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THE ADVOCATE GROUP, LLC

CRD 155270

MINNETONKA, MN

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Data as of Feb 4, 2026 (this record's last observation) from federal regulator filings. Page built Sep 20, 2026, 10:06 AM UTC and rebuilt at most every 15 minutes.

Relationships: 20
Dated events: 9
On other graphs: 0
Observed: Mar 28, 2012 to Feb 4, 2026
36 observations

Across DFX

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Facts

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

Firm class: independent wealth managerderivedprivate_client_share=0.97 fund_share=0.0 institutional_share=0.03 related_bd=false related_bank=false bd_reps=0.0
Regulatory AUM: $810MItem 5.F on the latest filing (2026-02-04); as reported, and an affiliate's assets may be counted again on its own filing
Discretionary RAUM: $808M
Private client RAUM: $782MderivedItem 5.D individuals plus high net worth individuals
Private client share: 97%derivedprivate client RAUM over total RAUM
Advisors on IAPD: 9
RAUM per advisor: $90.0Mderivedthe firm's RAUM over its IAPD headcount: a firm average, never a person's book
Employees: 17
Advisory employees: 11
Offices: 0Schedule D 1.F, beyond the principal office
Accounts: 1,068
Individual clients: 124
High net worth clients: 222
Custody, client assets: $318M
SEC number: 801-72157
CRD: 155270
Filings on the tape: 36
First filed: Mar 28, 2012
Latest filed: Feb 4, 2026
Organised: Limited Liability Company, MN
Website: theadvocategroup.com

Advisors on IAPD

current investment adviser representatives on the IAPD individual feed, longest tenure first

Advisor	Designations	Branch	Years here	In industry	Prior firms	Dual registered
MICHAEL LEE CORRIGAN	Certified Financial Planner	MINNETONKA, MN	12	21	n/a	no
SEAN PATRICK OHAGAN	Certified Financial Planner	MINNETONKA, MN	12	17	1	no
ELIZABETH ELLEN KINDSETH	Certified Financial Planner	MINNETONKA, MN	11	12	n/a	no
EMILY MARY MEISINGER	Certified Financial Planner	MINNETONKA, MN	8	11	n/a	no
SETH PHILLIP HEIMERMANN	Chartered Financial Analyst	MINNETONKA, MN	6	12	n/a	no
HUNTER JON HILLSTROM	Chartered Financial Analyst	MINNETONKA, MN	3	10	n/a	no
Brennan Paul Skon	Certified Financial Planner	MINNETONKA, MN	1	13	1	no
Emily Ann Einwalter	Certified Financial Planner	MINNETONKA, MN	0	9	1	no
Scott Hartzell	Certified Financial Planner	MINNETONKA, MN	0	11	n/a	no

Owners and control persons

Schedule A and B as filed; ownership codes are the form's bands (NA under 5%, A 5 to 10%, B 10 to 25%, C 25 to 50%, D 50 to 75%, E over 75%); people are listed as filed and never merged by name

Owner	Title	Ownership code	Control person	Acquired	First seen	Last seen
CORRIGAN, MICHAEL, LEE	CEO, CHIEF COMPLIANCE OFFICER, MEMBER, ELECTED MANAGER	C	yes	03/2016	Feb 20, 2014	Feb 14, 2024
HEIMERMANN, SETH, PHILLIP	CHIEF INVESTMENT OFFICER, MEMBER	A	yes	10/2019	Feb 26, 2020	Feb 14, 2024
OHAGAN, SEAN, PATRICK	SECRETARY, MEMBER, ELECTED MANAGER	B	yes	12/2017	Feb 20, 2014	Feb 14, 2024
WACHTER, REBECCA, A	COO, TREASURER, MEMBER, ELECTED MANAGER	A	yes	02/2017	Feb 23, 2018	Feb 14, 2024
KINDSETH, ELIZABETH, ELLEN	Member	B	no	12/2019	Feb 20, 2014	Feb 14, 2024
MEISINGER, EMILY, MARY	Member	A	no	12/2022	Feb 17, 2023	Feb 14, 2024

Regulatory AUM by fiscal year

annual amendments (and the roster's annual snapshot) as filed; where a year was amended twice the later filing draws the line

Fiscal year	Filed	RAUM	Discretionary	Employees	Advisory staff	Offices	Private funds	Fund GAV
2025	Feb 4, 2026	$810M	$808M	17	11	0	n/a	n/a
2024	Feb 17, 2025	$713M	$710M	17	11	0	n/a	n/a
2023	Feb 14, 2024	$636M	$633M	17	11	0	n/a	n/a
2022	Feb 17, 2023	$591M	$588M	15	10	0	n/a	n/a
2021	Mar 24, 2022	$588M	$585M	13	9	0	n/a	n/a
2020	Mar 15, 2021	$484M	$482M	13	6	0	n/a	n/a
2019	Feb 26, 2020	$440M	$436M	12	6	0	n/a	n/a
2018	Feb 18, 2019	$340M	$338M	12	7	0	n/a	n/a
2017	Feb 23, 2018	$338M	$335M	11	7	0	n/a	n/a
2016	Feb 17, 2017	$481M	$479M	12	7	n/a	n/a	n/a
2015	Mar 8, 2016	$419M	$417M	11	6	n/a	n/a	n/a
2014	Mar 12, 2015	$436M	$430M	11	5	n/a	n/a	n/a
2013	Feb 20, 2014	$409M	$403M	11	5	n/a	n/a	n/a
2012	Mar 18, 2013	$307M	$303M	13	6	n/a	n/a	n/a
2011	Mar 28, 2012	$247M	$243M	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a

Advisor flows

derived: registrations beginning and ending at this CRD on IAPD, bulk corporate re-registrations excluded; the rate is departures over IAPD headcount

Joined, 12m	Left, 12m	Net, 12m	Departure rate, 12m	Joined, 90d	Left, 90d	Left, no destination yet	Joined, 36m	Left, 36m
1	3	-2	33.3%	0	2	0	2	5

Growth

derived from consecutive annual filings; RAUM as reported

Latest fiscal year	RAUM	A year earlier	1y change	Three years earlier	3y CAGR	Employees	A year earlier	Offices	A year earlier
2025	$810M	$713M	13.5%	$591M	11.1%	17	17	0	0

Relationships

Registered with (14)

← Scott HartzellAdvisorregistration: current employment
Jul 9, 2026 to presentfactForm ADV
← Emily Ann EinwalterAdvisorregistration: current employment
Oct 30, 2025 to presentfactForm ADV
← Brennan Paul SkonAdvisorregistration: current employment
Nov 5, 2024 to presentfactForm ADV
← HUNTER JON HILLSTROMAdvisorregistration: current employment
Oct 24, 2022 to presentfactForm ADV
← SETH PHILLIP HEIMERMANNAdvisorregistration: current employment
Oct 28, 2019 to presentfactForm ADV
← EMILY MARY MEISINGERAdvisorregistration: current employment
Dec 19, 2017 to presentfactForm ADV
← ELIZABETH ELLEN KINDSETHAdvisorregistration: current employment
Mar 5, 2015 to presentfactForm ADV
← SEAN PATRICK OHAGANAdvisorregistration: current employment
Jun 20, 2014 to presentfactForm ADV
← MICHAEL LEE CORRIGANAdvisorregistration: current employment
Dec 16, 2013 to presentfactForm ADV
← Sabrina F KarnsAdvisorregistration: previous registration
Nov 18, 2021 to Jul 27, 2026factForm ADV
← DYLAN JACOB IBARRAAdvisorregistration: previous registration
Sep 14, 2023 to Jan 5, 2026factForm ADV
← Bailey Marie NorbyAdvisorregistration: previous registration
Sep 8, 2021 to Jun 26, 2025factForm ADV
← JACOB M STANCZYKAdvisorregistration: previous registration
May 26, 2022 to May 2, 2024factForm ADV
← FANG ECHO HUANGAdvisorregistration: previous registration
Dec 16, 2013 to Mar 26, 2015factForm ADV

Controls (4)

← CORRIGAN, MICHAEL, LEEOwnerCEO, CHIEF COMPLIANCE OFFICER, MEMBER, ELECTED MANAGER, ownership code C, individual
Feb 20, 2014 to Feb 14, 2024factForm ADV
← OHAGAN, SEAN, PATRICKOwnerSECRETARY, MEMBER, ELECTED MANAGER, ownership code B, individual
Feb 20, 2014 to Feb 14, 2024factForm ADV
← HEIMERMANN, SETH, PHILLIPOwnerCHIEF INVESTMENT OFFICER, MEMBER, ownership code A, individual
Feb 26, 2020 to Feb 14, 2024factForm ADV
← WACHTER, REBECCA, AOwnerCOO, TREASURER, MEMBER, ELECTED MANAGER, ownership code A, individual
Feb 23, 2018 to Feb 14, 2024factForm ADV

Owns (2)

← KINDSETH, ELIZABETH, ELLENOwnerMEMBER, ownership code B, individual
Feb 20, 2014 to Feb 14, 2024factForm ADV
← MEISINGER, EMILY, MARYOwnerMEMBER, ownership code A, individual
Feb 17, 2023 to Feb 14, 2024factForm ADV

Dated events

Occurred
Jul 27, 2026
Advisor changed firm
Sabrina F Karns left The Advocate Group, Llc for Commonwealth Financial Network (registered 2026-07-30)
Form ADVobserved 5 days ago
Occurred
Jan 5, 2026
Advisor changed firm
Dylan Jacob Ibarra left The Advocate Group, Llc for The Burney Company (registered 2026-06-26)
Form ADVobserved 5 days ago
Occurred
Jun 26, 2025
Advisor changed firm
Bailey Marie Norby left The Advocate Group, Llc for Jnba Financial Advisors, Llc (registered 2025-07-09)
Form ADVobserved 5 days ago
Occurred
May 2, 2024
Advisor changed firm
Jacob M Stanczyk left The Advocate Group, Llc for Jmg Financial Group Ltd (registered 2024-05-15)
Form ADVobserved 5 days ago
Occurred
Feb 17, 2023
Control person left
Lee Ricky Lueck (Chief Executive Officer, Managing Member, Elected Manager) no longer on Schedule A of The Advocate Group, Llc (listed 2022-08-29, absent 2023-02-17)
Form ADVobserved 5 days ago
Occurred
Feb 26, 2020
Control person left
Bernard David Van Benschoten (Member) no longer on Schedule A of The Advocate Group, Llc (listed 2019-05-01, absent 2020-02-26)
Form ADVobserved 5 days ago
Occurred
Feb 26, 2020
Control person joined
Phillip Seth Heimermann (Chief Investment Officer, Member) appeared on Schedule A of The Advocate Group, Llc
Form ADVobserved 5 days ago
Occurred
May 1, 2019
Control person left
Marie Shannon O'Leary (Member, Chief Investment Officer, Chief Compliance Officer) no longer on Schedule A of The Advocate Group, Llc (listed 2019-02-18, absent 2019-05-01)
Form ADVobserved 5 days ago
Occurred
Feb 23, 2018
Regulatory AUM changed
The Advocate Group, Llc reported RAUM $337.7M, down 29% from $476.4M (2017-05-18 to 2018-02-23)
Form ADVobserved 5 days ago
$-139M

Provenance

Graph: RIA / Wealth Management
Canonical id: dfx:ria:38bd2b6d-b76d-19c0-053f-9b0f2a3e3809
First observed: Mar 28, 2012
Last observed: Feb 4, 2026 7 months ago
Source families: Federal regulator filings
3 registered feeds 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.

THE ADVOCATE GROUP, LLC

CRD 155270

MINNETONKA, MN

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Data as of Feb 4, 2026 (this record's last observation) from federal regulator filings. Page built Sep 20, 2026, 10:06 AM UTC and rebuilt at most every 15 minutes.

Advisor

Designations

Branch

Years here

In industry

Prior firms

Dual registered

MICHAEL LEE CORRIGAN

Certified Financial Planner

MINNETONKA, MN

n/a

SEAN PATRICK OHAGAN

Certified Financial Planner

MINNETONKA, MN

ELIZABETH ELLEN KINDSETH

Certified Financial Planner

MINNETONKA, MN

n/a

EMILY MARY MEISINGER

Certified Financial Planner

MINNETONKA, MN

n/a

SETH PHILLIP HEIMERMANN

Chartered Financial Analyst

MINNETONKA, MN

n/a

HUNTER JON HILLSTROM

Chartered Financial Analyst

MINNETONKA, MN

n/a

Brennan Paul Skon

Certified Financial Planner

MINNETONKA, MN

Emily Ann Einwalter

Certified Financial Planner

MINNETONKA, MN

Scott Hartzell

Certified Financial Planner

MINNETONKA, MN

n/a

Owner

Title

Ownership code

Control person

Acquired

First seen

Last seen

CORRIGAN, MICHAEL, LEE

CEO, CHIEF COMPLIANCE OFFICER, MEMBER, ELECTED MANAGER

yes

03/2016

Feb 20, 2014

Feb 14, 2024

HEIMERMANN, SETH, PHILLIP

CHIEF INVESTMENT OFFICER, MEMBER

yes

10/2019

Feb 26, 2020

Feb 14, 2024

OHAGAN, SEAN, PATRICK

SECRETARY, MEMBER, ELECTED MANAGER

yes

12/2017

Feb 20, 2014

Feb 14, 2024

WACHTER, REBECCA, A

COO, TREASURER, MEMBER, ELECTED MANAGER

yes

02/2017

Feb 23, 2018

Feb 14, 2024

KINDSETH, ELIZABETH, ELLEN

Member

12/2019

Feb 20, 2014

Feb 14, 2024

MEISINGER, EMILY, MARY

Member

12/2022

Feb 17, 2023

Feb 14, 2024

Fiscal year

Filed

RAUM

Discretionary

Employees

Advisory staff

Offices

Private funds

Fund GAV

2025

Feb 4, 2026

$810M

$808M

n/a

2024

Feb 17, 2025

$713M

$710M

n/a

2023

Feb 14, 2024

$636M

$633M

n/a

2022

Feb 17, 2023

$591M

$588M

n/a

2021

Mar 24, 2022

$588M

$585M

n/a

2020

Mar 15, 2021

$484M

$482M

n/a

2019

Feb 26, 2020

$440M

$436M

n/a

2018

Feb 18, 2019

$340M

$338M

n/a

2017

Feb 23, 2018

$338M

$335M

n/a

2016

Feb 17, 2017

$481M

$479M

n/a

2015

Mar 8, 2016

$419M

$417M

n/a

2014

Mar 12, 2015

$436M

$430M

n/a

2013

Feb 20, 2014

$409M

$403M

n/a

2012

Mar 18, 2013

$307M

$303M

n/a

2011

Mar 28, 2012

$247M

$243M

n/a

Joined, 12m

Left, 12m

Net, 12m

Departure rate, 12m

Joined, 90d

Left, 90d

Left, no destination yet

Joined, 36m

Left, 36m

-2

33.3%

Latest fiscal year

RAUM

A year earlier

1y change

Three years earlier

3y CAGR

Employees

A year earlier

Offices

A year earlier

2025

$810M

$713M

13.5%

$591M

11.1%