14 October 2016Accounting & tax analysis

Law firm appoints chair of ABA’s Captive Insurance Committee


Shumaker, Loop & Kendrick, a law firm, has appointed David Slenn as its estate planning, business planning and tax attorney.

Slenn is currently serving a three-year term as chair of American Bar Association’s (ABA) Captive Insurance Committee and is a former chair of the ABA’s Asset Protection Planning Committee from 2010-13.

He was appointed as an ABA Advisor to the Uniform Law Commission Drafting Committee for the Uniform Voidable Transactions Act, which has been enacted in nine states so far.

Slenn is a frequent speaker on captive insurance, asset protection, estate planning and more. He has been invited to speak at numerous forums, including the Heckerling Institute on estate planning, the tax and estate planning forum, the Delaware Bankers Association’s Delaware Trust Conference, the American Law Institute, the Casualty Loss Reserve Seminar and more.

Slenn said: “Shumaker has a deep bench, an incredible amount of business deal flow and is one of the biggest firms in Southwest Florida. This unique setting provides a great platform for my practice areas.”