Darwin Fitzgerald Brown

Employer firm

Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated CRD 7691

$1.78T regulatory AUM 16,844 advisory clients

Reported services (Item 5G)

• Portfolio management (individuals)
• Portfolio management (institutions)
• Pension consulting
• Selection of other advisers
• Educational seminars
• PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT REPORTS, ALLOCATION MODELING, IPS, RESEARCH REPORTS AND SERVICES, SEE SCHEDULE D

From the firm’s Form ADV. Read the guides:

• Item 5F — Regulatory AUM
• Item 5G — Advisory services
• Full firm profile

Current Employers

Employment History

• 05/2015 → 03/2021
  Law Office Of Brown And Associates, Pc
  Chicago, IL
• 11/2022 → Present
  Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated
  Chicago, IL
• 04/2021 → 11/2022
  Bmo Harris Private Bank
  Chicago,, IL

Other Businesses

Name: Chicago Sinfonietta Investment-related: No Address: Chicago, IL Entity Type: Non Profit Title, or relationship: Member, Board of Directors Start date December, 2023 Hours/month you devote 1 hr mthly Hours you devote to the other business during securities trading hours: 0 Duties: Review and advise policy related to this nonprofit organization I*: 210034 3Entity Type: For Profit Name of OBA: Cheerful Valley, LLC Address: Chicago, IL 60603Investment Related: No Position: Owner Start Date: 12/01/2024 Hours: 12 hrs annually Hours during trading: 0 Duties: This disclosure reflects my intention to rent a small condo I purchased in 2019. The unit is a former residence. Associated income and expenses will be run through a wholly-owned LLC created as a management company (Cheerful Valley, LLC) to handle administration. The real estate interest is owned by my previously disclosed revocable trust, The F.R. Family Trust. I*: 2535342 Entity Type: Civic League or Social Welfare Organization Name of OBA: Angola Conservation Club Address: Angola, IN 46703Investment Related: No Position, Title, Association: Board member Employee Start Date: 06/16/2025Number of Hours: 15 hrs annually Number of Hours during trading: 0 Duties: Entity created to preserve and protect the natural and social environment of the historic Fox Lake community. I will serve either as President or Secretary. I*: 2794313 Entity Type: Not for Profit Name of OBA: The R. F. and M W. Society Address: Angola, IN 46703 Investment Related: No Position, Title, Association: Board member Employee Start Date: 09/15/2025Number of Hours: 60 hrs annually Number of Hours during trading: 0 Duties: I will serve as a member of the executive board, directing and assisting with program creation and implementation.

Exams

• S66 Uniform Combined State Law Examination
  2024-09-30
• S63 Uniform Securities Agent State Law Examination
  1993-08-17