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RIA / WealthAdvisordual registered (broker-dealer)44 years in industry

JAMES RUSSELL LORD

Advisor at PALADIN FINANCIAL

TOPEKA, KS | ARDEN HILLS, MN

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Data as of Sep 14, 2026 (this record's last observation) from federal regulator filings. Page built Sep 20, 2026, 4:44 PM UTC and rebuilt at most every 15 minutes.

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

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Facts

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Current firm: PALADIN FINANCIAL
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: Jan 1, 1982earliest registration or exam on IAPD
Years in industry: 44derivedfrom the industry start date
Years at current firm: 3derivedfrom the current registration's begin date
Prior firms: 3
Current registrations: 1
Registered states: 2
Exams: S63|S65
First exam: Apr 10, 1987
First registration: Oct 14, 2002
Dual registered: yes, broker-dealer
Other names: JIM LORD
IAPD individual key: 1309083

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
PALADIN FINANCIAL	Independent wealth	May 12, 2023	n/a	yes	TOPEKA, KS\|ARDEN HILLS, MN	Current employment
GRADIENT ADVISORS, LLC	Independent wealth	Sep 9, 2014	Feb 24, 2015	no	TOPEKA, MN\|ARDEN HILLS, MN	Previous registration
NATIONAL PLANNING CORPORATION ("NPC OF AMERICA" IN FL & NY)	Former SEC adviser	Mar 2, 2005	Sep 10, 2014	no	Lawrence, KS\|WICHITA, KS\|TOPEKA, KS	Previous registration
CORNERSTONE ADVISORS	Independent wealth	Oct 14, 2002	Apr 13, 2005	no	TOPEKA, KS	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
GRADIENT ADVISORS, LLC	PALADIN FINANCIAL	Feb 24, 2015	May 12, 2023	2,999	Firm change after gap	Other
NATIONAL PLANNING CORPORATION ("NPC OF AMERICA" IN FL & NY)	GRADIENT ADVISORS, LLC	Sep 10, 2014	Sep 9, 2014	-1	Firm change	Other
CORNERSTONE ADVISORS	NATIONAL PLANNING CORPORATION ("NPC OF AMERICA" IN FL & NY)	Apr 13, 2005	Mar 2, 2005	-42	Firm change after gap	Other

Relationships

Registered with (4)

→ PALADIN FINANCIALRegistered adviserregistration: current employment
May 12, 2023 to presentfactForm ADV
→ GRADIENT ADVISORS, LLCRegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
Sep 9, 2014 to Feb 24, 2015factForm ADV
→ NATIONAL PLANNING CORPORATION ("NPC OF AMERICA" IN FL & NY)Registered adviserregistration: previous registration
Mar 2, 2005 to Sep 10, 2014factForm ADV
→ CORNERSTONE ADVISORSRegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
Oct 14, 2002 to Apr 13, 2005factForm ADV

Dated events

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