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RIA / WealthAdvisorCertified Financial Planner31 years in industry

Michael Lorin Ross

Advisor at INDEPENDENT FINANCIAL PARTNERS

TAMPA, FL | San Ramon, CA | Afton, WY

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Data as of Sep 15, 2026 (this record's last observation) from federal regulator filings. Page built Sep 20, 2026, 12:54 AM UTC and rebuilt at most every 15 minutes.

Relationships: 5
Dated events: 2
On other graphs: 0
Observed: Mar 10, 2004 to Sep 15, 2026

Across DFX

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Facts

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Current firm: INDEPENDENT FINANCIAL PARTNERS
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 1, 1995earliest registration or exam on IAPD
Years in industry: 31derivedfrom the industry start date
Years at current firm: 1derivedfrom the current registration's begin date
Prior firms: 4
Current registrations: 1
Registered states: 1
Designations: Certified Financial Planner
Exams: S63|S66
First exam: Oct 3, 1995
First registration: Mar 10, 2004
Dual registered: no
IAPD individual key: 2664674

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
INDEPENDENT FINANCIAL PARTNERS	Bd affiliated wealth	Jun 16, 2025	n/a	yes	San Ramon, CA\|Afton, WY\|TAMPA, FL	Current employment
RIGGS CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC	Former SEC adviser	Jun 23, 2022	May 30, 2025	no	Smoot, WY\|AMERICAN FORK, UT	Previous registration
CROW CREEK WEALTH	Former SEC adviser	May 17, 2019	Aug 26, 2022	no	SAM RAMON, CA	Previous registration
FIDELITY PERSONAL AND WORKPLACE ADVISORS	Former SEC adviser	Jul 13, 2018	Apr 3, 2019	no	BOSTON, MA	Previous registration
STRATEGIC ADVISERS LLC	National bd RIA	Mar 10, 2004	Jul 13, 2018	no	SUNNYVALE, CA\|CAMPBELL, CA\|WALNUT CREEK, CA\|SAN FRANCISCO, CA\|SAN FRANCISCO, 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
RIGGS CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC	INDEPENDENT FINANCIAL PARTNERS	May 30, 2025	Jun 16, 2025	17	Firm change	RIA to ibd
CROW CREEK WEALTH	RIGGS CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC	Aug 26, 2022	Jun 23, 2022	-64	Firm change after gap	Other
FIDELITY PERSONAL AND WORKPLACE ADVISORS	CROW CREEK WEALTH	Apr 3, 2019	May 17, 2019	44	Firm change	Ibd to new firm
STRATEGIC ADVISERS LLC	FIDELITY PERSONAL AND WORKPLACE ADVISORS	Jul 13, 2018	Jul 13, 2018	0	Bulk transfer	Ibd to new firm

Relationships

Registered with (5)

→ INDEPENDENT FINANCIAL PARTNERSRegistered adviserregistration: current employment
Jun 16, 2025 to presentfactForm ADV
→ RIGGS CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLCRegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
Jun 23, 2022 to May 30, 2025factForm ADV
→ CROW CREEK WEALTHRegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
May 17, 2019 to Aug 26, 2022factForm ADV
→ FIDELITY PERSONAL AND WORKPLACE ADVISORSRegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
Jul 13, 2018 to Apr 3, 2019factForm ADV
→ STRATEGIC ADVISERS LLCRegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
Mar 10, 2004 to Jul 13, 2018factForm ADV

Dated events

Occurred
May 30, 2025
Advisor changed firm
Michael Lorin Ross left Riggs Capital Management, Llc for Independent Financial Partners (registered 2025-06-16)
Form ADVobserved 4 days ago
Occurred
Aug 26, 2022
Advisor changed firm
Michael Lorin Ross left Crow Creek Wealth for Riggs Capital Management, Llc (registered 2022-06-23)
Form ADVobserved 4 days ago