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RIA / WealthAdvisorCertified Financial Planner|Chartered Financial Consultant36 years in industry

DAVID LEE BERMAN

Advisor at BERMAN MCALEER

TIMONIUM, MD

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Data as of Sep 14, 2026 (this record's last observation) from federal regulator filings. Page built Sep 20, 2026, 12:32 AM UTC and rebuilt at most every 15 minutes.

Relationships: 4
Dated events: 1
On other graphs: 0
Observed: Jan 1, 2001 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

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Current firm: BERMAN MCALEER
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 18, 1989earliest registration or exam on IAPD
Years in industry: 36derivedfrom the industry start date
Years at current firm: 1derivedfrom the current registration's begin date
Prior firms: 3
Current registrations: 1
Registered states: 2
Designations: Certified Financial Planner|Chartered Financial Consultant
Exams: S63|S65
First exam: Oct 18, 1989
First registration: Jan 1, 2001
Dual registered: no
IAPD individual key: 1877857

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
BERMAN MCALEER	Independent wealth	Feb 13, 2025	n/a	yes	TIMONIUM, MD	Current employment
KESTRA ADVISORY SERVICES, LLC	Bd affiliated wealth	Apr 19, 2016	May 20, 2025	no	TIMONIUM, MD	Previous registration
NFP ADVISOR SERVICES, LLC	Former SEC adviser	Jan 16, 2003	Sep 22, 2016	no	TIMONIUM, MD\|TIMONIUM, MD\|New York, NY	Previous registration
PARK AVENUE SECURITIES LLC	Bd affiliated wealth	Jan 1, 2001	Jan 17, 2003	no	TIMONIUM, 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
KESTRA ADVISORY SERVICES, LLC	BERMAN MCALEER	May 20, 2025	Feb 13, 2025	-96	Firm change after gap	Ibd to new firm
NFP ADVISOR SERVICES, LLC	KESTRA ADVISORY SERVICES, LLC	Sep 22, 2016	Apr 19, 2016	-156	Bulk transfer	Other
PARK AVENUE SECURITIES LLC	NFP ADVISOR SERVICES, LLC	Jan 17, 2003	Jan 16, 2003	-1	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
283330:332906:MD:2025-05-20	May 20, 2025	Feb 13, 2025	TIMONIUM, MD	Firm change after gap

Relationships

Registered with (4)

→ BERMAN MCALEERRegistered adviserregistration: current employment
Feb 13, 2025 to presentfactForm ADV
→ KESTRA ADVISORY SERVICES, LLCRegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
Apr 19, 2016 to May 20, 2025factForm ADV
→ NFP ADVISOR SERVICES, LLCRegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
Jan 16, 2003 to Sep 22, 2016factForm ADV
→ PARK AVENUE SECURITIES LLCRegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
Jan 1, 2001 to Jan 17, 2003factForm ADV

Dated events

Occurred
May 20, 2025
Advisor changed firm
David Lee Berman left Kestra Advisory Services, Llc for Berman Mcaleer (registered 2025-02-13)
Form ADVobserved 4 days ago

Provenance

Graph: RIA / Wealth Management
Canonical id: dfx:ria:afc5a9d3-9ee9-908c-8cc0-0339ed396bd7
First observed: Jan 1, 2001
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.

DAVID LEE BERMAN

Advisor at BERMAN MCALEER

TIMONIUM, MD

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Data as of Sep 14, 2026 (this record's last observation) from federal regulator filings. Page built Sep 20, 2026, 12:32 AM UTC and rebuilt at most every 15 minutes.

Firm

Class

Began

Ended

Current

Branch

Basis

BERMAN MCALEER

Independent wealth

Feb 13, 2025

n/a

yes

TIMONIUM, MD

Current employment

KESTRA ADVISORY SERVICES, LLC

Bd affiliated wealth

Apr 19, 2016

May 20, 2025

TIMONIUM, MD

Previous registration

NFP ADVISOR SERVICES, LLC

Former SEC adviser

Jan 16, 2003

Sep 22, 2016

TIMONIUM, MD|TIMONIUM, MD|New York, NY

Previous registration

PARK AVENUE SECURITIES LLC

Bd affiliated wealth

Jan 1, 2001

Jan 17, 2003

TIMONIUM, MD

Previous registration

From

Left

Joined

Gap, days

Kind

Move type

KESTRA ADVISORY SERVICES, LLC

BERMAN MCALEER

May 20, 2025

Feb 13, 2025

-96

Firm change after gap

Ibd to new firm

NFP ADVISOR SERVICES, LLC

KESTRA ADVISORY SERVICES, LLC

Sep 22, 2016

Apr 19, 2016

-156

Bulk transfer

Other

PARK AVENUE SECURITIES LLC

NFP ADVISOR SERVICES, LLC

Jan 17, 2003

Jan 16, 2003

-1

Firm change

Other

Team

Left

Joined

From

Kind

283330:332906:MD:2025-05-20

May 20, 2025

Feb 13, 2025

TIMONIUM, MD

Firm change after gap