William Maxwell Baskin Sr.

Background

Sr., William Maxwell Baskin was born on August 12, 1921 in Birmingham, Alabama, United States. Son of Joel L. and Edith Mae (Eichenberger) B.

Education

Associate of Arts, 1948; AB, George Washington University, 1948; Bachelor of Laws, George Washington University, 1950.

Career

Substitute judge, Municipal Court, Falls Church, Virginia, 1950-1953; city attorney, Falls Church, 1953-1957; partner, Baskin, Baskin & Jackson, Falls Church, 1950-1992; retired, 1992. Commissioner in chancery circuit court Fairfax County, Virginia, 1955-1987. Board directors 1st Virginia Bank, Falls Church, director, 1969-1996.

Achievements

• Bar: Virginia 1950, United States District Court (eastern district) Virginia 1951, Supreme Court of the United States Court 1955.

Membership

Trustee Virginia Intremont College, 1971-1976. Board directors Child Devel Center, Falls Church, 1962-1963, United Cerebral Palsy of Northern Virginia, 1962, president 1963. Served to captain United States Marine Corps, 1942-1946.

Fellow Virginia Bar Law Foundation (charter). Member American Bar Association, Virginia Bar Association, Virginia State Bar (president 1979-1980), Fairfax County Bar Association (president 1966-1967), Am.Judicature Society, Washington Golf and Country Club, Lions (president 1961-1962).

Interests

• Avocations: tennis, golf, traveling.

Connections

Married Betty Jane Jones, May 25, 1947. Children: William Maxwell Junior, Becky Lee Warner.

Father:

Joel L. B.

Mother:

Edith Mae (Eichenberger) B.

Spouse:

Betty Jane Jones

child:

William Maxwell Junior Sr.

child:

Becky Lee Warner Sr.