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RIA / WealthAdvisordual registered (broker-dealer)15 years in industry

ERIC STEWART LEIGHTNER

Advisor at ALLIANCEBERNSTEIN L.P.

TAMPA, FL

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Data as of Sep 14, 2026 (this record's last observation) from federal regulator filings. Page built Sep 19, 2026, 1:18 PM UTC and rebuilt at most every 15 minutes.

Relationships: 2
Dated events: 0
On other graphs: 0
Observed: Aug 1, 2011 to Sep 14, 2026

Across DFX

This entity has not been resolved onto another DFX graph by a shared identifier. A name match elsewhere would be a candidate, never an identity, and none is recorded.

Facts

fact = as filed or announced; derived = computed by DFX; estimate = a band, never a point

Current firm: ALLIANCEBERNSTEIN L.P.
Current firm class: other adviserderived
Book size: not publicno per-advisor AUM is published by the SEC, FINRA or IAPD, and DFX estimates none
Industry start: Jun 29, 2011earliest registration or exam on IAPD
Years in industry: 15derivedfrom the industry start date
Years at current firm: 13derivedfrom the current registration's begin date
Prior firms: 1
Current registrations: 1
Registered states: 1
Exams: S65|S63
First exam: Jun 29, 2011
First registration: Aug 1, 2011
Dual registered: yes, broker-dealer
Other names: ERIC STEWART LEIGHTER
IAPD individual key: 5817771

Registration history

registration spans on IAPD; the basis says whether the span is a current registration or a prior employment record

Firm	Class	Began	Ended	Current	Branch	Basis
ALLIANCEBERNSTEIN L.P.	Other adviser	Jan 14, 2013	n/a	yes	TAMPA, FL	Current employment
MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH INCORPORATED	Wirehouse	Aug 1, 2011	Oct 10, 2011	no	NEW YORK, NY	Previous registration

Moves

a move is two registration dates; a bulk corporate re-registration is typed BULK_TRANSFER and is not a move

From	To	Left	Joined	Gap, days	Kind	Move type
MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH INCORPORATED	ALLIANCEBERNSTEIN L.P.	Oct 10, 2011	Jan 14, 2013	462	Firm change after gap	Other

Relationships

Registered with (2)

→ ALLIANCEBERNSTEIN L.P.Registered adviserregistration: current employment
Jan 14, 2013 to presentfactForm ADV
→ MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH INCORPORATEDRegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
Aug 1, 2011 to Oct 10, 2011factForm ADV

Dated events

No dated event names this entity yet.

Provenance

Graph: RIA / Wealth Management
Canonical id: dfx:ria:1105b38b-e0b0-1dc9-7e0a-5a18fa9a1476
First observed: Aug 1, 2011
Last observed: Sep 14, 2026 5 days ago
Source families: Federal regulator filings
1 registered feed stand behind this record; each fact above carries its own dates and, where the publisher serves one, its document.
Resolution: Identity across graphs by shared identifier (CRD, CIK, EIN, ADV fund id, individual CRD) or citation; a name match is shown as a candidate and never merged.

ERIC STEWART LEIGHTNER

Advisor at ALLIANCEBERNSTEIN L.P.

TAMPA, FL

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Data as of Sep 14, 2026 (this record's last observation) from federal regulator filings. Page built Sep 19, 2026, 1:18 PM UTC and rebuilt at most every 15 minutes.

Firm

Class

Began

Ended

Current

Branch

Basis

ALLIANCEBERNSTEIN L.P.

Other adviser

Jan 14, 2013

n/a

yes

TAMPA, FL

Current employment

MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH INCORPORATED

Wirehouse

Aug 1, 2011

Oct 10, 2011

NEW YORK, NY

Previous registration

From

Left

Joined

Gap, days

Kind

Move type

MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH INCORPORATED

ALLIANCEBERNSTEIN L.P.

Oct 10, 2011

Jan 14, 2013

462

Firm change after gap

Other