Michael Sussman
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Senior Vice President, Senior Financial Advisor
NMLS #633444
28202 Cabot Rd
Suite 200
Laguna Niguel CA 92677
(949) 456.8090
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With over 30 years of experience in the financial services industry, I am passionate about the relationships I have built with clients. Our team's mission is to understand your wealth situation so that we can structure an approach to help you feel secure throughout your lifetime.
Profile

What We Do

Our team’s mission is to understand your wealth situation so that we can structure an approach to help you feel secure throughout your lifetime.

You should connect with me if our team can help you in at least one of the following areas:

1. You need to bring simplicity and structure to a complex family wealth situation:

  • Retirement strategies
  • Educational goals
  • Access to customized banking & lending services through Bank of America, N.A.
  • Trust & Estate evaluation
  • Collaborative partnerships with your other financial advisors, e.g. CPAs, Attorneys
2. You are thinking about selling or already have sold your business:

  • Business succession
  • Business transition tax strategies
3. You want to discuss or evaluate goals beyond your lifestyle needs:

  • Wealth transfer strategies
  • Philanthropy and charitable goals
  • Investing or giving which is consistent with your values


Highlights of my Professional Career

  • Senior Vice President, Senior Financial Advisor
  • Began career in financial services industry in 1992 and joined Merrill Lynch Wealth Management in 2005
  • Hold the Chartered Retirement Planning CounselorSM designation
A few of my passions:

  • Mountain biking
  • Traveling
  • Magic
  • Reading
  • Falconry
  • Astrophotography

Recognition
Forbes "Best-in-State Wealth Advisors", 2022-2024
(Published annually Jan – April. Rankings based on data as of June 30 of prior year.)
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About Me
Welcome

My mission, first and foremost, is to understand you and what matters most to you. Armed with that information I can ask thoughtful questions -- listening carefully, then understanding in detail where your wealth stands today and where you'd like it to be tomorrow. I help you design and implement a personalized plan intended to help you and your family pursue financial goals while helping manage investment risk. My approach is to focus on potential solutions that can help turn goals into reality.

Meet Our Professional Staff
Trishia Olivas,

CFP®

Financial Advisor
949.456.8107
Evan Grohowski
Wealth Management Client Associate
949.456.8120
Bryan P Peterson
Bryan P Peterson
Registered Wealth Management Client Associate
949.456.8117
Additional Resources
The following specialists do not make securities recommendations. Please contact your Merrill Lynch Wealth Management Advisor if you have questions about how a specialist might be able to assist you.
Richard Mitchell
Wealth Management Lending Officer
Bank of America, N.A.
NMLS #680263
About Merrill

Bringing fresh perspectives to your financial life
The financial decisions you make today can help determine the future you build for yourself and your family. Carving a clear path forward starts with connecting your life and finances. A Merrill advisor provides access to the investing insights of Merrill and banking capabilities of Bank of America to help you make informed decisions as you pursue your goals.

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Chartered Retirement Planning Counselor™, CRPC™, and the CRPC™ logo are certification marks or registered certification marks of The College for Financial Planning Institutes Corp. in the United States.
Michael Sussman is registered to do business in AZ, CA, CO, CT, FL, HI, ID, IL, IN, MA, ME, MN, NC, ND, NJ, NV, NY, TN, TX, UT, VA, WA.