Ashley Erickson

She is an accomplished attorney, legal executive, and podcast host with over a decade of experience in real estate, tax, and 1031 exchange law. She currently serves as Divisional Counsel at First American Exchange Company, where she is a member of the Executive Leadership Team, serves as Lead Business Line Continuity Officer and divisional lead for Incident Relief and Cyber Security, heads divisional AI enablement and architecture efforts, and engineers, implements, and monitors business-minded legal solutions. She is also the Host of The 1031 Brief Podcast, where she breaks down real estate, tax, and 1031 exchange concepts in plain English. Her earlier career at First American Exchange Company includes serving as Senior National Operations Counsel, National Operations Counsel, and Reverse Exchange Counsel, and she previously served as Vice President and Counsel at Old Republic Exchange, as an Associate Attorney at Lubin Olson and Niewiadomski LLP and Anderson and Poole, P.C., and as a Law Fellow at California Lawyers for the Arts. Her career reflects a deep commitment to legal excellence, operational leadership, and making complex real estate and tax concepts accessible to a broader audience.