Hon. David E. Rice

David E. Rice is a U.S. Bankruptcy Judge for the District of Maryland in Baltimore, appointed on April 1, 2011. Prior to his appointment, he was a partner in the Baltimore office of Venable LLP, where his practice focused on bankruptcy and creditors' rights issues. He also served as a chapter 7 trustee in the District of Maryland from 1997-2011. Judge Rice is admitted to practice in Maryland, New York and the District of Columbia, and has lectured on a number of bankruptcy and commercial law topics for a variety of regional and national organizations. He has been a faculty member for the Advanced Bankruptcy Institute sponsored by the Maryland State Bar Association, the Mid-Atlantic Institute on Bankruptcy and Reorganization sponsored by Virginia CLE, ABI's Mid-Atlantic Bankruptcy Workshop, and various programs sponsored by the Bankruptcy Bar Association for the District of Maryland and by the Pro Bono Resource Center of Maryland. He is a member of the National Conference of Bankruptcy Judges, ABI and the Bankruptcy Bar Association for the District of Maryland. Judge Rice received his B.A. in 1973 from the University of Pennsylvania and his J.D. in 1980 from the University of Baltimore School of Law, where he served as the editor-in-chief of the University of Baltimore Law Review.