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RIA / WealthRegistered adviserindependent wealth managerSEC registeredRAUM 100m 1b

SOUND FINANCIAL, LLC

CRD 292271

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Data as of Jul 30, 2026 (this record's last observation) from federal regulator filings. Page built Sep 19, 2026, 8:05 PM UTC and rebuilt at most every 15 minutes.

Relationships: 15
Dated events: 3
On other graphs: 0
Observed: Apr 28, 2022 to Jul 30, 2026
17 observations

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

Firm class: independent wealth managerderivedprivate_client_share=1.0 fund_share=0.0 institutional_share=0.0 related_bd=false related_bank=false bd_reps=0.0
Regulatory AUM: $211MItem 5.F on the latest filing (2026-07-30); as reported, and an affiliate's assets may be counted again on its own filing
Discretionary RAUM: $179M
Private client RAUM: $211MderivedItem 5.D individuals plus high net worth individuals
Private client share: 100%derivedprivate client RAUM over total RAUM
Advisors on IAPD: 5
RAUM per advisor: $42.2Mderivedthe firm's RAUM over its IAPD headcount: a firm average, never a person's book
Employees: 9
Advisory employees: 7
Offices: 2Schedule D 1.F, beyond the principal office
Accounts: 786
Individual clients: 180
High net worth clients: 68
SEC number: 801-125761
CRD: 292271
Filings on the tape: 17
First filed: Apr 28, 2022
Latest filed: Jul 30, 2026
Organised: Limited Liability Company, WA
Website: soundfinancialbites.libsyn.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
PAUL L ADAMS	n/a	LAKE STEVENS, WA	8	27	1	no
CORY EDWIN SHEPHERD	Certified Financial Planner\|Chartered Financial Consultant	CHICAGO, IL \| LAKE STEVENS, WA	8	17	2	no
MARANDA JEAN BLACKWELL	n/a	LAKE STEVENS, WA	6	10	n/a	no
Elijah Fowler	n/a	LAKE STEVENS, WA	2	14	1	no
Lance Allen Chisum	n/a	Boise, ID \| LAKE STEVENS, WA	1	19	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
ADAMS, PAUL, L	Owner	D	yes	01/2021	Apr 28, 2022	Jul 15, 2024
ADAMS, PAUL, L	Ceo	Na	yes	03/2015	Apr 28, 2022	Jul 15, 2024
CORDAN LLC	Owner	C	yes	01/2021	Apr 28, 2022	Jul 15, 2024
GALT'S REFUGE LLC	Owner	D	yes	01/2021	Apr 28, 2022	Jul 15, 2024
Miller, Jeffrey, Frank	Owner	E	yes	01/2021	Dec 14, 2022	Jul 15, 2024
SHEPHERD, CORY, EDWIN	PRESIDENT & CHIEF COMPLIANCE OFFICER	Na	yes	02/2018	Apr 28, 2022	Jul 15, 2024
SHEPHERD, CORY, EDWIN	Owner	C	yes	01/2021	Apr 28, 2022	Jul 15, 2024
TRJE CAPITAL LLC	Owner	B	yes	01/2021	Apr 28, 2022	Jul 15, 2024

Offices

Schedule D 1.F offices beyond the principal office; street addresses are not published

City	State	Country	Employees	Also broker-dealer
n/a	n/a	n/a	1	no

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; showing 4 of 5

Fiscal year	Filed	RAUM	Discretionary	Employees	Advisory staff	Offices	Private funds	Fund GAV
2025	Mar 6, 2026	$211M	$179M	9	7	2	n/a	n/a
2024	Apr 29, 2025	$170M	$150M	7	5	2	n/a	n/a
2023	Mar 19, 2024	$142M	$125M	7	5	2	n/a	n/a
2022	Feb 9, 2023	$116M	$99.9M	6	4	2	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
0	0	0	0.0%	0	0	0	1	1

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	$211M	$170M	24.1%	$116M	22.1%	9	7	2	2

Teams in

teams that arrived here from one firm together

Other firm	Advisors	First left	Last joined	From	Kind	Move type	Share of firm
PARK AVENUE SECURITIES LLC	2	May 3, 2018	May 7, 2018	MILL CREEK, WA	Team lift out	Ibd to RIA	0.2%

Relationships

Registered with (6)

← Lance Allen ChisumAdvisorregistration: current employment
Sep 12, 2025 to presentfactForm ADV
← Elijah FowlerAdvisorregistration: current employment
Dec 11, 2023 to presentfactForm ADV
← MARANDA JEAN BLACKWELLAdvisorregistration: current employment
Dec 10, 2019 to presentfactForm ADV
← CORY EDWIN SHEPHERDAdvisorregistration: current employment
May 7, 2018 to presentfactForm ADV
← PAUL L ADAMSAdvisorregistration: current employment
Apr 27, 2018 to presentfactForm ADV
← Jeffrey Frank MillerAdvisorregistration: previous registration
Oct 8, 2018 to Apr 10, 2024factForm ADV

Controls (6)

← ADAMS, PAUL, LOwnerOWNER, ownership code D, individual
Apr 28, 2022 to Jul 15, 2024factForm ADV
← SHEPHERD, CORY, EDWINOwnerOWNER, ownership code C, individual
Apr 28, 2022 to Jul 15, 2024factForm ADV
← Miller, Jeffrey, FrankOwnerOWNER, ownership code E, individual
Dec 14, 2022 to Jul 15, 2024factForm ADV
← CORDAN LLCOwnerOWNER, ownership code C, domestic entity
Apr 28, 2022 to Jul 15, 2024factForm ADV
← GALT'S REFUGE LLCOwnerOWNER, ownership code D, domestic entity
Apr 28, 2022 to Jul 15, 2024factForm ADV
← TRJE CAPITAL LLCOwnerOWNER, ownership code B, domestic entity
Apr 28, 2022 to Jul 15, 2024factForm ADV

Moved with (1)

← PARK AVENUE SECURITIES LLCRegistered adviser2 advisors, team lift out
May 3, 2018 to May 7, 2018factForm ADV

Dated events

Occurred
Apr 10, 2024
Advisor changed firm
Jeffrey Frank Miller left Sound Financial, Llc for Windmiller (registered 2024-07-18)
Form ADVobserved 4 days ago
Occurred
Dec 14, 2022
Control person joined
Frank Jeffrey Miller (Owner) appeared on Schedule A of Sound Financial, Llc
Form ADVobserved 4 days ago
Occurred
Apr 28, 2022
First Form ADV filing
Sound Financial, Llc filed its initial SEC registration (Form ADV)
Form ADVobserved 4 days ago

Provenance

Graph: RIA / Wealth Management
Canonical id: dfx:ria:6aa16804-b11f-ad2c-7a3a-d02b3ebd2951
First observed: Apr 28, 2022
Last observed: Jul 30, 2026 51 days 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.

SOUND FINANCIAL, LLC

CRD 292271

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Advisor

Designations

Branch

Years here

In industry

Prior firms

Dual registered

PAUL L ADAMS

n/a

LAKE STEVENS, WA

CORY EDWIN SHEPHERD

Certified Financial Planner|Chartered Financial Consultant

CHICAGO, IL | LAKE STEVENS, WA

MARANDA JEAN BLACKWELL

n/a

LAKE STEVENS, WA

n/a

Elijah Fowler

n/a

LAKE STEVENS, WA

Lance Allen Chisum

n/a

Boise, ID | LAKE STEVENS, WA

n/a

Owner

Title

Ownership code

Control person

Acquired

First seen

Last seen

ADAMS, PAUL, L

Owner

yes

01/2021

Apr 28, 2022

Jul 15, 2024

ADAMS, PAUL, L

Ceo

yes

03/2015

Apr 28, 2022

Jul 15, 2024

CORDAN LLC

Owner

yes

01/2021

Apr 28, 2022

Jul 15, 2024

GALT'S REFUGE LLC

Owner

yes

01/2021

Apr 28, 2022

Jul 15, 2024

Miller, Jeffrey, Frank

Owner

yes

01/2021

Dec 14, 2022

Jul 15, 2024

SHEPHERD, CORY, EDWIN

PRESIDENT & CHIEF COMPLIANCE OFFICER

yes

02/2018

Apr 28, 2022

Jul 15, 2024

SHEPHERD, CORY, EDWIN

Owner

yes

01/2021

Apr 28, 2022

Jul 15, 2024

TRJE CAPITAL LLC

Owner

yes

01/2021

Apr 28, 2022

Jul 15, 2024

City

State

Country

Employees

Also broker-dealer

n/a

Fiscal year

Filed

RAUM

Discretionary

Employees

Advisory staff

Offices

Private funds

Fund GAV

2025

Mar 6, 2026

$211M

$179M

n/a

2024

Apr 29, 2025

$170M

$150M

n/a

2023

Mar 19, 2024

$142M

$125M

n/a

2022

Feb 9, 2023

$116M

$99.9M

n/a

Joined, 12m

Left, 12m

Net, 12m

Departure rate, 12m

Joined, 90d

Left, 90d

Left, no destination yet

Joined, 36m

Left, 36m

0.0%

Latest fiscal year

RAUM

A year earlier

1y change

Three years earlier

3y CAGR

Employees

A year earlier

Offices

A year earlier

2025

$211M

$170M

24.1%

$116M

22.1%

Other firm

Advisors

First left

Last joined

From

Kind

Move type

Share of firm

PARK AVENUE SECURITIES LLC

May 3, 2018

May 7, 2018

MILL CREEK, WA

Team lift out

Ibd to RIA

0.2%