Benson Everett Legg

Benson Everett Legg
Senior Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Maryland
In office
June 8, 2012  February 6, 2013
Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Maryland
In office
January 6, 2003  January 4, 2010
Preceded by Frederic N. Smalkin
Succeeded by Deborah K. Chasanow
Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Maryland
In office
September 16, 1991  June 8, 2012
Appointed by George H. W. Bush
Preceded by Paul V. Niemeyer
Succeeded by Paul W. Grimm
Personal details
Born (1947-06-08) June 8, 1947
Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.
Education Gilman School
Alma mater Princeton University
University of Virginia School of Law

Benson Everett Legg (born June 8, 1947) is a Senior United States federal judge.

Legg was born in Baltimore, Maryland. After receiving his education at the preparatory school Gilman School in Baltimore, graduating in the class of 1966, he earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from Princeton University in 1970. He went on to obtain a Juris Doctor from the University of Virginia School of Law in 1973 and was admitted to the Maryland bar the same year.

From 1973 to 1974, Legg was a law clerk to judge Frank A. Kaufman U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland and then practiced law privately in Baltimore from 1975 to 1991. On May 15, 1991, he was nominated by President George H.W. Bush to fill a seat in the United States District Court for the District of Maryland vacated by Paul V. Niemeyer. He was confirmed by the United States Senate on September 12, 1991, and received his commission on September 16, 1991. He served as chief judge from January 6, 2003 to January 4, 2010. He assumed senior status on June 8, 2012. He retired from active service on February 6, 2013.

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Preceded by
Paul V. Niemeyer
Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Maryland
1991–2012
Succeeded by
Paul W. Grimm
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