Background
Legg, Benson Everett was born on June 8, 1947 in Baltimore. Son of William Mercer Legg and Beverly Bladen (Mann) Mason.
Legg, Benson Everett was born on June 8, 1947 in Baltimore. Son of William Mercer Legg and Beverly Bladen (Mann) Mason.
Princeton University (Bachelor of Arts, magna cum laude, 1970). University of Virginia (Juris Doctor, 1973). Order of the Coif. Member, Editorial Board, Virginia Law Review, 1972-1973.
Law Clerk to Judge Frank A. Kaufman, United States.
District Court, District of Maryland, 1973-1974.
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 United States. 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 Heriot-Watt University 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.
Board of directors Control Maryland. chapter American Red Cross, 1979-1988, past chapter general counsel. Mem.adv. board National Aquarium in Baltimore, since 1987. Trustee Baltimore Zoo.
Member American Bar Association (business torts litigation committee 1987), Maryland. State Bar Association, Inc.(chairman economics of litigation committee 1981-1982), Bar Association Baltimore City (vice chairman CLE committee 1986-1987, chairman 1987-1988, executive county 1987-1988, judiciary committee 1989-1990), The Serjeant's Inn Law Club, Order of Coif.
Married Kyle Prechtl Legg. Children: Jennifer, Charles, Matthew.