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Current Employers
Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated

One Bryant Park, New York, NY 10036 • United States

Current Registrations

AuthorityCategoryStatusDate
TX RA APPROVED 2026-02-03
CA RA APPROVED 2025-12-03
  • TX RA
    APPROVED
    Since 2026-02-03
  • CA RA
    APPROVED
    Since 2025-12-03

Branch Locations

6300 Sunset Blvd, Hollywood, CA 90028 • 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
OrganizationCityStateFromTo
Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated Los Angeles CA 10/2025 Present
Usbancorp Los Angeles CA 10/2017 10/2025
John Paul Choi Dba Central Plaza Garden Grove CA 11/2013 Present
Bank Of America, N.A. Los Angeles CA 12/2025 Present
  • 10/2025 → Present
    Los Angeles, CA
  • 10/2017 → 10/2025
    Usbancorp
    Los Angeles, CA
  • 11/2013 → Present
    John Paul Choi Dba Central Plaza
    Garden Grove, CA
  • 12/2025 → Present
    Bank Of America, N.A.
    Los Angeles, CA
Other Businesses

I*3104285 Entity Type: Rental property Name of OBA: Rental Property 1 Address: Garden Grove, California, 92844 Investment Related: No Position, Title, Association: Co-owner with non-family members Employee Start Date: 11/01/2013 Number of Hours: 1, Monthly Number of Hours during trading: 0 Duties: Co owner rental property

Exams
CodeExamDate
S66 Uniform Combined State Law Examination 2025-07-03
S63 Uniform Securities Agent State Law Examination 2024-09-20
  • S66 Uniform Combined State Law Examination
    2025-07-03
  • S63 Uniform Securities Agent State Law Examination
    2024-09-20
Other Names
  • John Choi
  • John Paul Choi

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