James Gazis

Employer firm

Independent Financial Partners CRD 125112

$16.3B regulatory AUM

Reported services (Item 5G)

Financial planning
Portfolio management (individuals)
Pension consulting
Selection of other advisers
Educational seminars
NON-DISCRETIONARY INVESTMENT ADVICE

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Current Employers

Independent Financial Partners

3030 North Rocky Point Drive West Suite 700, Tampa, FL 33607 • United States

Current Registrations

Authority	Category	Status	Date
IL	RA	APPROVED	2025-08-21

IL RA
APPROVED

Since 2025-08-21

Branch Locations

82 S. La Grange Road Suite 204, La Grange, IL 60525 • United States

3030 North Rocky Point Drive West Suite 700, Tampa, FL 33607 • United States

Disclosures

No disclosure categories reported as “Yes” on this SEC record.

Regulatory action No
Criminal No
Bankruptcy No
Civil judicial No
Bond No
Judgment / lien No
Investigation No
Customer complaint No
Termination No

Employment History

Organization	City	State	From	To
Balanced Asset Strategies, Ltd	La Grange	IL	05/2010	Present
Independent Financial Partners	Tampa	FL	08/2025	Present

05/2010 → Present

Balanced Asset Strategies, Ltd

La Grange, IL
08/2025 → Present

Independent Financial Partners

Tampa, FL

Previous Registrations

2010-05-10 → 2025-10-10

Balanced Asset Strategies, Ltd.

La Grange, IL
2007-08-15 → 2010-05-07

Commonwealth Financial Network

Western Spriongs, IL

Lombard, IL

Other Businesses

(1) Balanced Asset Strategies, Ltd - investment related - 82 S La Grange Road - DBA-Wealth Management - owner - start date Jan 1, 2008 - 160 hours/month during trading - Wealth Management

Exams

Code	Exam	Date
S66	Uniform Combined State Law Examination	2007-08-14

S66 Uniform Combined State Law Examination

2007-08-14

Designations

Certified Financial Planner

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