Norman P. Ramsey

Norman Park Ramsey (September 1, 1922 – June 15, 1993) was a United States federal judge.

Born in Fairchance, Pennsylvania, Ramsey served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II, from 1943 to 1946, achieving the rank of First Lieutenant. He received an LL.B. from the University of Maryland School of Law in 1947. He was a law clerk, Hon. William Calvin Chesnut of the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland from 1946 to 1947. He was an assistant U.S. Attorney of the District of Maryland from 1947 to 1950, entering private practice in Baltimore, Maryland from 1950 to 1955, and then serving as a deputy state attorney general of Maryland from 1955 to 1957. He returned to private practice in Baltimore, Maryland from 1957 to 1980.

On July 25, 1980, Ramsey was nominated by President Jimmy Carter to a seat on the United States District Court for the District of Maryland vacated by Charles Stanley Blair. Ramsey was confirmed by the United States Senate on September 29, 1980, and received his commission on September 30, 1980. He assumed senior status on November 1, 1991, serving in that capacity until his retirement, on September 30, 1992. He then returned to private practice, until his death, in Baltimore, Maryland.