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RIA / WealthAdvisordual registered (broker-dealer)10 years in industry

KATHLEEN O'DELL

Advisor at MERIT FINANCIAL ADVISORS

ALPHARETTA, GA | Issaquah, WA

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Data as of Sep 14, 2026 (this record's last observation) from federal regulator filings. Page built Sep 20, 2026, 8:56 AM UTC and rebuilt at most every 15 minutes.

Relationships: 4
Dated events: 3
On other graphs: 0
Observed: May 18, 2021 to Sep 14, 2026

Across DFX

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Facts

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Current firm: MERIT FINANCIAL ADVISORS
Current firm class: broker-dealer affiliated wealth managerderived
Book size: not publicno per-advisor AUM is published by the SEC, FINRA or IAPD, and DFX estimates none
Industry start: Aug 1, 2016earliest registration or exam on IAPD
Years in industry: 10derivedfrom the industry start date
Years at current firm: 1derivedfrom the current registration's begin date
Prior firms: 3
Current registrations: 1
Registered states: 1
Exams: S66
First exam: May 18, 2021
First registration: May 18, 2021
Dual registered: yes, broker-dealer
IAPD individual key: 7258005

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
MERIT FINANCIAL ADVISORS	Bd affiliated wealth	May 1, 2025	n/a	yes	Issaquah, WA\|ALPHARETTA, GA	Current employment
AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL SERVICES, LLC	National bd RIA	Jul 18, 2023	Mar 24, 2025	no	BELLEVUE, WA\|Kirkland, WA	Previous registration
SGL INVESTMENT ADVISORS, INC.	Independent wealth	Mar 29, 2022	Feb 1, 2024	no	MISSOULA, MT	Previous registration
S.G. LONG & COMPANY	State registered	May 18, 2021	Feb 1, 2024	no	MISSOULA, MT	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
AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL SERVICES, LLC	MERIT FINANCIAL ADVISORS	Mar 24, 2025	May 1, 2025	38	Firm change	Ibd to RIA
SGL INVESTMENT ADVISORS, INC.	AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL SERVICES, LLC	Feb 1, 2024	Jul 18, 2023	-198	Firm change after gap	RIA to ibd
S.G. LONG & COMPANY	SGL INVESTMENT ADVISORS, INC.	Feb 1, 2024	Mar 29, 2022	-674	Firm change after gap	Other

Relationships

Registered with (4)

→ MERIT FINANCIAL ADVISORSRegistered adviserregistration: current employment
May 1, 2025 to presentfactForm ADV
→ AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL SERVICES, LLCRegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
Jul 18, 2023 to Mar 24, 2025factForm ADV
→ SGL INVESTMENT ADVISORS, INC.Registered adviserregistration: previous registration
Mar 29, 2022 to Feb 1, 2024factForm ADV
→ S.G. LONG & COMPANYRegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
May 18, 2021 to Feb 1, 2024factForm ADV

Dated events

Occurred
Mar 24, 2025
Advisor changed firm
Kathleen O'Dell left Ameriprise Financial Services, Llc for Merit Financial Advisors (registered 2025-05-01)
Form ADVobserved 5 days ago
Occurred
Feb 1, 2024
Advisor changed firm
Kathleen O'Dell left Sgl Investment Advisors, Inc. for Ameriprise Financial Services, Llc (registered 2023-07-18)
Form ADVobserved 5 days ago
Occurred
Feb 1, 2024
Advisor changed firm
Kathleen O'Dell left S.G. Long & Company for Sgl Investment Advisors, Inc. (registered 2022-03-29)
Form ADVobserved 5 days ago