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Brokerage Services

Brokerage services are provided by Burke, Lawton, Brewer & Burke, LLC, a registered broker/dealer with the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) and a member of the Securities Investor Protection Corporation (SIPC).

As a full-service brokerage firm, our services include the purchase and sale of securities (including maintaining the cost basis data of such sales; an important component come tax time), the transfer and/or gifting of securities, the purchase of certificates of deposits (CDs), the rolling over of 401k and other employer-sponsored retirement accounts into IRAs, and the handling of estate accounts. Additionally, we provide administrative services for your IRA accounts including tracking your annual contributions to help ensure that you do not exceed your annual limits. We also monitor your annual required minimum distribution to help you avoid any tax penalties. Through First Clearing LLC (FC) we provide custody of client assets at no additional charge.

We also assist our clients with a variety of administrative duties such as issuing checks, distributing income, gifting, wire transfers, transitioning of accounts, stock registration and replacing lost stock certificates. We utilize FC, a subsidiary of Wachovia Bank, to clear our trades and custody client account assets. Located in Richmond, Virginia, FC is a member of the New York Stock Exchange, NASDAQ, and other major exchanges.

FC provides clearing and custodial services for more than 60 local, regional, and national securities firms throughout the United States. All securities accounts with FC are protected up to $500,000 (cash up to $100,000) by the SIPC. Additional protection is provided at no cost, for the remaining net equity balance, if any, of the cash and securities in your accounts. This coverage does not protect against losses from any change in the market value of investments. Also, certain related accounts may have one aggregate limit.

We offer the following types of accounts:

  • Individual and Joint
  • Custodial and Uniform Transfer to Minors Act (UTMA)
  • Retirement (Individual IRA, Roth, SEP, Simple, Educational, Decedent)
  • Revocable and Irrevocable Trusts
  • Estate
  • Corporate and retirement plans (Pension and Profit Sharing)
  • 529 Plans
  • Educational Savings