Legrome D. Davis

Legrome Derek Davis (born 1952) is an inactive senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. Davis attended Princeton University and then Rutgers Law School. Most of his career as an attorney was spent in the office of the District Attorney of Philadelphia.

In 1987, Pennsylvania Governor Robert P. Casey Sr. nominated Davis to fill a position as a judge on Philadelphia's Court of Common Pleas, in Pennsylvania's First Judicial District, after a number of judges had lost their positions in a corruption scandal. Davis, among other Casey nominees, was chosen without consultation with Democratic Party leaders and his nomination was rejected in Pennsylvania's State Senate. Davis and four others, known as the "Casey Five", successfully ran for the Philadelphia judgeships later in 1987 with some significant endorsements, but with opposition from the city's Democratic party.

In 1998 and 1999, Davis was nominated by President Bill Clinton to serve as a district court judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. Although supported by Pennsylvania Senators Rick Santorum and Arlen Specter, both Republicans, Davis was not appointed in either of those instances. In 2002, again with the support of Specter and Santorum, Davis was nominated to the same federal judgeship by President George W. Bush, and was appointed as a United States district judge. He retired in 2017, and became a senior judge.

During his judicial career, Davis, a Democrat, was supported by both Democratic leaders (such as Clinton, Casey, Ed Rendell, and Wilson Goode) and Republican leaders (such as Bush, Santorum, Spector, and Ronald D. Castille). He was also viewed favorably as a judge by both prosecuting and defense attorneys.