Five Star award winner Laura K. Schilling

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Laura K. Schilling

Wealth Manager

Financial Innovations, LLC

6111 Peachtree Dunwoody Rd., Suite F101

Atlanta, GA 30328

Office: 404-458-0065

Cell: 404-393-3063

laura@financialinnovations.biz
www.financialinnovations.biz

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Laura K. Schilling, J.D., CPA, CFP®, Certified Senior Advisor (CSA), Certified Financial Fiduciary (CFF), is principal and founder of Financial Innovations, LLC. She is licensed to practice law in Georgia and Florida. Laura was named by Georgia Trend Magazine as part of its Legal Elite for 2009 for her legal work in taxes, estates, and trusts. She has been named as a seven-year Five Star Wealth Manager award winner in Atlanta Magazine. Laura has been published in several magazines, including Forbes Magazine and Best Self Magazine. She also has taught a class for Bisk Education for CPAs.
Clients benefit from Laura’s legal, accounting, and financial planning expertise. Her diverse background enables her to review a client’s financial situation from many different perspectives. She can review and draft legal documents and tax returns. She enjoys being able to work with clients to create financial plans for them and their family, and she has a deep-rooted passion for helping others. She has adopted two children and is dedicated to serving others in multiple capacities.
Laura began her professional career as a Certified Public Accountant at Habif, Arogeti, & Wynne, an Atlanta based accounting and financial services firm. She later earned a law degree and established a legal practice specializing in estates, wills, and trusts. Prior to founding Financial Innovations, LLC, in 2003 Laura worked for another large Atlanta based financial planning firm. Laura holds a BBA degree in accounting from Emory University and a J.D. from the Georgia State University College of Law, where she graduated cum laude.
Laura is currently acting as Treasurer on the Board of Directors for a charity, The Packaged Good. The primary focus of this charity is to involve families with children of all ages to starting learning to give (www.thepackagedgood.org). Laura has served on the board of directors of the Boys and Girls Clubs of Brookhaven and is active in numerous civic and community organizations. She is a member of the Georgia Society of CPAs, American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA), and the Georgia and Florida Bar Associations.
Laura is well known for her active referral network of business professionals, enabling her to link clients, friends, and colleagues to valuable resources and services they need.
A native of Long Island, NY, Laura has lived in Atlanta for over 25 years. She is active in both her children’s lives, and enjoys museums, travel, and cultural events.

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This award was issued on 9/1/22 by Five Star Professional (FSP) for the time period 12/13/2021 through 06/10/2022. Fee paid for use of marketing materials. Self-completed questionnaire was used for rating. This rating is not related to the quality of the investment advice and based solely on the disclosed criteria. 3285 Atlanta-area wealth managers were considered for the award; 263 (8% of candidates) were named 2022 Five Star Wealth Managers. The following prior year statistics use this format: YEAR: # Considered, # Winners, % of candidates, Issued Date, Research Period. 2021: 3254, 265, 8%, 9/1/21, 11/30/20 - 6/25/21; 2020: 3314, 268, 8%, 9/1/20, 12/23/19 - 7/10/20; 2019: 3197, 285, 9%, 9/1/19, 12/10/18 - 7/23/19; 2018: 3248, 287, 9%, 9/1/18, 12/29/17 - 7/24/18; 2017: 2378, 301, 13%, 9/1/17, 12/30/16 - 7/14/17; 2016: 2210, 526, 24%, 8/1/16, 2/4/16 - 7/22/16; 2015: 3620, 546, 15%, 9/1/15, 2/4/15 - 7/22/15; 2014: 4433, 560, 13%, 9/1/14, 2/4/14 - 7/22/14; 2013: 2852, 592, 21%, 9/1/13, 2/4/13 - 7/22/13; 2012: 2660, 607, 23%, 9/1/12, 2/4/12 - 7/22/12.

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Securities offered through Triad Advisors, Inc., Member FINRA / SIPC. Advisory services offered through Financial Innovations, LLC. Financial Innovations, LLC is not affiliated with Triad Advisors, Inc.

Wealth managers do not pay a fee to be considered or placed on the final list of Five Star Wealth Managers. The award is based on 10 objective criteria. Eligibility criteria-required: 1. Credentialed as a registered investment adviser (RIA) or a registered investment adviser representative; 2. Actively licensed as a RIA or as a principal of a registered investment adviser firm for a minimum of 5 years; 3. Favorable regulatory and complaint history review (As defined by FSP, the wealth manager has not; A. Been subject to a regulatory action that resulted in a license being suspended or revoked, or payment of a fine; B. Had more than a total of three settled or pending complaints filed against them and/or a total of five settled, pending, dismissed or denied complaints with any regulatory authority or FSP's consumer complaint process. Unfavorable feedback may have been discovered through a check of complaints registered with a regulatory authority or complaints registered through FSP's consumer complaint process; feedback may not be representative of any one client's experience; C. Individually contributed to a financial settlement of a customer complaint; D. Filed for personal bankruptcy within the past 11 years; E. Been terminated from a financial services firm within the past 11 years; F. Been convicted of a felony); 4. Fulfilled their firm review based on internal standards; 5. Accepting new clients. Evaluation criteria-considered: 6. One-year client retention rate; 7. Five-year client retention rate; 8. Non-institutional discretionary and/or non-discretionary client assets administered; 9. Number of client households served; 10. Education and professional designations. FSP does not evaluate quality of services provided to clients. The award is not indicative of the wealth manager's future performance . Wealth Managers may or may not use discretion in their practice and therefore may not manage their clients' assets. The inclusion of a wealth manager on the Five Star Wealth Manager list should not be construed as an endorsement of the wealth manager by FSP or this publication. Working with a Five Star Wealth Manager or any wealth manager is no guarantee as to future investment success, nor is there any guarantee that the selected wealth managers will be awarded this accomplishment by FSP in the future. Visit www.fivestarprofessional.com.