Washington, DC
Washington, DC
Leigh-Alexandra Basha focuses her practice on domestic and international tax and estate planning. She counsels an affluent international client base on a wide range of sophisticated matters, including estate and trust administration, family wealth preservation, foreign trust planning, 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.
Recognitions
- Best Lawyers in America, Tax Law, Trusts and Estates, 2012-2026
- Chambers High Net Worth, Band 1 in District of Columbia: Private Wealth Law and USA Nationwide: Private Wealth Law, Eastern Region, 2015-2025
- Who’s Who Legal 100, Private Client, 2014-2025
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Regional Markets
Community
- American Bar Association Section of Real Property, Trust & Estate – working group on Anti-Laundering/Counter-Terrorist Financing, member (2020-present)
- American College of Trust and Estate Counsel (ACTEC), Board of Regents Financial Action Task Force (FATF), delegate
- ACTEC International Estate Planning Committee, past chair; current member
Credentials
Education
- Georgetown University Law Center, LLM
- American University Washington College of Law, JD
- Georgetown University, AB
Admissions
- District of Columbia
- Maryland
- Virginia
Courts / Agencies
- Supreme Court of the United States
- US Tax Court
Languages
- Inglese
- Francese
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