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The Five Star Wealth Manager award, administered by Crescendo Business Services, LLC (dba Five Star Professional), is based on 10 objective criteria. Eligibility criteria – required: 1. Credentialed as a registered investment adviser or a registered investment adviser representative; 2. Actively licensed
as a registered investment adviser or as a principal of a registered investment adviser fi rm for a minimum of 5 years; 3. Favorable regulatory and complaint history review (As defi ned by Five Star Professional, the wealth manager has not; A. Been subject to a regulatory action that resulted in a
license being suspended or revoked, or payment of a fi ne; B. Had more than a total of three settled or pending complaints fi led against them and/or a total of fi ve settled, pending, dismissed or denied complaints with any regulatory authority or Five Star Professional’s consumer complaint process.
Unfavorable feedback may have been discovered through a check of complaints registered with a regulatory authority or complaints registered through Five Star Professional’s consumer complaint process; feedback may not be representative of any one client’s experience; C. Individually contributed
to a fi nancial settlement of a customer complaint; D. Filed for personal bankruptcy within the past 11 years; E. Been terminated from a fi nancial services fi rm within the past 11 years; F. Been convicted of a felony); 4. Fulfi lled their fi rm review based on internal standards; 5. Accepting new clients.
Evaluation criteria – considered: 6. One-year client retention rate; 7. Five-year client retention rate; 8. Non-institutional discretionary and/or non-discretionary client assets administered; 9. Number of client households served; 10. Education and professional designations. Wealth managers do
not pay a fee to be considered or placed on the fi nal list of Five Star Wealth Managers. Award does not evaluate quality of services provided to clients. Once awarded, wealth managers may purchase additional profi le ad space or promotional products. The Five Star award is not indicative of the
wealth manager’s future performance. Wealth managers may or may not use discretion in their practice and therefore may not manage their clients’ assets. The inclusion of a wealth manager on the Five Star Wealth Manager list should not be construed as an endorsement of the wealth manager
by Five Star Professional or this publication. Working with a Five Star Wealth Manager or any wealth manager is no guarantee as to future investment success, nor is there any guarantee that the selected wealth managers will be awarded this accomplishment by Five Star Professional in the future.
For more information on the Five Star award and the research/selection methodology, go to fi vestarprofessional.com. 6,097 New Jersey-area wealth managers were considered for the award; 477 (8 percent of candidates) were named 2019 Five Star Wealth Managers. 2,469 Orange County-area
wealth managers were considered for the award; 187 (8 percent of candidates) were named 2019 Five Star Wealth Managers. 1,885 San Diego-area wealth managers were considered for the award; 224 (12 percent of candidates) were named 2019 Five Star Wealth Managers.To see the full list of winners, visit http://www.fivestarprofessional.com.Baltimore
Wealth Managers
1,865 Baltimore-area wealth managers were
considered for the award; 265 (14 percent
of candidates) were named 2019 Five Star
Wealth Managers.
Eric David Brotman ∙ Brotman
Financial Group ∙ 410-252-4555
Robert Carson ∙ Planning
Solutions Group ∙ 301-543-6000
Paul Fallace ∙ Morgan Stanley
∙ 410-736-5407
Thomas Holden Henry
∙ Ameriprise Financial
Services, Inc. ∙ 410-418-9800
Ryan C Herbert ∙ Prostatis
Advisors Group LLC
∙ 410-863-1040
Jamie C. Huffman ∙ Phoenix
Private Wealth/AXA Advisors
∙ 443-832-1924
Matthew Manning II ∙ Morgan
Stanley ∙ 410-229-8217
Brian Pacen ∙ Sawyer Wealth
Management ∙ 410-356-0329
Hilary G. Platt ∙ LPL Financial
∙ 410-517-3170
Benjamin G. Proctor, III ∙ Morgan
Stanley ∙ 410-494-8097
Nilos T. Sakellariou ∙ NTS Bearing- Total Wealth Management
∙ 410-263-1313
Charles Sawyer, Jr. ∙ Client One
Securities ∙ 410-356-0329
Victor Simon ∙ LifeTime
WealthCare Family Office
∙ 410-518-6823
William Stanik ∙ MML Investors
Services ∙ 443-492-6603
Jeffrey Strzelczyk ∙ Wells Fargo
Advisors ∙ 410-329-1484
Boston
Wealth Managers
3,619 Boston-area wealth managers were
considered for the award; 566 (16 percent
of candidates) were named 2019 Five Star
Wealth Managers.
Eric J. Brisebois ∙ Vision Wealth
Strategies, LLC ∙ 508-616-4940
Gerard Ciccio ∙ Morgan Stanley
∙ 617-589-3409
Matthew Condon ∙ Hornor
Townsend & Kent
∙ 781-552-4900
Ron Cooper ∙ Eagle Strategies
∙ 978-587-3675
James M. DesRocher ∙ TrueView
Financial ∙ 978-972-5114
Jim Edmonson ∙ Essex Private
Wealth Management
∙ 978-986-9317
Kevin A. Fauteux ∙ Eagle
Strategies ∙ 978-717-5662
George R. Gagliardi ∙ Coromandel
Wealth Management
∙ 781-728-9001
Frank Michael Hynes ∙ Baystate
Financial ∙ 978-528-6046
Stuart MacKinnon ∙ Morgan
Stanley ∙ 617-589-3217
Connell McNamara ∙ Ameriprise
Financial Services, Inc.
∙ 508-281-6000
Robert B. Needham ∙ Needham
Advisory Corp. ∙ 978-681-8821
Reza Niazi-Sai ∙ Morgan Stanley
∙ 617-570-9259
Kevin M. O’Brien ∙ Peak Financial
Services, Inc. ∙ 508-351-9775
Michael Petruska ∙ AXA Advisors
∙ 781-237-8394
Nicholas A. Silva ∙ Eagle
Strategies LLC ∙ 781-392-1767
Jeffrey G. Van Siclen ∙ McAdam
LLC ∙ 857-277-0948
Trey Whalley ∙ Providential
Partners ∙ 508-992-1700
Brian M. Woods ∙ Brian M.
Woods Financial Services
∙ 978-767-8242
Cleveland
Wealth Managers
1,558 Cleveland-area wealth managers were
considered for the award; 71 (5 percent of
candidates) were named 2019 Five Star
Wealth Managers.Laura Ann Tomco ∙ Morgan
Stanley Wealth Management
∙ 216-523-3112
Detroit
Wealth Managers
2,987 Detroit area wealth managers were
considered for the award; 347 (12 percent
of candidates) were named 2019 Five Star
Wealth Managers.
Donald Baker ∙ Baker Group/
NFP Advisor Services
∙ 248-355-4100
Donald Gregory Baker ∙ Baker
Group/NFP Advisor Services
∙ 248-355-4100
Michael Bellware ∙ Morgan
Stanley ∙ 248-258-0251
Lina Bowman ∙ Bowman
Asset Management, Inc.
∙ 313-343-0800
Ralph Bryant, Jr. ∙ Ameriprise
Financial Services, Inc.
∙ 248-327-7497
Joe Budd ∙ Budd Melone
& Company ∙ 877-293-5830
Mark F. Burns ∙ Synergy Capital
Solutions ∙ 888-363-4546
William Colvett ∙ Indianwood
Financial ∙ 248-834-4464
Kenneth Edward Demps
∙ Ameriprise Financial
Services, Inc. ∙ 586-254-4240
Bob Dennis ∙ The Demps Group/
Ameriprise Financial
Services, Inc. ∙ 586-254-4241
Erika Fitzhugh ∙ Ameriprise
Financial Services, Inc.
∙ 586-778-2600
Bruce A. French ∙ Morgan Stanley
∙ 248-218-8243
Dawn L. Hausch-Cooper
∙ Ameriprise Financial
Services, Inc. ∙ 810-579-2838
Jay B. Mackenzie ∙ The Demps
Group/Ameriprise Financial
Services, Inc. ∙ 586-254-4243
Sara Mehraban ∙ Ameriprise
Financial Services, Inc.
∙ 734-477-5233David R. Mehram ∙ Wells Fargo
Advisors ∙ 734-668-4244
Lou Melone ∙ Budd, Melone &
Company ∙ 248-499-8704
Jason J. Murphy ∙ Shield Financial
Group ∙ 248-421-8440
Kevin Murphy ∙ The Baker Group
∙ 248-355-4100
Christine Paul ∙ Shield Financial
Group/LPL Financial
∙ 586-781-7170
Tyler Silverthorn ∙ Stonebridge
Financial Partners
∙ 248-647-2400
James J. Speir ∙ Speir Financial
Services LLC ∙ 248-423-2700
Cameron T. Staley ∙ Millennium
Wealth Management
∙ 248-833-1024
Hudson Valley
Wealth Managers
306 Hudson Valley-area wealth managers
were considered for the award;
29 (9 percent of candidates) were named
2019 Five Star Wealth Managers.
Ian Green ∙ Pendragon Capital
Management ∙ 917-837-2287
Kansas City
Wealth Managers
1,574 Kansas City-area wealth managers
were considered for the award;
134 (9 percent of candidates) were named
2019 Five Star Wealth Managers.
Brett Bacon ∙ Lighthouse
Financial Strategies
∙ 913-322-0006
Brent A. Caswell ∙ Infinitas –
Coordinated Wealth Counsel
∙ 913-563-7300
Ethel J. Davis ∙ VZD Capital
Management, LLC
∙ 816-726-7066
Jim Guyot ∙ Lighthouse Financial
Strategies ∙ 913-322-0006
Christopher David Heckadon
∙ Summit Pointe Financial
Group ∙ 816-251-3333
Pete Martinez ∙ Insight Financial
Services ∙ 913-402-2020
Domenic Rizzi ∙ Reliant Financial
Services ∙ 816-560-4429Los Angeles
Wealth Managers
3,528 Los Angeles-area wealth managers
were considered for the award;
154 (4 percent of candidates) were named
2019 Five Star Wealth Managers.
Peter Castillo ∙ Castillo Wealth
Management ∙ 626-494-7689
Jill H. Kasen ∙ Ameriprise
Financial Services, Inc.
∙ 818- 752-9977
Yangchen Lama ∙ Morgan Stanley
∙ 310-285-2693
James M. Liotta ∙ Prominence
Capital ∙ 310-469-7254
Jorge Meza ∙ Meza Wealth
Management ∙ 661-255-0146
Paul Nelson ∙ Viewpoint Financial
Advisors ∙ 818-831-6631
Laura Marie Raulinaitis ∙ Morgan
Stanley – The Lake Avenue
Group ∙ 626-304-2457
Barak Raviv ∙ Morgan Stanley
∙ 310-285-4935
Jason T. Reynolds ∙ Collaborative
Financial Consulting
∙ 310-271-2758
Shannon T. Ryan ∙ Wells Fargo
Advisors ∙ 310-725-2268
Christiane Tomasi ∙ CS TOMASI
Wealth Management
∙ 562-494-4668
New Jersey
Wealth Managers
6,097 New Jersey-area wealth managers
were considered for the award;
477 (8 percent of candidates) were named
2019 Five Star Wealth Managers.
Stan Alpert ∙ Morgan Stanley
∙ 973-467-6362
Diana Armstrong ∙ Morgan
Stanley ∙ 908-483-9526
Peter Bombara ∙ PCB Financial
Advisory Group
∙ 732-634-3620
Anthony M. Calabrese ∙ Beacon
Wealth Management
Planning, Inc. ∙ 973-335-0100
Geoffrey Close ∙ Morgan Stanley
∙ 973-425-2309John T. Del Mauro ∙ Morgan
Stanley Wealth Management
∙ 732-617-4103
Tina Dhar ∙ Archway Wealth
Management ∙ 732-837-9066
Christopher Donnelly ∙ Wells
Fargo Advisors ∙ 732-625-2028
James E. Dy ∙ Main Street
Wealth Management, LLC
∙ 908-719-8700
Ronald Gelok ∙ Ronald Gelok
& Associates ∙ 973-917-4556
Avram Katz ∙ Avram Y. Katz
Investment Advisory Services
∙ 973-226-7580
Evan R. Katz ∙ Morgan Stanley
∙ 973-912-7727
Gregg S. Kaufman ∙ Morgan
Stanley ∙ 973-467-6368
Barry Kay ∙ Foresters Financial
∙ 732-750-2950
Kishor Kumar ∙ Morgan Stanley
∙ 908-626-8640
Michael P. Mall, II ∙ Mall
Retirement Group
∙ 856-817-6250
Michelle May ∙ Ameriprise
Financial Services, Inc.
∙ 908-575-1550
Michael A McLane
∙ Redwood Wealth Advisors
∙ 732-417-8354
John Mezzasalma ∙ Mezzasalma
Advisors ∙ 732-842-1120
Elizabeth K. Miller ∙ Summit
Place Financial Advisors
∙ 908-517-5881
W. David Moore ∙ Moore
Wealth Management, LLC
∙ 732-796-9333
John S. O’Donnell ∙ Integritas
Financial/Ameriprise Financial
Services, Inc. ∙ 973-946-5432
Walter F. Pardo ∙ Wealth Financial
Partners ∙ 877-714-2362
Anthony Perruso ∙ Wells Fargo
Advisors ∙ 800-526-1057
Thomas J. Regan ∙ Morgan
Stanley ∙ 973-425-23502 #fi vestarprofessionalaward FIVESTARPROFESSIONAL.COMCertified Financial Planner Board of Standards Inc. owns the certification marks CFP®, CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™ and federally registered CFP (with flame design) in the U.S., which it awards to individuals who successfully
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