Walter Melville French (January 1874 – September 13, 1930) was an American attorney who served as a Washington State Supreme Court Justice from 1927 to 1930.
Walter French was born in Branch, Michigan, to Ezekial Inman French, a produce dealer, and Martha Mattie Mitchell.
In 1896, French graduated from Hillsdale College[1] and, in 1901, the inaugural class of the University of Washington School of Law (along with classmates Walter B. Beals and Vivian Carkeek).
In 1912, French was elected to the Kitsap County Superior Court.
In November 1926, French, now residing in Tacoma, won election to the Supreme Court.