Walter Herbert Rice (born May 27, 1937) is a senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Ohio.

Walter Herbert Rice
Chief Judge — U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio
Born 1937 in Pittsburgh, PA
FJC ID: 2001
- Gender
- Male
- Race
- White
Prior employment
Adjunct professor · 1976–present- Montgomery County [Ohio] Court of Common PleasJudge · 1971–1980
- Dayton [Ohio] Municipal CourtJudge · 1970–1971
- Private practice, Dayton, Ohio1963, 1966–1969
- Montgomery County, OhioAssistant county prosecutor · 1964–1966, 1969
- ↳first assistant · 1969
Appointments
1980–2004 · Appointed by Jimmy Carter (Democratic)
Education
J.D. · 1962- Columbia UniversityM.B.A. · 1962
- Northwestern UniversityB.A. · 1958