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Baskin practiced law for more than twenty-five years with the firm Legg, Saxe & Baskin.<ref name=alcalde/> From 1953 to 1958, he was a judge of the Midland Municipal Court,<ref name=cherald>{{cite web|url=http://boards.ancestry.com/localities.northam.usa.states.texas.counties.milam/8681/mb.ashx|title=Baskin, Pat McKinney, Judge|publisher=''Cameron Herald''|date=June 2, 2005|accessdate=July 29, 2014}}</ref> then known as a corporation court. In 1980, he was elected to the 142nd District Court, in which he served until 1992, when he did not seek reelection to a fourth term and was succeed by fellow Republican George D. "Jody" Gilles, who ran without opposition.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061108172637/http://elections.sos.state.tx.us/elchist.exe|title=General Election Returns|date=November 3, 1992 |publisher=Texas Secretary of State |accessdate=July 29, 2014}}</ref> Upon retirement, Baskin remained "senior judge" which entailed work as a visiting judge until shortly before his passing.<ref name=pmbaskin/>
Baskin practiced law for more than twenty-five years with the firm Legg, Saxe & Baskin.<ref name=alcalde/> From 1953 to 1958, he was a judge of the Midland Municipal Court,<ref name=cherald>{{cite web|url=http://boards.ancestry.com/localities.northam.usa.states.texas.counties.milam/8681/mb.ashx|title=Baskin, Pat McKinney, Judge|publisher=''Cameron Herald''|date=June 2, 2005|accessdate=July 29, 2014}}</ref> then known as a corporation court. In 1980, he was elected to the 142nd District Court, in which he served until 1992, when he did not seek reelection to a fourth term and was succeed by fellow Republican George D. "Jody" Gilles, who ran without opposition.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061108172637/http://elections.sos.state.tx.us/elchist.exe|title=General Election Returns|date=November 3, 1992 |publisher=Texas Secretary of State |accessdate=July 29, 2014}}</ref> Upon retirement, Baskin remained "senior judge" which entailed work as a visiting judge until shortly before his passing.<ref name=pmbaskin/>
Baskin was a long-term cast member on stage and a former president of the Midland Community Theatre productions. He acted in more than twenty plays and musicals. His last performance was in Neil Simon's ''The Sunshine Boys'', a rendition held in the old community theatre building. At the time ''The Sunshine Boys'' was the highest grossing play in the history of amateur theater in Midland.<ref name=pmbaskin/>
Baskin was a long-term cast member on stage and a former president of the Midland Community Theatre productions. He acted in more than twenty plays and musicals. His last performance was in Neil Simon's ''The Sunshine Boys'', a rendition held in the old community theatre building. At the time ''The Sunshine Boys'' was the highest grossing play in the history of amateur theater in Midland.<ref name=pmbaskin/>