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RIA / WealthAdvisor19 years in industry

Joy Beth Smith

Advisor at JOHNSON STERLING, INC.

BIRMINGHAM, AL

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Search this name across graphsid dfx:ria:351cf10e-9793-a86e-fdd4-c4d8f3eb9da5

Data as of Sep 14, 2026 (this record's last observation) from federal regulator filings. Page built Sep 21, 2026, 1:10 AM UTC and rebuilt at most every 15 minutes.

Relationships: 2
Dated events: 1
On other graphs: 0
Observed: Feb 28, 2022 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: JOHNSON STERLING, INC.
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: Oct 1, 2006earliest registration or exam on IAPD
Years in industry: 19derivedfrom the industry start date
Years at current firm: 2derivedfrom the current registration's begin date
Prior firms: 1
Current registrations: 1
Registered states: 2
Exams: S66
First exam: Feb 15, 2022
First registration: Feb 28, 2022
Dual registered: no
Other names: Joy Beth Smith|Joy Barganier Smith|Joy Elizabeth Smith|Joy Elizabeth Barganier
IAPD individual key: 7494881

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
JOHNSON STERLING, INC.	Other adviser	May 31, 2024	n/a	yes	BIRMINGHAM, AL	Current employment
EQUITABLE ADVISORS, LLC	National bd RIA	Feb 28, 2022	May 9, 2024	no	HOMEWOOD, AL\|TRUSSVILLE, AL\|HOMEWOOD, AL\|HOMEWOOD, AL	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
EQUITABLE ADVISORS, LLC	JOHNSON STERLING, INC.	May 9, 2024	May 31, 2024	22	Firm change	Other

Relationships

Registered with (2)

→ JOHNSON STERLING, INC.Registered adviserregistration: current employment
May 31, 2024 to presentfactForm ADV
→ EQUITABLE ADVISORS, LLCRegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
Feb 28, 2022 to May 9, 2024factForm ADV

Dated events

Occurred
May 9, 2024
Advisor changed firm
Joy Beth Smith left Equitable Advisors, Llc for Johnson Sterling, Inc. (registered 2024-05-31)
Form ADVobserved 5 days ago

Provenance

Graph: RIA / Wealth Management
Canonical id: dfx:ria:351cf10e-9793-a86e-fdd4-c4d8f3eb9da5
First observed: Feb 28, 2022
Last observed: Sep 14, 2026 7 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.

Joy Beth Smith

Advisor at JOHNSON STERLING, INC.

BIRMINGHAM, AL

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Search this name across graphsid dfx:ria:351cf10e-9793-a86e-fdd4-c4d8f3eb9da5

Data as of Sep 14, 2026 (this record's last observation) from federal regulator filings. Page built Sep 21, 2026, 1:10 AM UTC and rebuilt at most every 15 minutes.

Firm

Class

Began

Ended

Current

Branch

Basis

JOHNSON STERLING, INC.

Other adviser

May 31, 2024

n/a

yes

BIRMINGHAM, AL

Current employment

EQUITABLE ADVISORS, LLC

National bd RIA

Feb 28, 2022

May 9, 2024

HOMEWOOD, AL|TRUSSVILLE, AL|HOMEWOOD, AL|HOMEWOOD, AL

Previous registration

From

Left

Joined

Gap, days

Kind

Move type

EQUITABLE ADVISORS, LLC

JOHNSON STERLING, INC.

May 9, 2024

May 31, 2024

Firm change

Other