MEMBER NEWS CAREER MOVES
Hansen joins national financial tech company Accruit as executive VP Montana-based American Equity Exchange has been acquired by national financial technology company Accruit. Max Hansen, a Montana attorney and founder of American Equity Exchange, will join Accruit as an executive vice president and continue serving 1031 exchange clients from Montana. American Equity Exchange, one of the first qualified 1031 Hansen intermediary businesses in the Rocky Mountain region, was founded in 1991. Hansen, a past president of the State Bar of Montana, has practiced law in the state since 1976. He has served multiple terms as the State Bar Delegate and ABA Delegate to
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the American Bar Association House of Delegates. He is also a longtime member of the Tax Section of the ABA and its Sales Exchanges and Basis Committee. “American Equity Exchange has contributed significantly to our industry growth and advocacy over the past two decades,” said Accruit CEO Brent Abrahm. “We’re very excited to be joining forces with Max and his seasoned team and growing Accruit’s portfolio of services for our customers.” Hansen said Accruit is the technology leader in the like-kind exchange
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industry and said the move will streamline the exchange process and improve security for clients.
Garber joins as associate at Wills Law Firm in Missoula Wills Law Firm of Missoula is pleased to announce that Carrie L. Garber has joined the firm as an associate attorney specializing in the representation of employers and insurers in workers’ compensation cases and other employment law. Garber is a fourth-generation Montanan, born in Helena Garber and raised on the family farm outside East Helena. She earned her undergraduate degree from Linfield College (McMinnville, Oregon) in 1990, and her law degree from the University of Montana School of Law in 1994. During law school, she interned at the Montana Attorney General’s Office, and after law school, she clerked for the Montana Supreme Court.
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