Trust and estates lawyers tend to fly under the radar, but Dennis Belcher landed in the spotlight in 2010 when he helped Elin Nordegren arrange her split from Tiger Woods — negotiations during which trusts and estates expertise was arguably more important than understanding the family code.
Belcher is a leader in his field who has published widely on wealth management and testified before Congress on several occasions — most recently in 2008, when he advocated before the Senate Finance Committee in favor of allowing the estates of deceased business owners to pay their estate tax in installments.
