Richard Baskett

Rick Baskett is an Attorney and CPA. A graduate of both the business school and the law school at the University of Montana, he has worked in the tax department of Price Waterhouse (now PriceWaterhouseCoopers) in New York City and Baltimore, Maryland., as general counsel for Washington Corporations (now The Washington Companies), and for tax law firms in Baltimore and Washington, D.C. He has been adjunct lecturer of Partnership Taxation at the University of Montana School of Law, and has spoken at various continuing education courses on tax. In 1994, he established Baskett Law Office, emphasizing estate planning, probate, tax and business. On January 1, 2020, he merged his practice with Christian & Samson to form Christian, Samson & Baskett, PLLC. Rick is a Fellow of the American College of Trust & Estate Counsel and is listed as a Super Lawyer for the Rocky Mountain Region.

University of Montana School of Law

J.D. (1979) | Law

1976 - 1979

Activities: Montana Law Review

University of Montana - University of Montana-Missoula

B.S. (1976) | Accounting

1974 - 1976

Member - Attorney/CPA

Christian, Samson & Baskett, PLLC

2020 - Current

Attorney - CPA

Baskett Law Office

1994 - 2019

Attorney

Datsopoulos, MacDonald & Lind

1989 - 1993

Attorney

Sullivan & Baldassin

1987 - 1989

Attorney

Tucker, Flyer, Sanger & Lewise

1986 - 1987

Attorney

Wright & Parks

1984 - 1986

Senior Accountant

Price Waterhouse

1982 - 1984

General Counsel

Washington Corporations

1981 - 1982

Staff Accountant

Price Waterhouse

1979 - 1981

A Second Look at Living Trusts

State Bar of Montana

May, 2011

CPA

Montana Society of CPA's

Haswell Award

State Bar of Montana

2011

Best Article Published in Montana Lawyer Magazine

American College of Trust & Estate Counsel

2012 - Current

Activities: Estate and Gift Tax Committee; Business Planning Committee; Fiduciary Tax Committee

Montana Society of CPA's

1981 - Current

Montana State Bar  # 81

Member

1979 - Current

Montana

Since 1979