CrAIg Benson

Craig retired after more than two decades as a commercial litigator, during which he specialized in antitrust, product liability, and class action defense.  He also had an active pro bono practice in areas including LGBT rights, reproductive freedom, immigration, post-conviction relief, and landlord tenant rights, and continues to do pro bono legal work in the voting rights arena.  He was part of the legal team representing Edie Windsor in historic litigation that resulted in the Supreme Court declaring the Defense of Marriage Act unconstitutional.  Craig was a co-chair of the firm’s Professional Development & Training Committee, and a chair of his office’s Recruitment Committee. 

Craig is Trustee and former Board Chair for Levine Music, DC’s largest community music school. He is also a former Trustee of the Legal Aid Society of the District of Columbia, the District’s largest civil legal services organization. He has also served on the DC Leadership Committee of Lambda Legal, a national civil rights organization serving the LGBT population and those with HIV through impact litigation, education, and public policy work.