969 and was first assistant county prosecutor of Montgomery County in 1969.

Rice was a judge to the Dayton Municipal Court from 1970 to 1971. He was a judge of the Montgomery County Court of Common Pleas from 1971 to 1980.

President Jimmy Carter nominated Rice to the United States District Court for the Southern District of Ohio on April 14, 1980, to the seat vacated by Timothy S. Hogan. Confirmed by the Senate on May 21, 1980, and received his commission two days later. Rice served as chief judge from 1996 and 2003 before assuming senior status on November 30, 2004.

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