Top financial advisors working with veterinarians in Texas

Wesley Pool is a financial advisor at Wells Fargo Clearing with 15 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 66 licenses and previously worked at JPMorgan Securities LLC for seven years. Outside of finance, he has been involved with #TagMeBro LLC and Fry Street Public House. Wells Fargo Advisors is a national securities firm serving individual, corporate, and institutional clients with investment advisory services, financial planning, and retirement plan consulting. The firm manages approximately $671 billion in assets and offers both brokerage and advisory solutions.

David Cade is a financial advisor at LPL Financial with 42 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and previously worked for Next Financial Group, Inc. for 20 years before joining LPL Financial in 2025. LPL Financial is a national SEC-registered investment adviser and broker-dealer serving individuals, retirement plans, banks, corporations, and charitable organizations. The firm offers a range of advisory programs and financial planning services with both discretionary and non-discretionary management, utilizing research and model portfolios to support diversified investment strategies.

William Soltow is a financial advisor at Smith & Wyatt with 13 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has worked previously at CoreCap Advisors and Cambridge Investment Research. Outside of his advisory role, he is the founder of Frontier Wealth Management and works as an independent insurance agent with Goosehead Insurance. Smith & Wyatt serves individuals, including high-net-worth clients, and corporations, managing approximately $207 million for around 724 clients through a team of eight advisors. The firm offers financial planning, discretionary portfolio management, and estate-planning consulting, tailoring investment advice to clients’ objectives and risk tolerances primarily through mutual funds and ETFs.

Richard Brandi is a financial advisor with Charles Schwab based in Austin, TX, holding Series 63 and Series 66 licenses and bringing 32 years of industry experience. He has been with Charles Schwab and Charles Schwab Bank ssb since 2003 and 2005, respectively. Charles Schwab & Co., Inc. serves primarily high- and ultra-high-net-worth individuals through its Schwab Wealth Advisory wrap fee program and affiliated managed-account and financial planning services. The firm offers a mix of non-discretionary and discretionary investment guidance, leveraging multi-asset model portfolios and research from its Schwab Center for Financial Research.

Stephen Harris is a financial advisor at Fisher Investments with a Series 65 designation and one year of industry experience. Prior to joining Fisher Investments in 2023, he worked for Fiba Basketball and East Stroudsburg University. Fisher Investments serves institutional and private clients worldwide, offering discretionary portfolio management across equity, fixed-income, and blended mandates. The firm utilizes a centralized investment process combining quantitative and qualitative research to construct diversified portfolios and provides sub-advisory and retirement plan services.

Michael Demkiw is a financial advisor at Lifeworks Advisors, LLC with four years of industry experience. He holds the Series 65 designation and has worked with Third Tier Wealth Management LLC and Third Tier Advisors since 2012. Outside of his advisory roles, he is involved in fixed insurance sales as an insurance agent. Lifeworks Advisors serves a diverse group of individual and institutional clients, providing wealth management, financial planning, and retirement plan advisory services. The firm employs a planning-based tranche framework combined with a risk-based approach to portfolio construction, using diversified funds, third-party managers, and quantitative models, while maintaining closer operational ties to tax and accounting services than many peers.

Davin Rudy is a Senior Financial Advisor at Merrill Lynch Wealth Management, providing personalized financial strategies to help clients pursue their long-term goals. He specializes in wealth management services including portfolio construction, education planning, liability management, tax minimization strategies, and cash management. Davin works closely with business owners, physicians, executives, individuals, and families across various stages of wealth. With over twenty-five years of experience in business and team management, Davin prides himself on being a dedicated professional and family man. He is a graduate of the University of Delaware and holds professional designations such as CERTIFIED PLAN FIDUCIARY ADVISOR (CPFA), Personal Investment Advisor (PIA), and Retirement Accredited Financial Advisor (RAFA). He is proficient in both English and Spanish. Davin and his family have lived in Frederick, Maryland, since 2001. He is involved in community activities including Habitat For Humanity, FC Frederick, and Elite Feet Dance Studio. Outside of his professional life, he enjoys chess, drawing, football, genealogy, photography, soccer, spending time with his family, traveling, and watching movies.

Michael Sabatino is a CFP® with 11 years of industry experience. He is the sole advisor at Sabadoodle in Princeton, NJ, and previously worked at Guide-U Wealth Advisors LLC, Lifecycle Financial Advisors, LLC, and McGraw-Hill Federal Credit Union. Sabadoodle serves veterinarians and related employer or trade-association audiences, providing personalized financial planning and portfolio management services. The firm focuses on non-high-net-worth veterinarians, offering passive, low-cost portfolios and specialized programs such as student loan analysis and workplace financial wellbeing initiatives.

Sherry Taxman is a Series 65-licensed financial advisor with 13 years of industry experience, currently serving as the sole advisor at Doctors Family Office LLC in Omaha, NE. She has been with the firm since 2014. Doctors Family Office provides financial planning and consulting primarily to medical professionals, including physicians, dentists, and veterinarians, focusing on comprehensive planning areas such as retirement, tax and estate analysis, and risk management. The firm does not manage client portfolios directly but assists clients with planning, periodic reviews, and selecting third-party advisory programs.

Matthew Taub is a financial advisor and owner of Taub Investment Planning Services LLC in Beachwood, Ohio, with nine years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has worked at firms including Northwestern Mutual, Mutual of America, Physicians Financial Services, and MDRN Capital. Taub also maintains a legal affiliation, serving as an attorney and associate on general liability matters with a law firm. Taub Investment Planning Services LLC is a single-advisor independent registered investment adviser serving individuals, businesses, retirement plans, trusts, and other entities, with a focus on physicians, dentists, and veterinarians. The firm provides investment management through SEI Private Trust Co.’s Wealth Management Program, primarily on a non-discretionary basis, and offers financial planning and consulting that includes tax, estate, and specialized investment topics.