Cory Andrew Paton

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

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Current Employers

Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated

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

Current Registrations

Authority	Category	Status	Date
TX	RA	APPROVED	2022-07-13
MD	RA	APPROVED	2022-06-01

TX RA
APPROVED

Since 2022-07-13
MD RA
APPROVED

Since 2022-06-01

Branch Locations

1 Park Pl, Annapolis, MD 21401 • 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
Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated	Annapolis	MD	01/2022	Present
Pwc (Pricewaterhousecoopers) Llp	Baltimore	MD	07/2018	01/2022
Full-Time Education (College And Graduate School)	Charlottesville	VA	08/2013	06/2018
Pwc (Pricewaterhousecoopers) Llp	Baltimore	MD	06/2017	08/2017
Research Assistant - Washington And Lee University	Lexington	VA	01/2017	05/2017
Bank Of America, N.A.	Annapolis	MD	01/2022	Present

01/2022 → Present

Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated

Annapolis, MD
07/2018 → 01/2022

Pwc (Pricewaterhousecoopers) Llp

Baltimore, MD
08/2013 → 06/2018

Full-Time Education (College And Graduate School)

Charlottesville, VA
06/2017 → 08/2017

Pwc (Pricewaterhousecoopers) Llp

Baltimore, MD
01/2017 → 05/2017

Research Assistant - Washington And Lee University

Lexington, VA
01/2022 → Present

Bank Of America, N.A.

Annapolis, MD

Other Businesses

I*2704271, Entity Type: , Name of OBA: Rental Property 1, Address: Annapolis, Maryland, 21403, Investment Related: N, Position, Title, Association: Sole owner, Employee State Date: 09/01/2025, No Hours: 1 Monthly, No Hours during Trading: 0 Monthly, Duties:

Exams

Code	Exam	Date
S66	Uniform Combined State Law Examination	2022-05-27

S66 Uniform Combined State Law Examination

2022-05-27

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