Armstrong & Associates
Merrill Lynch Wealth Management
1921 St Johns
Highland Park IL 60035
(847) 780.0518
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Mission Statement
Good relationships are built through teamwork and involvement. We want to be your primary source for financial advice and guidance. And we want you to value the dedication and diligence offered to you at each step of the financial planning process.
Welcome

As a planning focused team, we prefer to work with our clients in an advisory service capacity.  This is also known as a “Best Interest” standard. 

Under this approach We take a more comprehensive approach to wealth management with a deeper discovery, analysis, and review process to help make sure that we not only understand what you want your wealth to help you achieve, but also make sure we can regularly measure and track your progress.

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Recognition
James Armstrong
Senior Vice President, Wealth Management Advisor
Forbes "Best-in-State Wealth Management Teams", 2024-2025
(Published annually in January. Rankings based on data as of March 31 of prior year.)
Forbes "Best-in-State Wealth Advisors", 2025
(Published on April 8, 2025. Rankings based on data as of June 30, 2024.)
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Armstrong & Associates
Forbes "Best-in-State Wealth Management Teams", 2024-2025
(Published annually in January. Rankings based on data as of March 31 of prior year.)
About Us
Our Goals for All Client Relationships

Our team's comprehensive approach to wealth management is focused on the development of robust, long term financial strategies designed to improve client financial outcomes.* We use a deeper discovery process by which we listen to our clients share and prioritize their short and long term goals around their finances, family, retirement, health, leisure, and gifting.* Our clients share target values, resources, risk tolerances, and liquidity needs for each goal which allows us to help create strategies for the focused pursuit of each goal.* We review our progress on a regular and mutually agreed upon schedule so we can track and measure progress towards each goal, and adjust as necessary.

Wednesday, May 28th 2025| 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.
Investing in Your Child's Future

Join us for a Family Friendly Event to celebrate the end of the school year and ask members of our team about helping save for our children's future.

We will have food and soft drinks for all. Beer ...

Meet Our Team
James Armstrong,

CFP®, CPFA®

Senior Vice President, Wealth Management Advisor
847.780.0512
Andrew Chusid,

CFP®, CPFA®

Vice President, Wealth Management Advisor
847.780.0523
Svitlana Botsyura,

CFP®

Assistant Vice President, Wealth Management Associate
847.780.0518
Jonathan Archila
Registered Wealth Management Client Associate
847.780.0517
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.
Marcy O'Brien
Wealth Management Lending Officer
Bank of America, N.A.
NMLS #559813
Maggie Sobczyk
Wealth Management Banking Specialist
Merrill
Nicholas A. Beilfuss
Wealth Strategies Advisor
Bank of America, N.A.
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