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Benson Legg

Prior offices:

United States District Court for the District of Maryland

Years in office: 2012 - 2013

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Years in office: 1991 - 2012

Education

Bachelor's

Princeton, 1970

Law

University of Virginia Law, 1973

Personal

Birthplace

Baltimore, MD

Benson Legg was anArticle III federal judge serving on senior status for theUnited States District Court for the District of Maryland. He joined the court in 1991 after being nominated by PresidentGeorge H.W. Bush. Legg was the Chief Judge of the Court from 2003 - 2010. Legg assumed senior status on June 8, 2012. He retired on February 6, 2013.^[1]

Early life and education

Born in Baltimore,Maryland, Legg graduated from Princeton University with his bachelor's degree in 1970 and later from the University of Virginia School of Law with his Juris Doctor degree in 1973.^[1]

Professional career

Legg was a law clerk for formerfederal judgeFrank Kaufman in theUnited States District Court for the District of Maryland from 1973 to 1974. Legg was a private practice attorney in Maryland from 1975 to 1991.^[1]

Judicial nominations and appointments

District of Maryland

Legg was nominated to theUnited States District Court for the District of Maryland by PresidentGeorge H.W. Bush on May 15, 1991 to a seat vacated byPaul Niemeyer as Niemeyer assumedsenior status. Legg was confirmed by the U.S. Senate on September 12, 1991 on a Senate vote and received commission onSeptember 16, 1991. Legg served as the Chief Judge of the Court between 2003^[2] and 2010. Legg assumed senior status on June 8, 2012.^[1]

Noteworthy cases

Predatory Lending:City of Baltimore v. Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.^[3]

Memo Denying Wells Fargo's Motion to Dismiss

Judge Legg denied a motion to dismiss a lawsuit filed by the City of Baltimore, Maryland in theUnited States District Court for the District of Maryland.^[4]

See also

• United States District Court for the District of Maryland

External links

• Judge Benson Legg Biography at the Federal Judicial Center(dead link)
• The Robing Room- Rate Judge Legg

Footnotes

v • e Federal judges who have served theUnited States District Court for the District of Maryland
Active judges	Chief Judge: George L. Russell, III  •  Julie Rubin  •  Theodore Chuang  •  Stephanie A. Gallagher  •  Lydia Kay Griggsby  •  Paula Xinis  •  Deborah Boardman  •  Matthew Maddox  •  Brendan Hurson  •  Adam Abelson
Senior judges	Richard Bennett (Maryland)  •  Catherine Blake  •  William M. Nickerson  •  Deborah Chasanow  •  Ellen Hollander  •  James Bredar  •
Magistrate judges	Charles Day  •  Susan Gauvey  •  Jillyn Schulze  •  Timothy J. Sullivan  •  C. Bruce Anderson  •  David Copperthite  •  Mark Coulson  •  Gina Simms  •
Former Article III judges	Alexander Williams  •  William Paca  •  James Winchester  •  James Houston  •  Theodorick Bland  •  Elias Glenn  •  Upton Scott Heath  •  John Glenn (Maryland)  •  William Fell Giles  •  Thomas John Morris  •  Paul Niemeyer  •  John Carter Rose (Maryland)  •  Benson Legg  •  Walter Black  •  Andre Davis  •  Marvin Garbis  •  Alex Harvey  •  William Quarles  •  Roger Titus  •  Peter Messitte  •  Joseph Young (Maryland)  •  Morris Ames Soper  •  William Caldwell Coleman  •  William Calvin Chesnut  •  Joseph Clemens Howard  •  Harrison Winter  •  Charles Blair  •  John Hargrove  •  Shirley Jones  •  Frank Kaufman  •  James Rogers Miller Jr. (Federal judge)  •  Herbert Murray  •  Edward Northrop  •  Norman Ramsey  •  Roszel Thomsen  •  Robert Watkins  •  Frederic Smalkin  •  Paul Grimm  •  George Jarrod Hazel  •
Former Chief judges	Benson Legg  •  Catherine Blake  •  Walter Black  •  Alex Harvey  •  Frederick Motz  •  William Caldwell Coleman  •  Frank Kaufman  •  Edward Northrop  •  Roszel Thomsen  •  Robert Watkins  •  Frederic Smalkin  •  James Bredar  •

v • e Federal judges nominated byGeorge H.W. Bush
1989	Barksdale •Bonner •Buckwalter •Cyr •Fernandez •Garbis •Harmon •Lee •Lindberg •Lodge •Nelson •Nottingham •Plager •Rosen •Rymer •Smith •Spatt •Thomas •VanBebber •J. Walker •V. Walker •Wiener •Wright
1990	Alito •Amon •Birch •Boudin •Cleland •Clevenger •Dubina •Hamilton •Henderson •Hood •Hornby •Jones •Kent •Levi •Loken •Lourie •Martin •McBryde •McClure •McKenna •McLaughlin •McNamee •Moreno •Mullen •Nelson •Nickerson •Niemeyer •Norton •Parker •Pickering •Rader •Rainey •Randolph •Shanstrom •Shedd •Shubb •Singleton •Skretny •Souter •Sparr •Stahl •Stamp •Suhrheinrich •Taylor •Vollmer •Ware •Wilson
1991	Albritton •Andersen •Armstrong •Arnold •Bartle •Bassler •Batchelder •Beckwith •Belot •Benson •Blackburn •Bramlette •Brody •Brody •Burrell •Carnes •Caulfield •Cauthron •Clement •Collier •Conway •Cooper •Dalzell •DeMent •DeMoss •Doherty •Echols •Edmunds •Faber •Freeh •Gaitan •Garza •Graham •Haik •Hamilton •Hansen •Hendren •Herlong •Highsmith •Hogan •Huff •Hurley •Irenas •Johnson •Joyner •Kelly •Kleinfeld •Legg •Leonard •Lewis •Longstaff •Lungstrum •Luttig •Matia •McCalla •McDade •McKeague •McKelvie •Means •Merryday •Moore •Morgan •Nielsen •Nimmons •Osteen Sr. •Padova •Payne •Reinhard •Robinson •Robreno •Roll •Roth •Schlesinger •Scullin •Siler •Solis •Sotomayor •Sparks •Stohr •Thomas •Traxler •Trimble •Ungaro •Van Sickle •Wanger •Werlein •Whyte • Yohn
1992	Baird •Barbadoro •Black •Boudin •Carnes •Covello •DiClerico •Gilbert •Gonzalez •Gorton •Hansen •Heyburn •Jackson •Jacobs •Keeley •Kendall •Kopf •Kyle •Lewis •McAuliffe •McLaughlin •Melloy •Preska •Quist •Randa •Rosenthal •Rovner •Schall •Sedwick •Simandle •Stahl •Vratil •Williams