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RIA / WealthAdvisor24 years in industry

JOHN J COPPOLA

Advisor at CLIENT FIRST ADVISORS, LLC

MOUNT PLEASANT, SC

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Data as of Sep 14, 2026 (this record's last observation) from federal regulator filings. Page built Sep 19, 2026, 11:50 AM UTC and rebuilt at most every 15 minutes.

Relationships: 2
Dated events: 0
On other graphs: 0
Observed: Sep 17, 2012 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

fact = as filed or announced; derived = computed by DFX; estimate = a band, never a point

Current firm: CLIENT FIRST ADVISORS, LLC
Current firm class: former SEC adviserderived
Book size: not publicno per-advisor AUM is published by the SEC, FINRA or IAPD, and DFX estimates none
Industry start: Jan 18, 2002earliest registration or exam on IAPD
Years in industry: 24derivedfrom the industry start date
Years at current firm: 7derivedfrom the current registration's begin date
Prior firms: 1
Current registrations: 1
Registered states: 3
Exams: S63|S66
First exam: Jan 18, 2002
First registration: Sep 17, 2012
Dual registered: no
Other names: JOHN JOSEPH COPPOLA
IAPD individual key: 4457045

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
CLIENT FIRST ADVISORS, LLC	Former SEC adviser	Sep 12, 2019	n/a	yes	MOUNT PLEASANT, SC	Current employment
MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH INCORPORATED	Wirehouse	Sep 17, 2012	May 9, 2014	no	BRIDGEWATER, NJ	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
MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH INCORPORATED	CLIENT FIRST ADVISORS, LLC	May 9, 2014	Sep 12, 2019	1,952	Firm change after gap	Other

Relationships

Registered with (2)

→ CLIENT FIRST ADVISORS, LLCRegistered adviserregistration: current employment
Sep 12, 2019 to presentfactForm ADV
→ MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH INCORPORATEDRegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
Sep 17, 2012 to May 9, 2014factForm ADV

Dated events

No dated event names this entity yet.

Provenance

Graph: RIA / Wealth Management
Canonical id: dfx:ria:c347502d-d376-e9b2-a7b0-ce1dd0ce31a0
First observed: Sep 17, 2012
Last observed: Sep 14, 2026 5 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.

JOHN J COPPOLA

Advisor at CLIENT FIRST ADVISORS, LLC

MOUNT PLEASANT, SC

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Firm

Class

Began

Ended

Current

Branch

Basis

CLIENT FIRST ADVISORS, LLC

Former SEC adviser

Sep 12, 2019

n/a

yes

MOUNT PLEASANT, SC

Current employment

MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH INCORPORATED

Wirehouse

Sep 17, 2012

May 9, 2014

BRIDGEWATER, NJ

Previous registration

From

Left

Joined

Gap, days

Kind

Move type

MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH INCORPORATED

CLIENT FIRST ADVISORS, LLC

May 9, 2014

Sep 12, 2019

1,952

Firm change after gap

Other