CONTENTS
FOREWORD — FESTSCHRIFT IN MEMORY OF DENNIS I. BELCHER Bridget J. Crawford
PART I FOREWORD TO THE 2016 JOSEPH TRACHTMAN MEMORIAL LECTURE Michael H. Barker and William I. Sanderson
2016 JOSEPH TRACHTMAN MEMORIAL LECTURE, MARCH 19, 2016: DO WE NEED A CANARY OR DID THE CANARY STOP SINGING AND WE MISSED IT? Dennis I. Belcher
OUTSIDE THE BOX ON ESTATE TAX REFORM: REVIEWING IDEAS TO SIMPLIFY PLANNING Dennis I. Belcher
PART II DENNIS BELCHER’S LITTLE RED BOOK: THE WIT AND WISDOM OF DENNIS BELCHER Steve R. Akers
MEMORIES OF A PARTNER, COLLEAGUE, SERVANT-LEADER, AND FRIEND Ronald D. Aucutt
IN MEMORIAM DENNIS BELCHER: LESSONS I LEARNED AT THE FEET OF THE MASTER Dana G. Fitzsimons, Jr.
DENNIS BELCHER Skip Fox
LARGER THAN LIFE Carol Harrington
REMEMBERING DENNIS BELCHER W. Bjarne Johnson
TRIBUTE TO DENNIS BELCHER Ed Koren
DENNIS BELCHER: A GOOD, GIFTED, AND DECENT MAN Daniel H. Markstein, III
MEMORIES OF DENNIS BELCHER Lou and Judi Mezzullo
A REMARKABLE MAN; AN EXTRAORDINARY YEAR Karen M. Moore
IN MEMORY OF DENNIS BELCHER C. Ware Palmer
WHAT MADE DENNIS SPECIAL? Jeffrey N. Pennell
REMEMBERING DENNIS BELCHER: A TRUSTED ADVISOR AND FRIEND Tina Portuondo
REFLECTIONS ON DENNIS I. BELCHER: A TRUE LEADER Pam H. Schneider
LEACH V. HYATT: RECASTING INDEFINITENESS Thomas E. Simmons
A CELEBRATION OF DENNIS BELCHER Bruce Stone
DENNIS IRL BELCHER: AN APPRECIATION James H. Walsh
DENNIS BELCHER Anne Marie Whittemore
REMEMBERING DENNIS Tom Word
PERSONAL REFLECTIONS ABOUT WORKING WITH DENNIS, THE BEST TRUSTS AND ESTATES LAWYER IN VIRGINIA Howard M. Zaritsky