Will Hazel is a practicing tax attorney with twenty years of private practice and government service, and is a partner of the Boston law firm of Chu, Ring & Hazel LLP.  Will formerly was a partner at Bingham McCutchen LLP and was the Acting General Counsel of the Massachusetts Department of Revenue during 1996.  Will entered the Qualified Intermediary business in 1998; he has overseen more than one thousand Section 1031 Exchanges, and has testified as an expert witness on Section 1031 exchanges in Federal Court.   

Will is a graduate of Bridgewater State College and Boston College Law School, and has earned the Federation of Exchange Accommodators 'Certified Exchange Specialist' designation.

Email Will:  whazel@beacon1031.com

Jim Livesey has spent the past eight years as Vice President of Business Development in the Section 1031 Exchange Qualified Intermediary industry.  He closed his first 1031 Exchange in 1992 when he managed a $500 million portfolio of commercial aircraft and vessels for an equipment leasing company.  Jim has instructed more than 300 Section 1031 exchange continuing education classes for real estate brokers and accountants in Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and New York during the past 8 years.

Jim received a BA in Economics from Stonehill College and an MBA with a concentration in finance from Boston College.  He is a licensed real estate broker.

Email Jim: jlivesey@beacon1031.com