Walter Ward Reynoldson[1] (May 17, 1920 – March 28, 2016) was an American lawyer and judge who served as Associate Justice and Chief Justice on the Iowa Supreme Court.
He was born in 1920 to Walter S. and Mable (Sallach) Reynoldson the family farm near St. Edward, Nebraska and had two sisters.
[4] After law school, he started practicing in Osceola from 1948 to 1971.
[3] He was appointed to be an Associate Justice in 1971 by Governor Robert D. Ray.
[3] In that role, he facilitated a pilot program to allow cameras in the courtroom.