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RIA / WealthAdvisordual registered (broker-dealer)26 years in industry

John W Taliaferro

Advisor at AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL SERVICES, LLC

Leesburg, VA | Mclean, VA

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Data as of Sep 14, 2026 (this record's last observation) from federal regulator filings. Page built Sep 21, 2026, 10:02 AM UTC and rebuilt at most every 15 minutes.

Relationships: 4
Dated events: 0
On other graphs: 0
Observed: Feb 11, 2002 to Sep 14, 2026

Across DFX

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Facts

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Current firm: AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL SERVICES, LLC
Current firm class: national broker-dealer RIAderived
Book size: not publicno per-advisor AUM is published by the SEC, FINRA or IAPD, and DFX estimates none
Industry start: May 8, 2000earliest registration or exam on IAPD
Years in industry: 26derivedfrom the industry start date
Years at current firm: 15derivedfrom the current registration's begin date
Prior firms: 3
Current registrations: 1
Registered states: 3
Exams: S65|S63
First exam: May 8, 2000
First registration: Feb 11, 2002
Dual registered: yes, broker-dealer
Other names: John Taliaferro|JOHN WILTON TALIAFERRO
IAPD individual key: 4120666

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
AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL SERVICES, LLC	National bd RIA	Jun 15, 2011	n/a	yes	Mclean, VA\|Leesburg, VA	Current employment
AVANTAX ADVISORY SERVICES	Former SEC adviser	Oct 26, 2009	Jun 15, 2011	no	ASHBURN, VA	Previous registration
LEGG MASON WOOD WALKER, INCORPORATED	n/a	Aug 26, 2003	Nov 3, 2004	no	LOTHIAN, MD	Previous registration
MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH INCORPORATED	Wirehouse	Feb 11, 2002	Jun 7, 2002	no	ANNAPOLIS, 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
AVANTAX ADVISORY SERVICES	AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL SERVICES, LLC	Jun 15, 2011	Jun 15, 2011	0	Firm change	Other
LEGG MASON WOOD WALKER, INCORPORATED	AVANTAX ADVISORY SERVICES	Nov 3, 2004	Oct 26, 2009	1,818	Firm change after gap	Other
MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH INCORPORATED	LEGG MASON WOOD WALKER, INCORPORATED	Jun 7, 2002	Aug 26, 2003	445	Firm change after gap	Other

Relationships

Registered with (4)

→ AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL SERVICES, LLCRegistered adviserregistration: current employment
Jun 15, 2011 to presentfactForm ADV
→ AVANTAX ADVISORY SERVICESRegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
Oct 26, 2009 to Jun 15, 2011factForm ADV
→ LEGG MASON WOOD WALKER, INCORPORATEDRegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
Aug 26, 2003 to Nov 3, 2004factForm ADV
→ MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH INCORPORATEDRegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
Feb 11, 2002 to Jun 7, 2002factForm ADV

Dated events

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