Cecil Avis Staples

Current Employers

Employment History

• 09/1987 → Present
  Staples & Associates, Pc, Cpas
  Palestine, TX
• 08/2009 → 09/2025
  Avantax Investment Services, Inc.
  Palestine, TX
• 10/2017 → Present
  Staples Financial Group Llc
  Tyler, TX
• 09/2019 → 09/2025
  Avantax Insurance Services, Llc
  Palestine, TX
• 08/2015 → Present
  Cecil A Staples
  Palestine, TX
• 11/2021 → Present
  Staples Wealth Management Llc
  Palestine, TX
• 09/2025 → Present
  Cetera Wealth Services, Llc
  Frankston, TX
• 09/2025 → Present
  Cetera Investment Advisers Llc
  Schaumburg, IL

Previous Registrations

• 2009-08-04 → 2025-09-05
  Avantax Advisory Services
  Dallas, TX
  Palestine, TX
  Frankston, TX
• 2004-10-05 → 2009-08-20
  Gunnallen Financial, Inc
  Palestine, TX
  Houston, TX
  Palestine, TX
• 2003-07-30 → 2009-08-19
  Staples & Associates, P.C., Cpas
  Palestine, TX

Other Businesses

1) Staples & Associates, PC, CPAs~901 N Mallard St~Palestine~TX~75801~Tax Preparation/Accounting~Owner/Sole Proprietor~9/1/1987~150hrs~150hrs~Accounting, bookkeeping, taxprep, apyroll and city audits 2) Cecil A Staples~901 N Mallard~Palestine~TX~75801~Rental Property~Owner~8/1/2015~0hrs~0hrs~Owner of property responsible for activities as owner of real estate. The CPA firm, unrelated to me, pays rent to me, monthly. There are 11 more months left on the five year lease and then the CPA firm plans to move into a building that they are currently constructing. My wife, Dana Staples, plans to move her Palestine real estate office into our building in August of 2020. I plan to continue offering investment services in this location. 3) STAPLES INVESTMENTS LLC POSITION: Managing Member NATURE: Entity is used to hold real properties while engaging in rental of buildings. INVESTMENT RELATED: No NUMBER OF HOURS: 8 SECURITIES TRADING HOURS: 1 START DATE: 08/01/1987 ADDRESS: 901 N Mallard St, Palestine TX 75801, United States DESCRIPTION: My wife and I own real estate properties, mainly consisting of office buildings used to conduct my Avantax Wealth Management activities and my wife's real estate brokerage activities. Most of the locations are owner occupied while one is not. 4) STAPLES WEALTH MANAGEMENT LLC POSITION: Managing Member NATURE: Established to conduct wealth management activities. INVESTMENT RELATED: Yes NUMBER OF HOURS: 120 SECURITIES TRADING HOURS: 120 START DATE: 11/01/2021 ADDRESS: 901 N Mallard St, Palestine TX 75801, United States DESCRIPTION: Responsibilities include to serve as principal in the operations of wealth management services of Staples Wealth Management LLC. Activities include establishing and maintaining client relationships for purposes of providing financial planning and advisory services, i.e., consultation, investing, assistance in wealth accumulation and distribution. 5) NAME OF OTHER BUSINESS: STAPLES PROPERTY GROUP LLC; INVESTMENT RELATED: NO; ADDRESS: SAME AS REGISTERED LOCATION; NATURE OF BUSINESS: REAL ESTATE; START DATE: 12/2025; POSITION/TITLE/RELATIONSHIP: MEMBER; APX NUMBER OF HOURS PER WEEK: 20; APX NUMBER OF HOURS DURING TRADING HOURS: 10; BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DUTIES: REAL ESTATE BUYING AND SELLING SERVICES; 6) NAME OF OTHER BUSINESS: CECIL A STAPLES; INVESTMENT RELATED: NO; ADDRESS: SAME AS REGISTERED LOCATION; NATURE OF BUSINESS: REAL ESTATE; START DATE: 5/2026; POSITION/TITLE/RELATIONSHIP: REALTOR; APX NUMBER OF HOURS PER WEEK: 20; APX NUMBER OF HOURS DURING TRADING HOURS: 10; BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DUTIES: PROVIDING CUSTOMARY REAL ESTATE SERVICES;

Exams

• S66 Uniform Combined State Law Examination
  2017-03-13
• S63 Uniform Securities Agent State Law Examination
  1994-02-07

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