Partner
CurrentLeigh's experience includes the formation of captive insurance companies to provide business owners and their families with a cost-effective risk management vehicle that offers potential tax-saving advantages. Clients and colleagues regularly turn to him for his deep knowledge of tax at the state and national levels to structure transactions, business organizations and family office investment structures and to evaluate tax positions. With the advantage of being based in Nashville, he also specializes in the intersection of non-profit tax law, for-profit tax law and healthcare regulatory law. He creates the first LLC in the state of Tennessee and was the principal draftsman for the Tennessee LLC Act.Leigh is also a sought-after seminar leader for continuing professional education programs and has a featured column, "The Passthrough Partner," in Taxes Magazine, published bimonthly by CCH Tax and Accounting. His background as a certified public accountant has contributed to groundbreaking legal work, including:- Creation of the first LLC in Tennessee- Development of the Double Holdco LLC structure for the home healthcare industry- Principal draftsman of the Tennessee LLC Act- Participating in the first life insurance/annuity combination securitization, recognized by the rating agencies as a new security and a new asset class- American Bar Association Tax Section Advisor to National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws - Series of Unincorporated Business Entities Drafting Committee
