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Leigh-Alexandra Basha
About Leigh-Alexandra
Biography
Leigh-Alexandra Basha focuses her practice on domestic and international estate and tax planning. She counsels an affluent international client base on a wide range of sophisticated matters, including estate and trust administration, family wealth preservation, tax compliance, as well as business succession, expatriation and pre-immigration planning. Leigh is head of the Firm's Washington, DC, Private Client Practice Group.
Leigh is an adjunct professor of wills, trusts and estates at American University Washington College of Law. She lectures and has written extensively about international estate and tax planning issues, and is editor of A Guide to International Estate Planning: Drafting, Compliance, and Administration Strategies, Second Edition.
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Licensed in District of Columbia for 39 years
State: District of Columbia
Acquired: 1986
No misconduct found
Licensed in Maryland for 39 years
State: Maryland
Acquired: 1986
No misconduct found
Licensed in Virginia for 40 years
State: Virginia
Acquired: 1985
No misconduct found
Location
McDermott Will & Emery
500 North Capitol Street NW, Washington, DC, 20001
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Experience
Honors
2016
AV Preeminent Rated, Martindale-Hubbell
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Women in the Law Leadership Award, American University Washington College of Law
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Northeast Region, Chambers & Partners USA Guide
Work Experience
2015 - Present
Partner, McDermott Will & Emery
2005 - 2015
Partner, Holland & Knight
Associations
American College of Trust and Estate Counsel
International Academy of Estate and Trust Law
International Bar Association
Council LPD
International Bar Association
Chair, Individual Tax and Private Client Committee
2013 - 2016
STEP Mid Atlantic BranchChair
2012 - 2014
American Bar AssociationGroup Chair, Income and Transfer Tax Planning Group
Education
1989
Georgetown University Law Center
LLM
1985
American University Washington College of Law
JD - Juris Doctor
1982
Georgetown University
BA - Bachelor of Arts
1980
New York University
Speaking Engagements
2016
International Academy of Estate and Trust Law- Sydney
U.S Current Developtments
2016
ALI CLE Estates of High Net Worth Individuals
Advising Wealthy U.S. Families Who Own Foreign Property
Languages
English