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Walter Herbert Rice
Judge, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio. Senior status since November 30, 2004.
Confirmed by voice voteConfirmed from the official record
- Appointed by
- Jimmy Carter
- Nominated
- April 14, 1980
- Senate Judiciary Committee hearing
- May 1, 1980
- Committee action
- Reported (favorably), May 20, 1980
- Senate vote
- Voice vote, no count printed
- Confirmed
- May 21, 1980
- Commissioned
- May 23, 1980
- Senior status
- Since November 30, 2004
- American Bar Association rating
- Well Qualified
Born 1937, as the Federal Judicial Center prints it.
Source: Federal Judicial Center, Biographical Directory of Article III Federal Judges · This judge’s entry. Our copy saved October 16, 2026, fingerprint 92b677f26553b479.
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Career, as the Federal Judicial Center prints it
- Private practice, Dayton, Ohio, 1963, 1966-1969
- Assistant county prosecutor, Montgomery County, Ohio, 1964-1966, 1969; first assistant, 1969
- Judge, Dayton [Ohio] Municipal Court, 1970-1971
- Judge, Montgomery County [Ohio] Court of Common Pleas, 1971-1980
- Adjunct professor, University of Dayton Law School, 1976-
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