Dorsey Baskin CPA
Grant Thornton
Dorsey, a partner in Grant Thornton’s National Office since 2002, is located in Dallas, Texas. He is involved on a national basis on technical and client support matters. In this role he is directly accessible to engagement teams and available to clients as needed to effectively and timely address matters as they arise. Dorsey came to Grant Thornton after spending over 25 years with Arthur Andersen in a variety of positions, most recently in Chicago as the Managing Director of their Assurance Professional Standards Group. In that capacity he was responsible for maintaining firm-wide policy manuals and practice aids related to their global audit and other attest services and consulting on engagement matters related to firm policies and compliance with professional audit and attest standards. Prior to that, he spent 10 years in Washington, D.C. as the National Technical Director for Depository Institutions, which included acting as the firm’s liaison with the bank and thrift regulatory agencies. Dorsey has served on several AICPA committees and task forces, including as Chairman of the AICPA Thrift Committee and member of the combined Bank and Savings Institutions Committee. He was a member of task forces related to FDICIA Implementation, Trade Date versus Settlement Date, Accounting for ADC Loans, Other Than Temporary Impairment, SAB 99 (Materiality). He was chairman of the task force that produced SOP 03-3, Accounting for Certain Loans or Debt Securities Acquired in a Transfer.
Professional qualifications and memberships:
• Co-editor of Current Issues in Auditing (a AAA Journal)
• Board Chairman and Member of Executive Committee: Dallas Summer Musicals
• Member of editorial board: Accounting Research Manager
• Member of the board: Grant Thornton Foundation Education Dorsey graduated from Texas A&M University with an MBA (Accounting) in 1977 and a BA (Physics) 1975.