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RIA / WealthAdvisorCertified Financial Plannerdual registered (broker-dealer)29 years in industry

Christopher Bryan Lawson

Advisor at CARY STREET PARTNERS

abingdon, VA

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

Relationships: 4
Dated events: 0
On other graphs: 0
Observed: May 18, 2005 to Sep 14, 2026

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Facts

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Current firm: CARY STREET PARTNERS
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: May 1, 1997earliest registration or exam on IAPD
Years in industry: 29derivedfrom the industry start date
Years at current firm: 8derivedfrom the current registration's begin date
Prior firms: 3
Current registrations: 1
Registered states: 3
Designations: Certified Financial Planner
Exams: S66|S63
First exam: May 27, 1998
First registration: May 18, 2005
Dual registered: yes, broker-dealer
IAPD individual key: 3044512

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
CARY STREET PARTNERS	Bd affiliated wealth	Apr 6, 2018	n/a	yes	abingdon, VA	Current employment
LPL FINANCIAL LLC	Bd affiliated wealth	Sep 20, 2016	Apr 12, 2018	no	ABINGDON, VA\|Abingdon, VA\|SAN DIEGO, CA	Previous registration
OSAIC INSTITUTIONS, INC.	Bd affiliated wealth	Jun 1, 2008	Sep 22, 2016	no	SEVIERVILLE, TN\|KNOXVILLE, TN\|ABINGDON, VA\|BLOUNTVILLE, TN	Previous registration
BI INVESTMENTS, LLC	n/a	May 18, 2005	Jun 1, 2008	no	ABINGDON, VA\|ABINGDON, VA	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
LPL FINANCIAL LLC	CARY STREET PARTNERS	Apr 12, 2018	Apr 6, 2018	-6	Firm change	RIA to ibd
OSAIC INSTITUTIONS, INC.	LPL FINANCIAL LLC	Sep 22, 2016	Sep 20, 2016	-2	Firm change	Other
BI INVESTMENTS, LLC	OSAIC INSTITUTIONS, INC.	Jun 1, 2008	Jun 1, 2008	0	Bulk transfer	Other

Relationships

Registered with (4)

→ CARY STREET PARTNERSRegistered adviserregistration: current employment
Apr 6, 2018 to presentfactForm ADV
→ LPL FINANCIAL LLCRegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
Sep 20, 2016 to Apr 12, 2018factForm ADV
→ OSAIC INSTITUTIONS, INC.Registered adviserregistration: previous registration
Jun 1, 2008 to Sep 22, 2016factForm ADV
→ BI INVESTMENTS, LLCRegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
May 18, 2005 to Jun 1, 2008factForm ADV

Dated events

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