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RIA / WealthAdvisordual registered (broker-dealer)30 years in industry

MICHAEL SCOTT SORENSON

Advisor at LPL FINANCIAL LLC

CARLSBAD, CA

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Data as of Sep 14, 2026 (this record's last observation) from federal regulator filings. Page built Sep 20, 2026, 5:55 AM UTC and rebuilt at most every 15 minutes.

Relationships: 4
Dated events: 0
On other graphs: 0
Observed: Mar 12, 2002 to Sep 14, 2026

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

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: Sep 5, 1996earliest registration or exam on IAPD
Years in industry: 30derivedfrom the industry start date
Years at current firm: 17derivedfrom the current registration's begin date
Prior firms: 3
Current registrations: 1
Registered states: 1
Exams: S65|S63
First exam: Sep 5, 1996
First registration: Mar 12, 2002
Dual registered: yes, broker-dealer
Other names: MICHAEL SCOTT SORENSEON|MIKE SORENSON|MICHAEL S SORENSON
IAPD individual key: 1562148

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	Oct 21, 2008	n/a	yes	CARLSBAD, CA	Current employment
THE WEALTH ADVISORS	n/a	Jun 30, 2010	May 7, 2020	no	CARLSBAD, CA	Previous registration
VOYA FINANCIAL ADVISORS, INC.	Bd affiliated wealth	Jul 24, 2006	Oct 31, 2008	no	CARLSBAD, CA\|CARLSBAD, CA	Previous registration
TRANSAMERICA FINANCIAL ADVISORS, LLC	Bd affiliated wealth	Mar 12, 2002	Oct 14, 2005	no	CARLSBAD, CA	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
THE WEALTH ADVISORS	n/a	May 7, 2020	n/a	n/a	Departure no registered destination	Departure
VOYA FINANCIAL ADVISORS, INC.	LPL FINANCIAL LLC	Oct 31, 2008	Oct 21, 2008	-10	Firm change	Other
TRANSAMERICA FINANCIAL ADVISORS, LLC	VOYA FINANCIAL ADVISORS, INC.	Oct 14, 2005	Jul 24, 2006	283	Firm change	Other

Relationships

Registered with (4)

→ LPL FINANCIAL LLCRegistered adviserregistration: current employment
Oct 21, 2008 to presentfactForm ADV
→ THE WEALTH ADVISORSRegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
Jun 30, 2010 to May 7, 2020factForm ADV
→ VOYA FINANCIAL ADVISORS, INC.Registered adviserregistration: previous registration
Jul 24, 2006 to Oct 31, 2008factForm ADV
→ TRANSAMERICA FINANCIAL ADVISORS, LLCRegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
Mar 12, 2002 to Oct 14, 2005factForm ADV

Dated events

No dated event names this entity yet.

Provenance

Graph: RIA / Wealth Management
Canonical id: dfx:ria:9a2787fa-4288-8dfc-1d24-2c5baef81606
First observed: Mar 12, 2002
Last observed: Sep 14, 2026 6 days ago
Source families: Federal regulator filings
1 registered feed 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.

MICHAEL SCOTT SORENSON

Advisor at LPL FINANCIAL LLC

CARLSBAD, CA

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Data as of Sep 14, 2026 (this record's last observation) from federal regulator filings. Page built Sep 20, 2026, 5:55 AM UTC and rebuilt at most every 15 minutes.

Firm

Class

Began

Ended

Current

Branch

Basis

LPL FINANCIAL LLC

Bd affiliated wealth

Oct 21, 2008

n/a

yes

CARLSBAD, CA

Current employment

THE WEALTH ADVISORS

n/a

Jun 30, 2010

May 7, 2020

CARLSBAD, CA

Previous registration

VOYA FINANCIAL ADVISORS, INC.

Bd affiliated wealth

Jul 24, 2006

Oct 31, 2008

CARLSBAD, CA|CARLSBAD, CA

Previous registration

TRANSAMERICA FINANCIAL ADVISORS, LLC

Bd affiliated wealth

Mar 12, 2002

Oct 14, 2005

CARLSBAD, CA

Previous registration

From

Left

Joined

Gap, days

Kind

Move type

THE WEALTH ADVISORS

n/a

May 7, 2020

n/a

Departure no registered destination

Departure

VOYA FINANCIAL ADVISORS, INC.

LPL FINANCIAL LLC

Oct 31, 2008

Oct 21, 2008

-10

Firm change

Other

TRANSAMERICA FINANCIAL ADVISORS, LLC

VOYA FINANCIAL ADVISORS, INC.

Oct 14, 2005

Jul 24, 2006

283

Firm change

Other