Background
Bensinger, Carl Joseph was born on May 19, 1935 in Baden, Germany. Son of Fred and Judith (Schloessinger) Bensinger.
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Carl Joseph BENSINGER
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Education
Northwestern University and University of Louisville (Bachelor of Arts, 1956). University of Louisville (Juris Doctor, 1958). Phi Alpha Delta; Phi Kappa Phi.
Phi Eta Sigma.
Law Clerk to Judge Brady Stewart, Kentucky Court of Appeals, 1958. Probate Commissioner, Jefferson County, 1970-1977. Secretary-Counselor, Kentucky Real Estate Commission, 1973-1975.
Career
Admitted to the bar, 1958, Kentucky and United States. District Court, Western District of Kentucky. 1972, United States. Supreme Court.
1977, United States.
Tax Court. 1986, United States. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit. Phi Alpha Delta; Phi Kappa Phi.
Phi Eta Sigma.
Listed in, Who"s Who in American Law, 1983. Law Clerk to Judge Brady Stewart, Kentucky Court of Appeals, 1958. Probate Commissioner, Jefferson County, 1970-1977.
Secretary-Counselor, Kentucky Real Estate Commission, 1973-1975.
Member, Board of Governors, Kentucky Academy of Trial Attorneys. Appointed by Governor Brereton Jones, Jefferson Community College Advisory Board, 1994.
Elected, Board of Governors, International Association of Jewish Lawyers and Jurists, 1992. Chairman, Jefferson County Improvement District.
Special Justice, Kentucky Supreme Court.
Council, Kentucky Transportation Cabinet. Member: Louisville, Kentucky and American Bar Associations. American Trial Lawyers Association.
Military: Office of Staff Judge Advocate, United States.
Army, 1958-1959.
Achievements
Membership
Member executive committee Jefferson County Democratic Party, 1968—1976, since 1980. President East End Democratic Club, 1977—1978. Board directors National Conference of Christians and Jews, 1974—1980.
Regional board directors Anti-Defamation League, since 1969, chairman chapter, 1983. Commissioner Jefferson County Human Relations Committee, 1978—1980, Jefferson County Crime Commission, 1982—1983. Member of American Bar Association, Kentucky Bar Association, Louisville Bar Association, B'nai B'rith Club (Warden), Masons, Phi Eta Sigma, Phi Kappa Phi, hi Alpha Delta.
