Leigh-Alexandra "Leigh" Basha
Recognized since 2012
Washington, District of Columbia
Tax Law
Trusts and Estates
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.
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- The McDermott Building
500 North Capitol Street, NW
Washington, DC 20001-1531
- French
- Georgetown University, LL.M
- Georgetown University, AB
- Virginia, Virginia State Bar
- District of Columbia, The District of Columbia Bar
- Maryland, Maryland State Bar Association
- American Bar Association - Member
- American College of Trust and Estate Counsel - Fellow
- American University Washington College of Law - Dean's Advisory Council
- International Academy of Estate and Trust Law - Executive Council
- International Bar Association - Member
- Northern Virginia Estate Planning Council - Member
McDermott Will & Emery
215 The Best Lawyers in America® awards
127 Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch® in America awards
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- Tax Law
- Trusts and Estates
- Service of the Year Award Finalist, Fairfax County Chamber of Commerce
- Outstanding Performance by a Speaker, International Bar Association, London
- Martindale-Hubbell AV Preeminent Peer Review Rated
- Virginia Super Lawyers magazine, 2006-2013
- Washington, D.C. Super Lawyers magazine, 2007-2013
- Best Lawyer, Washingtonian Magazine, Trust and Estates, 2011, 2013
- Leading Lawyer, The Washingtonian, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2013
- Women and the Law Leadership Award, American University Washington College of Law, 2011
- Guide to the World's Leading Trusts and Estates Practitioners, Legal Media Group's Expert Guides, 2011
- Guide to the World's Leading Women in Business Law, Trusts and Estates, Legal Media Group's Expert Guides, 2013
- Citywealth Leaders List, 2009-2013
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