Thirty years in the law, two decades in public service.
Nelson Salvadora Legacion was born on March 1, 1968 in Buhi, Camarines Sur, to a farming and laundry-working family. He earned his AB in Philosophy from Saint Anthony Mary Claret College before completing his law degree at the University of Nueva Caceres, and was admitted to the Philippine Bar in 1995.
Before entering government, he practiced as a volunteer lawyer with SALIGAN Bicol, an alternative legal-aid group for the poor. He then began public service as Naga City's Legal Officer, appointed by then-Mayor Jesse Robredo, before being elected City Councilor, Vice Mayor, and later Mayor of Naga — a post he held from 2019 to 2025. In 2025 he was elected Representative of Camarines Sur's 3rd District, succeeding Gabriel Bordado.
He is married to Atty. Marion Eloisa Escueta-Legacion, and the couple has four children, several of whom have also entered the legal profession — a family the local press has come to call "a family of attorneys."
