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RIA / WealthAdvisordual registered (broker-dealer)42 years in industry

ROBERT DIXON HOPKINS

Advisor at WILLIAM BLAIR & COMPANY L.L.C.

BALTIMORE, MD | CHICAGO, IL | REISTERSTOWN, MD

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Data as of Sep 15, 2026 (this record's last observation) from federal regulator filings. Page built Sep 21, 2026, 1:12 PM UTC and rebuilt at most every 15 minutes.

Relationships: 3
Dated events: 0
On other graphs: 0
Observed: Jul 24, 2003 to Sep 15, 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: WILLIAM BLAIR & COMPANY L.L.C.
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: Jan 6, 1984earliest registration or exam on IAPD
Years in industry: 42derivedfrom the industry start date
Years at current firm: 7derivedfrom the current registration's begin date
Prior firms: 2
Current registrations: 1
Registered states: 2
Exams: S63|S65
First exam: Jan 6, 1984
First registration: Jul 24, 2003
Dual registered: yes, broker-dealer
IAPD individual key: 1204247

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
WILLIAM BLAIR & COMPANY L.L.C.	Bd affiliated wealth	Feb 4, 2019	n/a	yes	CHICAGO, IL\|CHICAGO, IL\|BALTIMORE, MD\|REISTERSTOWN, MD	Current employment
BROWN ADVISORY SECURITIES, LLC	Former SEC adviser	Oct 28, 2003	Jan 28, 2019	no	BALTIMORE, MD\|BALTIMORE, MD	Previous registration
BROWN ADVISORY SECURITIES, LLC	n/a	Jul 24, 2003	Oct 10, 2003	no	BALTIMORE, MD	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
BROWN ADVISORY SECURITIES, LLC	WILLIAM BLAIR & COMPANY L.L.C.	Jan 28, 2019	Feb 4, 2019	7	Firm change	RIA to ibd
BROWN ADVISORY SECURITIES, LLC	BROWN ADVISORY SECURITIES, LLC	Oct 10, 2003	Oct 28, 2003	18	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
120736:1252:MD:2019-01-28	Jan 28, 2019	Feb 4, 2019	BALTIMORE, MD	Firm change

Relationships

Registered with (3)

→ WILLIAM BLAIR & COMPANY L.L.C.Registered adviserregistration: current employment
Feb 4, 2019 to presentfactForm ADV
→ BROWN ADVISORY SECURITIES, LLCRegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
Oct 28, 2003 to Jan 28, 2019factForm ADV
→ BROWN ADVISORY SECURITIES, LLCRegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
Jul 24, 2003 to Oct 10, 2003factForm ADV

Dated events

No dated event names this entity yet.

Provenance

Graph: RIA / Wealth Management
Canonical id: dfx:ria:a217f6dc-79e2-a91d-648e-b005c394488f
First observed: Jul 24, 2003
Last observed: Sep 15, 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.

ROBERT DIXON HOPKINS

Advisor at WILLIAM BLAIR & COMPANY L.L.C.

BALTIMORE, MD | CHICAGO, IL | REISTERSTOWN, MD

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Search this name across graphsid dfx:ria:a217f6dc-79e2-a91d-648e-b005c394488f

Data as of Sep 15, 2026 (this record's last observation) from federal regulator filings. Page built Sep 21, 2026, 1:12 PM UTC and rebuilt at most every 15 minutes.

Firm

Class

Began

Ended

Current

Branch

Basis

WILLIAM BLAIR & COMPANY L.L.C.

Bd affiliated wealth

Feb 4, 2019

n/a

yes

CHICAGO, IL|CHICAGO, IL|BALTIMORE, MD|REISTERSTOWN, MD

Current employment

BROWN ADVISORY SECURITIES, LLC

Former SEC adviser

Oct 28, 2003

Jan 28, 2019

BALTIMORE, MD|BALTIMORE, MD

Previous registration

BROWN ADVISORY SECURITIES, LLC

n/a

Jul 24, 2003

Oct 10, 2003

BALTIMORE, MD

Previous registration

From

Left

Joined

Gap, days

Kind

Move type

BROWN ADVISORY SECURITIES, LLC

WILLIAM BLAIR & COMPANY L.L.C.

Jan 28, 2019

Feb 4, 2019

Firm change

RIA to ibd

BROWN ADVISORY SECURITIES, LLC

Oct 10, 2003

Oct 28, 2003

Firm change

Other

Team

Left

Joined

From

Kind

120736:1252:MD:2019-01-28

Jan 28, 2019

Feb 4, 2019

BALTIMORE, MD

Firm change