Mr. Slenn is a partner in the Naples and Tampa offices of Akerman LLP, where he practices in the areas of tax, business, and estate planning with an emphasis on risk mitigation. Mr. Slenn is the editor and a coauthor of the Captive Insurance Deskbook for the Business Lawyer, published by the American Bar Association (ABA). He is the past chair of the ABA's Captive Insurance Committee and a former ABA adviser to the Uniform Law Commission Drafting Committee for the Uniform Voidable Transactions Act.
With respect to captive insurance, Mr. Slenn has helped business owners in numerous industries understand whether a captive insurance company makes sense, as well as a variety of matters involving the administration of a captive insurance company. He has assisted with captive insurance controversy matters in Internal Revenue Service examination, litigation in the US Tax Court, and complex matters related to exiting captive insurance programs.
Mr. Slenn is a frequent speaker on captive insurance, asset protection, estate planning, and more. He has spoken at numerous events, including the Heckerling Institute on Estate Planning, the Southern California Tax and Estate Planning Forum, the Delaware Bankers Association's Delaware Trust Conference, the American Law Institute CLE Programs, the Casualty Loss Reserve Seminar, the Western Region Captive Insurance Conference, and the Joint Fall Meeting of the ABA's Tax and Real Property, Trust and Estate Law Sections. Mr. Slenn has been quoted in numerous publications regarding the abuse of captives, including the New York Times, Bloomberg, Tax Analysts, and Inc.com.
