Frederick Pfarr Stamp Jr. (born July 24, 1934) is an inactive Senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of West Virginia.
Frederick Pfarr Stamp Jr.
West Virginia Northern District Court
Chief Judge — U.S. District Court for the Northern District of West Virginia
Born 1934 in Wheeling, WV
FJC ID: 2270
Career output and lasting influence
Opinions attributed per year · peak 4/year
Later decisions citing those opinions, per year · peak 15/year
West Virginia Northern District Court · 1990–2006
Both charts share the same year axis. Opinion counts include only opinions in our corpus attributed to this judge so far — a year at zero can mean an attribution gap, not judicial silence. Influence typically outlasts the career: citations keep climbing after the last opinion.
- Gender
- Male
- Race
- White
Prior employment
- Private practice, Wheeling, West Virginia1960–1990
U.S. Army Reserve first lieutenant1960–1967
U.S. Army private1959–1960
Appointments
1990–2006 · Appointed by George H.W. Bush (Republican)
Education

- University of Richmond T.C. Williams School of Law (now University of Richmond School of Law)LL.B. · 1959
- Washington and Lee UniversityB.A. · 1956