
About a year before his death in 2017, Dennis Belcher, past president of the American College of Trust and Estate Counsel, delivered a lecture entitled, “Do We Need a Canary or Did the Canary Stop Singing and We Missed It?” Dennis compared the estate-planning practice to the rigors of coal mining. Miners used a yellow canary to warn them of lethal gases. If the canary stopped singing, it signaled danger, and the miners needed to respond immediately or risk losing their lives.
We are by nature innovators. Every time a lawyer crafts a new argument or creates a new tax strategy, she’s innovating. That innovative energy needs to be focused on how we deliver estate-planning services and counsel.
Dennis’ Joseph Trachtman lecture was an acknowle...
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