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Ronald D. Bassey specializes in estate planning and corporate sales and acquisitions. As both an attorney and a CPA, his 35 years of experience in complex corporate and estate tax matters gives his clients a decided edge in the legal arena.
Mr. Bassey received his Juris Doctorate from Harvard Law School and his Bachelor of Business Administration from the University of Michigan, with a major in Accounting.
Prior to joining the Firm, he spent eight years working in the area of taxation, leaving Touche Ross & Co., CPAs, as Tax Manager. He has taught seminars of the Michigan Association of CPAs, the Institute of Continuing Legal Education of the Michigan State Bar and has spoken extensively on topics dealing with taxation before conferences of the American Bar Association Tax Section, and accounting, banking, and insurance organizations. He has also published articles on taxation in the Journal of Taxation, Michigan State Bar Journal, the Michigan CPA, the professional journal of the Michigan State Bar Taxation Section, and other publications.
Mr. Bassey is a member and an active contributor to the professional activities of the American Bar Association, the American Institute of CPAs, including its Board of Examiners, Business Law Subcommittee and the Michigan Association of CPAs. He is also a member and has served as a director of the Financial and Estate Planning Council of Metropolitan Detroit, a member of the Economic Club of Detroit and its reception (chairman) and advisory committees and has served as an officer and director of the Harvard Club of Eastern Michigan and is a director of the Small Business Council of America. Mr. Bassey has served on the Royal Oak Township Housing Commission and was formerly associated with the National Labor Relations
Ronald D. Bassey is listed in Martindale-Hubbell’s Bar Register of Pre-Eminent Lawyers comprised of select firms and attorneys who have earned the AV Peer Review Rating. An AV rating shows that a lawyer has reached the height of professional excellence. He or she has usually practiced law for many years, and is recognized for the highest levels of skill and integrity.
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Ronald D. Bassey
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248-355-5000
Born:
Detroit, Michigan, 1939
Education: University of Michigan, B.B.A., 1961, Harvard University, J.D., 1964
Practice Areas :
Taxation; Estate Planning; Mergers and Acquisitions; Probate; Trusts and Estates; Business Law; Real Estate; Employee Benefits; Charitable Giving; Limited Liability Companies; Partnerships
Membership:
Detroit, Southfield and American (Member: Committee on Closely Held Corporations, Taxation Section, 1977-1978; Subcommittee on Cafeteria Plans of Committee on Personal Service Organization, 1981-; Committee on Federal Taxation Real Estate Transactions, Real Property, Probate and Trust Law Section, 1977-1982; Member, Sections on: Corporations, Banking and Business Law; Economics of Law Practice) Bar Association; State Bar of Michigan (Member, Taxation Section); American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (Member, Business Law Subcommittee of Board of Examiners, 1981-1983); Michigan Association of Certified Public Accountants (Member, State Taxation Committee, 1969-); Metropolitan Detroit Financial and Estate Planning Council.
Admissions:
1965, Michigan
