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James Frank Lagace

Advisor at Spurstone — Higganum, CT

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Credentials

Series 66

Experience

3 years

Location

Higganum, CT 06441

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Spurstone

Team

Total advisors

5

Clients per advisor

32 Low

Avg AUM per client

$1,184,508 Typical

HNW client ratio

36% Typical

About

James Lagace is a financial advisor at Spurstone with a Series 66 designation and three years of industry experience. His prior roles include positions at RightCapital, Inc., Cetera Advisor Networks, and Royal Alliance Associates, Inc. Spurstone provides comprehensive financial planning and discretionary portfolio management primarily for individual and high-net-worth clients, as well as related entities such as trusts, corporations, and retirement plans. The firm specializes in business-owner advisory services, including concentrated stock management, executive compensation strategies, and business exit planning.

Client services

Based on Spurstone

Financial planning Portfolio management Selection of other advisers Educational seminars or workshops Business exit planning

Expertise

Based on Spurstone

Concentrated stock management Liquidity event planning Business exit / sale strategy Business ownership considerations Charitable giving & philanthropy

Occupation focus

Based on Spurstone

Executive Founder/Business Owner

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Fee options

Fixed

Fixed fees for Comprehensive Financial Planning & Management ($500 to $25,000) and for Business Owner & Entrepreneur Consulting (negotiable).

Percentage

$0 - $500,000: 1.40% $500,001 - $750,000: 1.20% $750,001 - $1,000,000: 1.00% $1,000,001 - $2,000,000: 0.80% $2,000,001 - $3,000,000: 0.60% $3,000,001 - $5,000,000: 0.50% $5,000,001 - $10,000,000: 0.40% $10,000,001+: 0.30%

Project-based

$500 per hour for financial planning if terminated early.

Subscriptions

Recurring monthly subscription fees for Business Owner & Entrepreneur Consulting & Business Exit Planning, negotiable.

Other

Fee-only: Comprehensive Financial Planning & Management fixed fees from $500 to $25,000 (negotiable). Business Owner & Entrepreneur Consulting & Business Exit Planning offered on fixed fee, hourly, and recurring monthly subscription basis, negotiable.

Location

Higganum, CT

12 Scovil Rd

Higganum CT 06441

Advisors at this office

5

Most active in

Connecticut

Work history

3 years of industry experience

Spurstone

2025 - Present • 1 year

Higganum, CT

RightCapital, Inc.

2024 - 2025 • 1 year

Shelton, CT

Unemployed

2024 - 2024 • 1 year

Wallingford, CT

CWM, LLC

2022 - 2024 • 2 years

Omaha, NE

Cetera Advisor Networks

2022 - 2024 • 2 years

El Segundo, CA

Royal Alliance Associates, INC.

2021 - 2022 • 1 year

Farmington, CT

Karn, Couzens & Associates, Inc.

2021 - 2022 • 1 year

Farmington, CT

Fournier Legal Services, LLC

2019 - 2021 • 2 years

East Haven, CT

Quinnipiac University

2018 - 2021 • 3 years

Hamden, CT

Self-employed

2018 - 2020 • 2 years

Wallingford, CT

Fire at the Ridge Restaurant

2017 - 2018 • 1 year

Middlefield, CT

Middlesex Community College

2016 - 2018 • 2 years

Middletown, CT

Illiano's Ristorante & Pizzeria

2014 - 2017 • 3 years

Meriden, CT

Disclosures

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