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As Congressman McKinley often says, “Judge Stamp is humble by nature and humble to the extreme. . . . He would never have sought this recognition but he has earned it over and over again. It was his peers who wanted this recognition for him.” During his tenure, Judge Stamp had overseen several upgrades to the courthouse, including a 16,500 square foot addition in 1999 that added a magistrate judge’s courtroom, a bankruptcy courtroom, two jury rooms, and separate circulation for court staff and detention facilities with secure circulation space for the U.S. Marshals Service. The original courtroom was restored to its original design. A later addition restored the building’s original symmetry and connected all parts of the building by a central four-story atrium with glass bridges providing access between the two sections of the building. The entire building evokes a beautiful openness of the courts to the public and is the gem of downtown Wheeling. A wonderful celebration of the renaming took place on September 2, 2022. In attendance, among others, were members and staff of the federal judiciary of West Virginia and the Fourth Circuit, United States Attorneys past and present, members of the West Virginia state judiciary, State Bar and College of Law dignitaries, and Judge Stamp’s family. So many lawyers and other admirers of Judge Stamp attended that multiple spillover rooms were used to livestream the celebration. The Honorable Robert B. King (ACTL Judicial Fellow, inducted 1996) presented a resolution on behalf of the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals, signed by all fourteen active judges, congratulating Judge Stamp and recognizing that his “scholarship, wisdom, compassion, selfless service, humility, and tireless devotion to duty and community have made him an outstanding jurist in the Fourth Circuit.” District Judge John Preston Bailey, who was appointed to replace Judge Stamp when he assumed Senior Status, recognized Judge Stamp for important behind-the-scenes work he has done. He started a training program for federal law clerks – not just those in West Virginia but for all law clerks in the Fourth Circuit. Judge Stamp founded the Judicial Scholars program that selects students from all over West Virginia’s northern panhandle to attend court numerous times and learn about the legal system. When Judge Bailey first came to work at the courthouse, he asked if there was a nonpublic passageway from his chambers to Judge Stamp’s. “Lucky for me, there was,” he admitted. He frequently sought Judge Stamp’s help and received it with patient guidance and co-analysis. As Judge Bailey remarked, “you have no idea what it means to a new judge like me to be treated as an equal by someone of Judge Stamp’s stature.” Thomas E. Johnston, Chief District Judge for the Southern District of West Virginia, spoke at the celebration on behalf of thirty-one attorneys who had the privilege of clerking for Judge Stamp. He conveyed gratitude from SUMMER 2023 JOURNAL 78