Birmingham, AL Shades Creek Parkway Office

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Firm-wide stats for STIFEL

Total advisors

3,358

Across 472 offices

Clients per advisor

69 Very Low

Avg AUM per client

$773,556 Very High

HNW client ratio

32% High

About

Stifel serves a broad range of clients—individuals (including high net worth and non-HNW clients), institutional clients such as pension and profit-sharing plans, charitable organizations, and state and municipal entities—and provides both brokerage and investment advisory services, including fee-based financial planning, wrap programs, and recommendations of third‑party advisers. The firm’s fee‑based plans are typically episodic, delivered by Financial Advisors or the Wealth Planning Department, and do not automatically include implementation or ongoing monitoring unless a client engages Stifel for execution.

The firm’s investment analysis and allocation guidance are built on a proprietary methodology developed by its Investment Strategy Group (Stifel IS), which uses forward‑looking capital market assumptions and probabilistic modeling to produce asset allocation, retirement, insurance, and estate planning analyses. Plans and model allocations are intended as a basis for client decisions rather than guarantees; clients generally retain discretion over implementation and may be asked to supply outside account information that Stifel does not independently verify.

Compared with many large institutional peers, Stifel’s brochure emphasizes several activities and affiliations that are less common: the firm provides services to private funds and pooled vehicles and has been involved in municipal placement and related municipal‑market activity (including regulatory matters addressed in recent SEC and FINRA settlements). It also operates alongside affiliated trust companies and banks that offer pledged‑asset/credit line facilities that can use advisory assets as collateral, and notes that some of its management persons are licensed to practice law (without providing legal services to advisory clients). The firm’s disclosures also describe substantial recent regulatory enforcement, including an SEC order related to electronic communications that resulted in undertakings and a monetary penalty.

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Expertise

General retirement planning Income planning

Based on STIFEL

Location

800 Shades Creek Parkway, Suites 750 & 775

Birmingham AL 35209

Advisors at this office

31

Advisors at this office

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James H

Series 63, Series 65

Birmingham, AL

STIFEL

James Harris III is a financial advisor at Stifel with 30 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 designations and has been with Stifel since 2015. Stifel serves a wide range of clients, including individuals, institutional investors, and charitable organizations, offering both brokerage and investment advisory services. The firm’s investment approach is based on a proprietary methodology that uses forward-looking capital market assumptions and probabilistic modeling to support asset allocation and financial planning.

General retirement planning Income planning
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David G

Series 63

Birmingham, AL

STIFEL

David Gilchrist Jr. is a financial advisor at Stifel with 29 years of industry experience. He holds a Series 63 designation and has been with Stifel Nicolaus & Co Inc since 2013. Stifel serves a broad range of clients including individuals, institutional clients, and charitable organizations, providing brokerage and investment advisory services. The firm uses a proprietary investment methodology developed by its Investment Strategy Group to offer asset allocation, retirement, insurance, and estate planning analyses.

General retirement planning Income planning
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Henry H

Series 66

Birmingham, AL

STIFEL

Henry Holliday is a Series 66 licensed advisor with Stifel in Birmingham, AL, bringing 16 years of industry experience. He has been with Stifel since 2015. Outside of his advisory role, he serves as Finance Chair for YoungLife in North Alabama, assisting with managing operating accounts and donations for the local Christian ministry to high school students. Stifel serves a broad range of clients, including individuals, institutions, and charitable organizations, providing both brokerage and investment advisory services. The firm’s investment approach is based on proprietary methodologies developed by its Investment Strategy Group, focusing on forward-looking capital market assumptions and probabilistic modeling.

General retirement planning Income planning
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Henry L

Series 63

Birmingham, AL

STIFEL

Henry Lynn Jr. is a financial advisor at Stifel with 53 years of industry experience. He holds a Series 63 designation and has been with Stifel since 2015. Outside of his advisory role, he serves as a trustee and director for several charitable and cultural organizations in Birmingham, including the Diane Stobert Sessions and Paul Trammell Sessions, Jr. Foundation, the Cathedral Church of the Advent Endowment Fund, and the Birmingham Museum of Art Endowment Trust. He is also involved with the Order of First Families of Virginia, a genealogical society. Stifel serves a broad range of clients, including individuals, institutions, and charitable organizations, offering brokerage and investment advisory services. The firm employs a proprietary investment methodology developed by its Investment Strategy Group that supports asset allocation and financial planning analyses.

General retirement planning Income planning
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Laurel P

Series 66

Birmingham, AL

STIFEL

Laurel Pressley is a financial advisor with Stifel in Birmingham, AL, holding a Series 66 designation and seven years of industry experience. She has worked at Stifel Nicolaus since 2019 and previously held positions at INTL FCStone Financial Inc., St. Clair Farmers Co-op, and Alabama Farmer's Cooperative. Stifel serves a broad range of clients, including individuals, institutional investors, and charitable organizations, providing brokerage and investment advisory services supported by proprietary investment analysis and allocation methodologies developed by its Investment Strategy Group.

General retirement planning Income planning
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Patrick D

Series 63, Series 66

Birmingham, AL

STIFEL

Patrick David is a financial advisor at Stifel with 32 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 66 licenses and has been with Stifel since 2015. Outside of his advisory work, he serves as a board member for Smile A Mile, an organization supporting children with cancer and their families. Stifel serves a diverse client base including individuals, institutions, and municipal entities, offering brokerage and advisory services backed by proprietary investment analysis and probabilistic modeling from its Investment Strategy Group.

General retirement planning Income planning
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John H

Series 63, Series 66

Birmingham, AL

STIFEL

John Hamn is a financial advisor at Stifel with 26 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 66 licenses and has been with Stifel since 2015. Outside of his advisory role, he is a managing member of Gunski, LLC and a member of Rectory, LLC, both single-building real estate investment entities. Stifel serves a wide range of clients, including individual, institutional, and nonprofit entities, offering brokerage and investment advisory services. The firm’s investment approach is based on proprietary forward-looking capital market assumptions and probabilistic modeling developed by its Investment Strategy Group.

General retirement planning Income planning
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William R

Series 63

Birmingham, AL

STIFEL

William Rhett is a financial advisor at Stifel with 42 years of industry experience. He has been with Stifel since 2015. Rhett holds a Series 63 designation. Outside of his advisory role, he is a limited partner in the Rhett Family Partnership, which involves triple net leasing real estate and farming. Stifel serves a broad range of clients, including individuals, institutions, and municipal entities, providing brokerage and investment advisory services. The firm utilizes a proprietary investment methodology developed by its Investment Strategy Group to deliver asset allocation and planning analyses.

General retirement planning Income planning
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Mat J

Series 63

Birmingham, AL

STIFEL

Mat Johnson is a financial advisor at Stifel with 59 years of industry experience. He holds a Series 63 designation and has been with Stifel since 2015. Stifel serves a wide range of clients, including individuals, institutions, and charitable organizations, offering both brokerage and investment advisory services. The firm’s investment approach is based on a proprietary methodology developed by its Investment Strategy Group, which uses forward-looking capital market assumptions and probabilistic modeling to support asset allocation and financial planning analyses.

General retirement planning Income planning
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John R

Series 63, Series 65

Birmingham, AL

STIFEL

John Rucker is a financial advisor at Stifel with 35 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and previously worked at Intl Advisory Consultants Inc. for 10 years. Rucker has served as past president and board member of the Mountain Brook Chamber of Commerce and is currently a board member of JH Outback Birmingham and Vestavia Country Club. Stifel serves a broad range of clients, including individuals, institutional clients, and charitable organizations, providing brokerage and investment advisory services supported by a proprietary investment methodology developed by its Investment Strategy Group.

General retirement planning Income planning
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Linda D

Series 63, Series 65

Birmingham, AL

STIFEL

Linda Daniel is a financial advisor with Stifel in Birmingham, AL, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and bringing 54 years of industry experience. She has worked at Stifel since 2015 and previously spent nine years with Intl Advisory Consultants Inc. and three years with Sterne, Agee & Leach, Inc. Stifel serves a broad range of clients, including individuals, institutional clients, and charitable organizations, offering brokerage and investment advisory services. The firm’s investment approach is based on a proprietary methodology developed by its Investment Strategy Group, which uses forward-looking capital market assumptions and probabilistic modeling to support asset allocation and financial planning.

General retirement planning Income planning
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Jeffrey S

Series 63, Series 65

Birmingham, AL

STIFEL

Jeffrey Seton is a financial advisor at Stifel with 32 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has been with Stifel since 2015. Stifel serves a diverse client base including individuals, institutional clients, charitable organizations, and municipal entities, offering both brokerage and investment advisory services. The firm’s investment approach relies on proprietary forward-looking capital market assumptions and probabilistic modeling developed by its Investment Strategy Group.

General retirement planning Income planning
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James D

Series 63, Series 65

Birmingham, AL

STIFEL

James Dixon III is a financial advisor with Stifel in Birmingham, AL, holding Series 63 and Series 65 credentials and bringing 31 years of industry experience. He has been with Stifel since 2015. Outside of his advisory role, Dixon serves as a board member for the Carriage Place Condominium Owners Association, a nonprofit homeowners association. Stifel serves a wide range of clients including individuals, institutional clients, and charitable organizations, offering brokerage and investment advisory services. The firm’s investment approach includes proprietary capital market modeling developed by its Investment Strategy Group, which supports asset allocation and financial planning analyses.

General retirement planning Income planning
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Reynolds W

Series 63

Birmingham, AL

STIFEL

Reynolds Whatley is a financial advisor at Stifel with 47 years of industry experience. He holds a Series 63 designation and has been with Stifel since 2015. Stifel serves a broad range of clients including individuals, institutional investors, and charitable organizations, providing brokerage and investment advisory services. The firm’s investment approach is based on proprietary forward-looking capital market assumptions and probabilistic modeling developed by its Investment Strategy Group.

General retirement planning Income planning
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Evan P

Series 66

Birmingham, AL

STIFEL

Evan Price is a financial advisor at Stifel with 17 years of industry experience and holds the Series 66 designation. He has been with Stifel since 2015. Stifel serves a diverse client base including individuals, institutions, and charitable organizations, offering brokerage and investment advisory services supported by proprietary investment analysis and allocation methodologies developed by its Investment Strategy Group.

General retirement planning Income planning
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