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Award
received November 2010 |
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Dennis I. Belcher
McGuireWoods LLPDennis I. Belcher practices in
the areas of estate and business planning, estate and trust
administration, charitable planning, and fiduciary litigation
with the firm of McGuireWoods LLP in Richmond, Virginia.
He is Past President of the American College of Trust and
Estate Counsel and was previously Chair of the American Bar
Association's Real Property, Trust & Estate Law Section. He is
a member of the Advisory Committee and a frequent speaker at
the Heckerling Institute of Estate Planning sponsored by the
University of Miami School of Law, ALI-ABA estate planning
seminars, and numerous other seminars. He is a Trustee of the
Southern Federal Tax Institute and a member of the advisory
board of BNA Tax Management, Estate, Gifts and Trusts
Magazine. In addition, he has been listed in Town & Country
magazine as one of the top 45 estate planning lawyers in the
United States.
Chambers & Partners recognized Mr. Belcher in its 2006 -
2010 editions of Chambers USA: America's Leading Lawyers
for Business, where he was cited as "phenomenal" and known
by his peers as being "technically excellent with good
judgment." Chambers ranked McGuireWoods' Private Wealth
Services Group as one of two law firms ranked in the top band
nationally for wealth management.
In 2007 - 2010 (top ten) Mr. Belcher was named a Virginia
"Super Lawyer" by Law & Politics Magazine, and he has
been named annually since 1987 in Woodard/White's "Best
Lawyers in America."
He has testified before the Senate Finance Committee on
estate tax reform and the House Ways & Means Subcommittee on
Select Revenue Measures on patenting of tax strategies. He has
been quoted in publications such as the Wall Street
Journal, New York Times, Time magazine, USA Today, Worth
Magazine, Trusts and Estates Magazine, the American Bar
Association Journal, Fidelity Investor's Weekly, Business
Week, The Daily Tax Report, Bloomberg Magazine, and
National Underwriter. |