The Lerner Group
Merrill Lynch Wealth Management
225 Liberty Street
Floor 40
New York NY 10281
(888) 314.4950
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Understanding your life priorities is essential to our team as we build a relationship with our clients. It’s not just about markets and returns, it’s about what matters most to you.  We collaborate to successfully create a personalized plan designed around you, your family, your goals and your aspirations. At the Lerner Group, we have developed a unique go-to-market approach that puts the client at the center.
The Lerner Group
Welcome

Our mission, first and foremost, is to understand you and what matters most to you. To take the time to ask smart questions and listen carefully, then understand in detail, exactly where your finances stand today and where you’d like them to be tomorrow. We then help you design and bring to life a customized financial strategy that can help you and your family pursue personal financial goals while helping to manage strategic investment risk. Our approach is about creating comprehensive strategies to that can help turn your goals into reality.

Recognition
Rebecca Lerner
Managing Director, Wealth Management Advisor
Barron's "Top 100 Women Financial Advisors", 2017-2018
(Published annually in June. Rankings based on data as of March 31 of current year.)
Forbes "Best-in-State Wealth Advisors", 2018-2022
(Published annually Jan – April. Rankings based on data as of June 30 of prior year.)
Working Mother/SHOOK Research's "Top Wealth Advisor Moms", 2017-2021
(Published annually Sept – Oct. Rankings based on data as of Mar 31 of current year.)
Financial Times "400 Top Financial Advisers", 2017
(Published on March 30, 2017. Rankings based on data as of June 30, 2016.)
Forbes "America"s Top Women Wealth Advisors", 2018-2021
(Published annually Feb – April. Rankings based on data as of June 30 – September 30 of prior year.)
The Lerner Group
Forbes "Best-in-State Wealth Management Teams", 2023-2024
(Published annually in January. Rankings based on data as of March 31 of prior year.)
About Us
Multi-Generational

We recognize that different generations have diverse needs. We offer each of our clients individually tailored advice and guidance, along with extraordinary service. Our team consists of multiple generations of Financial Advisors, giving us collective insight into wealth management at every stage of your financial life. Many of the families we serve have been with us for more than three decades. We encourage our clients to include the next generation in our wealth management planning process so we can provide an ongoing educational dialogue and be a single point of coordination before, during, and after the transition of wealth from one generation to the next.

Meet Our Team
Rebecca Lerner,

CFP®, CRPC™

Managing Director, Wealth Management Advisor
888.314.4950
Sarah Swofford,

CRPC™

Vice President, Senior Financial Advisor
212.236.5048
Robert B Lerner
Managing Director, Senior Relationship Manager
561.490.7935
Christine E Hopper
Senior Relationship Manager
212.236.5341
Marvin Garcia
Officer, Wealth Management Client Associate
212.236.5201
Jacqueline Ramsey
Financial Advisor
212.236.9103
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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