Business Description
We engage our clients in a series of Guided Conversations that create ideas and opportunities both in and beyond the investment realm. Because we ask questions that few others ask, our clients gain access to those unique ideas and opportunities, which might include access to people our clients need to meet, potential tax savings ideas, new business clients or anything else that our questions can generate. We are here to use our entire firm's resources of 55 staff members and network of ten thousand people to transform our clients' experience with a financial advisor for the better. Our firm has been named of the Top 25 Entrepreneurs in Atlanta by Catalyst Magazine (Atlanta's business magazine because of this Guided Conversation), and have been featured twice in the New York Times, in the Wall Street Journal.
General Information Gender:    Male CRD#:    2233006 Name of Broker/Dealer:    Securian Name of Custodial Firm:    Fidelity and Charles Schwab States Licensed in:    ALL STATES FOR FEE BASED INVESTMENT CLIENTS States Willing to do Business in:    ALL STATES Years of Experience in Financial Services:    17 Number of Years with Current Firm:    17 Work Experience:    *President of GV Financial Advisors - 1991-Present *Corporate Attorney 1987-1991 *Legislative Aid, United States Senate 1980-1983 I work with the following types of clients:    Individual Investors, Businesses Foreign Languages Serviced:    Spanish (some)
Education Academic Background   BA, English and Economics - University of Virginia(1980) J.D. - University of Georgia School of Law (1986)
Services Investment Types:    Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs), Alternative Investments, Bonds, Stocks, Annuities, Insurance, Commodities
Qualifications & Memberships Certifications, Accreditations & Designations:    CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™ Certificant, Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA), Chartered Life Underwriter (CLU®), Certified Divorce Financial Analyst(CDFA), Chartered Financial Consultant (ChFC®), Attorney - inactive member of GA and DC Bar Securities Licenses:    Series 65, Series 22, Series 7, Series 6 Insurance and Annuity Licenses:    Variable Annuity, Annuity, Disability, Variable Life, Long Term Care, Life Financial Organization Memberships:    Million Dollar Roundtable, Financial Planning Association (FPA), National Association of Personal Financial Advisors (NAPFA), National Association of Insurance and Financial Advisors (NAIFA) Non-Financial Organization Memberships:    Board Member of several large charities Have served on corporate boards as well
Firm Information Number of Advisors in Office:    10 - 99 employees I work with clients as part of a team:    Yes Firm's Number of Clients:    400 Firm's Number of Planning Clients:    300 Firm's Number of Managed Clients:    300 Assets Managed by Firm:    $800MM Advisor's Number of Clients:    100 Advisor's Number of Managed Clients:    50 Advisor's Number of Planning Clients:    50 Assets Managed by Advisor:    $200MM
Compliance Registered Investment Advisor:    Yes Registered Representative:    Yes Investment Advisor Representative:    Yes I am an acknowledged fiduciary:    Yes Compliance Disclosures in Last 5 years:    I have a clean record Criminal Disclosures in Last 5 years:    I have a clean record
Compensation & Fees I am a fee-based financial professional:    Yes Minimum Portfolio Size for New Managed Accounts:    $1,000,000 Compensation Methods:    Based on Assets, Flat Fee Fee % Based on Assets:    1 Flat Fee Rate:    $10,000 Additional Details on Charges:    The way that you can find an authentic financial advisor is to ask whether they are willing to work with you on a flat fee basis OR asset management basis. That means that do not have to sell the company's products to make a living Minimum Fee Charged for Managed Accounts:    $10,000 Minimum Fee Charged for Hourly Planning Accounts:    na Minimum Fee Charged for Flat Fee Accounts:    $10,000
Prepared By:	Marc Lewyn

Frequently Asked Questions

Q.	Do you have a customer satisfaction or refund policy?

Q.	What are your qualifications? What is your education background?

Q.	What is your approach to financial planning?

Q.	What services do you offer?

Q.	How many clients do you currently manage?

Q.	Will you be the only person working with me?

Q.	How are you compensated? How will I pay for your services?

Q.	If you are going to manage my account, will you obtain my permission every time you buy or sell something?

Q.	Do you offer any guaranteed results?

Q.	How much risk should I be willing to take?

Q.	Have you ever been charged with any breaches?

Q.	What financial institution(s) do you represent?

Q.	Do you provide a free initial consultation?

Q.	Why should I choose you as my financial advisor?

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Q.	Do you have a customer satisfaction or refund policy?
Yes. Our clients receive a refund of our asset management fees, measured from the day they give us notice they are terminating the relationship, as described in our ADV II form.

Q.	What are your qualifications? What is your education background?
18 years of experience dealing quite intimately with hundreds of high net worth clients. I have a BA from the University of Virgina with a double major in English and Economics and Doctor of Jurisprudence (JD) from the University of Georgia School of Law.

Q.	What is your approach to financial planning?
We have a structured set of questions that we call the Guided Conversation. Its an ongoing part of our relationship that generates Ideas and Opportunities that the client may not have thought about.

Q.	What services do you offer?
Since we focus on the questions, we offer management of assets broadly defined to include all of the different kinds of wealth as we define wealth. We also offer introductions to our very large network of people who can help you with your life in so many ways.

Q.	How many clients do you currently manage?
I personally work with a couple of dozen clients and our firm works with several hundred.

Q.	Will you be the only person working with me?
We have a team of 55 people who provide a variety of services to our clients. The "Front Stage" people would include half a dozen people who would know your name and who you are.

Q.	How are you compensated? How will I pay for your services?
We have a flexible compensation scheudle depending on the clients' needs. Some of our clients write us a check for our services, and others pay us a fee for a percentage of their assets

Q.	If you are going to manage my account, will you obtain my permission every time you buy or sell something?
No. That is impractical. You will, however, have clarity and process about the process we use to make decisions.

Q.	Do you offer any guaranteed results?
No

Q.	How much risk should I be willing to take?
Only as much risk that is necessary to create the funds to live the life we will help you define.

Q.	Have you ever been charged with any breaches?
None.

Q.	What financial institution(s) do you represent?
Fidelity, Charles Schwab, TD Waterhouse, Securian

Q.	Do you provide a free initial consultation?
yes

Q.	Why should I choose you as my financial advisor?
We are one of the few advisors where the entire firm uses one defined process we call the Guided Conversation that creates opportunities. Other firms generally have a person who does whatever he or she wants as long as it is legal.