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RIA / WealthAdvisorCertified Financial Planner19 years in industry

JAMES LAMAR MOTTE

Advisor at GUARDIAN WEALTH MANAGEMENT, LLC

CHATTANOOGA, TN | JOHNSON CITY, TN

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Relationships: 4
Dated events: 1
On other graphs: 0
Observed: Oct 10, 2006 to Sep 15, 2026

Across DFX

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Facts

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Current firm: GUARDIAN WEALTH MANAGEMENT, LLC
Current firm class: independent wealth managerderived
Book size: not publicno per-advisor AUM is published by the SEC, FINRA or IAPD, and DFX estimates none
Industry start: Oct 10, 2006earliest registration or exam on IAPD
Years in industry: 19derivedfrom the industry start date
Years at current firm: 3derivedfrom the current registration's begin date
Prior firms: 3
Current registrations: 1
Registered states: 1
Designations: Certified Financial Planner
First registration: Oct 10, 2006
Dual registered: no
Other names: MOTTE
IAPD individual key: 4931527

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
GUARDIAN WEALTH MANAGEMENT, LLC	Independent wealth	Apr 20, 2023	n/a	yes	JOHNSON CITY, TN\|CHATTANOOGA, TN	Current employment
HIGHLANDS WEALTH MANAGEMENT	n/a	Mar 29, 2022	Apr 14, 2023	no	JOHNSON CITY, TN	Previous registration
Q3 ADVISORS, LLC	No RAUM reported	Apr 30, 2021	Jul 6, 2021	no	Johnson City, TN	Previous registration
BCS WEALTH MANAGEMENT, LLC	Independent wealth	Oct 10, 2006	Oct 3, 2014	no	JOHNSON CITY, 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
HIGHLANDS WEALTH MANAGEMENT	GUARDIAN WEALTH MANAGEMENT, LLC	Apr 14, 2023	Apr 20, 2023	6	Firm change	Other
Q3 ADVISORS, LLC	HIGHLANDS WEALTH MANAGEMENT	Jul 6, 2021	Mar 29, 2022	266	Firm change	Other
BCS WEALTH MANAGEMENT, LLC	Q3 ADVISORS, LLC	Oct 3, 2014	Apr 30, 2021	2,401	Firm change after gap	Other

Relationships

Registered with (4)

→ GUARDIAN WEALTH MANAGEMENT, LLCRegistered adviserregistration: current employment
Apr 20, 2023 to presentfactForm ADV
→ HIGHLANDS WEALTH MANAGEMENTRegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
Mar 29, 2022 to Apr 14, 2023factForm ADV
→ Q3 ADVISORS, LLCRegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
Apr 30, 2021 to Jul 6, 2021factForm ADV
→ BCS WEALTH MANAGEMENT, LLCRegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
Oct 10, 2006 to Oct 3, 2014factForm ADV

Dated events

Occurred
Apr 14, 2023
Advisor changed firm
James Lamar Motte left Highlands Wealth Management for Guardian Wealth Management, Llc (registered 2023-04-20)
Form ADVobserved 5 days ago