Background
Basseches, Robert Treinis was born on January 24, 1934 in New York City. Son of Jacob Thomas and Paula (Treinis) Basseches.
Basseches, Robert Treinis was born on January 24, 1934 in New York City. Son of Jacob Thomas and Paula (Treinis) Basseches.
Amherst College (Bachelor of Arts, 1955). Yale Law School (Bachelor of Laws, 1958).
Worked at Shea & Gardner (Washington, District of Columbia) specializing in General Practice. Admitted to the bar, 1959, New New York 1962, District of Columbia.
Order of the Coif.
Phi Beta Kappa. Comment Editor, Yale Law Journal, 1958. Law Clerk: Judge David L. Bazelon, United States.
Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit. 1958-1959; Justice Hugo L. Black, United States.
Supreme Court, 1959. Member: The District of Columbia Bar.
Maritime Administrative Bar Association (President, 1969-1971). Shea & Gardner was founded in Washington, District of Columbia, in 1947 by two former high-ranking government lawyers. The firm, which now has 38 partners, is engaged in general civil and criminal litigation in the federal and state courts across the United States, rulemaking and adjudicative proceedings before administrative agencies, domestic and international corporate advice and transactions, legal counseling, commercial and labor negotiations, arbitration and mediation, and legislative representation.
The firm is nationally known for the quality of its lawyers, its responsive and efficient approach to the needs of its clients, and the results it achieves for clients with difficult problems.
Trustee Green Acres School, Rockville, Maryland., 1971-1976, president, chairman of the board of trustees, 1973-1975. President Chevy Chase (Maryland.) Village Citizens Association, 1976. Member Maritime Administrative Bar Association (president 1969-1971, secretary 1967-1969), PhiBeta Kappa.
Married Harriet Itkin, July 6, 1958. Children: K.B., Joshua, Jessica.