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RIA / WealthAdvisordual registered (broker-dealer)21 years in industry

KEVIN THOMAS SHEFFIELD

Advisor at LPL FINANCIAL LLC

LOUDON, TN

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Data as of Sep 14, 2026 (this record's last observation) from federal regulator filings. Page built Sep 21, 2026, 3:34 AM UTC and rebuilt at most every 15 minutes.

Relationships: 7
Dated events: 1
On other graphs: 0
Observed: Jun 15, 2007 to Sep 14, 2026

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Facts

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Current firm: LPL FINANCIAL LLC
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: Oct 22, 2004earliest registration or exam on IAPD
Years in industry: 21derivedfrom the industry start date
Years at current firm: 0derivedfrom the current registration's begin date
Prior firms: 6
Current registrations: 1
Registered states: 1
Exams: S63|S65
First exam: Oct 22, 2004
First registration: Jun 15, 2007
Dual registered: yes, broker-dealer
IAPD individual key: 4763718

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
LPL FINANCIAL LLC	Bd affiliated wealth	Dec 5, 2025	n/a	yes	LOUDON, TN	Current employment
CETERA INVESTMENT ADVISERS LLC	Bd affiliated wealth	Jun 29, 2023	Dec 16, 2025	no	LOUDON, TN	Previous registration
CETERA ADVISOR NETWORKS LLC	Former SEC adviser	May 20, 2021	Jun 29, 2023	no	LOUDON, TN	Previous registration
SUMMIT FINANCIAL GROUP INC	Former SEC adviser	Jan 18, 2019	May 20, 2021	no	LOUDON, TN	Previous registration
WELLS FARGO ADVISORS	Wirehouse	Dec 7, 2015	Jan 18, 2019	no	LOUDON, TN	Previous registration
EDWARD JONES	National bd RIA	Dec 9, 2009	Dec 8, 2015	no	KNOXVILLE, TN\|ST LOUIS, MO\|LOUDON, TN\|KNOXVILLE, TN\|KNOXVILLE, TN\|Loudon, TN	Previous registration
J.J.B. HILLIARD, W.L. LYONS, LLC	Former SEC adviser	Jun 15, 2007	Apr 28, 2009	no	KNOXVILLE, TN	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
CETERA INVESTMENT ADVISERS LLC	LPL FINANCIAL LLC	Dec 16, 2025	Dec 5, 2025	-11	Firm change	Ibd to ibd
CETERA ADVISOR NETWORKS LLC	CETERA INVESTMENT ADVISERS LLC	Jun 29, 2023	Jun 29, 2023	0	Bulk transfer	Ibd to ibd
SUMMIT FINANCIAL GROUP INC	CETERA ADVISOR NETWORKS LLC	May 20, 2021	May 20, 2021	0	Channel change	Ibd to ibd
WELLS FARGO ADVISORS	SUMMIT FINANCIAL GROUP INC	Jan 18, 2019	Jan 18, 2019	0	Firm change	Wirehouse to ibd
EDWARD JONES	WELLS FARGO ADVISORS	Dec 8, 2015	Dec 7, 2015	-1	Firm change	Ibd to wirehouse
J.J.B. HILLIARD, W.L. LYONS, LLC	EDWARD JONES	Apr 28, 2009	Dec 9, 2009	225	Firm change	Other

Team moves

moves this advisor made together with colleagues (two or more registrations ending and beginning together)

Team	Left	Joined	From	Kind
109485:13572:TN:2021-05-20	May 20, 2021	May 20, 2021	LOUDON, TN	Firm change

Relationships

Registered with (7)

→ LPL FINANCIAL LLCRegistered adviserregistration: current employment
Dec 5, 2025 to presentfactForm ADV
→ CETERA INVESTMENT ADVISERS LLCRegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
Jun 29, 2023 to Dec 16, 2025factForm ADV
→ CETERA ADVISOR NETWORKS LLCRegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
May 20, 2021 to Jun 29, 2023factForm ADV
→ SUMMIT FINANCIAL GROUP INCRegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
Jan 18, 2019 to May 20, 2021factForm ADV
→ WELLS FARGO ADVISORSRegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
Dec 7, 2015 to Jan 18, 2019factForm ADV
→ EDWARD JONESRegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
Dec 9, 2009 to Dec 8, 2015factForm ADV
→ J.J.B. HILLIARD, W.L. LYONS, LLCRegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
Jun 15, 2007 to Apr 28, 2009factForm ADV

Dated events

Occurred
Dec 16, 2025
Advisor changed firm
Kevin Thomas Sheffield left Cetera Investment Advisers Llc for Lpl Financial Llc (registered 2025-12-05)
Form ADVobserved 6 days ago