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Investment Planning

Your portfolio should work as hard as you do.

Most attorneys have investments spread across multiple accounts with no coordination between them. That's not a strategy. That's just accumulation.

A model portfolio built for the average investor wasn't built for you.

Most investment management starts with a risk questionnaire and ends with a model portfolio. Aggressive. Moderate. Conservative. That's it.

Your actual tax situation, your stock options from a prior employer, your 401k through the firm, your Roth IRA, your brokerage account — none of those are coordinated. They sit in silos, each doing its own thing, sometimes working against each other from a tax standpoint.

Real investment management means building a strategy that accounts for all of them. That's what we do.

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The best investment plan for a 38-year-old Black attorney with $180k in stock options and a $60k tax bill is not the same as the best plan for anyone else.

Matthew BennettFiduciary Financial Advisor, WealthCode

We manage investments with an evidence-based philosophy: low-cost index funds, broad diversification, asset location strategy to minimize taxes, and rebalancing discipline. Nothing exotic. No chasing returns. Just a system built to compound efficiently over the long run.

A unified investment strategy, not scattered accounts

Four components that work together across every account you own.

01

Investment policy statement

A written document defining your goals, time horizon, risk tolerance, and approach. It becomes the standard we hold the portfolio to, rather than chasing quarterly performance.

02

Asset allocation and location

Which investments go in which accounts matters enormously for after-tax returns. We coordinate across your 401k, IRA, and taxable accounts to minimize your overall tax drag.

03

Equity compensation strategy

Stock options, RSUs, and deferred compensation require a specific approach. We model the tax implications and integrate your equity comp into the broader investment picture.

04

Ongoing portfolio management

Regular rebalancing, tax-loss harvesting, and adjustments as your life changes. An actively managed relationship, not a set-it-and-forget-it account.

A real example

Partner with four accounts and no strategy.

A 44-year-old partner came to us with a 401k through her firm, a rollover IRA from a prior job, a brokerage account she'd been contributing to for years, and about $120,000 in vested RSUs from a company she'd consulted for. All four were managed separately. Two had duplicate holdings. One was sitting mostly in cash. The RSUs had never been evaluated for tax impact.

We consolidated the IRAs, restructured the 401k allocation, built a tax-efficient liquidation plan for the RSUs, and established a unified investment policy across all accounts. She went from four disconnected pieces to one coherent strategy.

What changed
Eliminated $3,200 in annual duplicate fund fees
RSU liquidation strategy saved an estimated $18,000 in taxes in year one
Portfolio tax drag reduced by coordinating asset location across accounts
Unified investment policy statement for the first time in her career

Questions about investment planning

Do you actually manage the investments?
Yes. We handle the portfolio directly, including rebalancing, tax-loss harvesting, and account management. You're not handed a plan and left to implement it yourself.
What's your investment philosophy?
Evidence-based and low-cost. We use broadly diversified index funds, allocate across asset classes based on your specific goals and timeline, and minimize taxes through careful account placement. We don't chase performance or use complex products.
What about my 401k through my firm?
We review it, optimize the fund selection within what's available, and coordinate it with the rest of your accounts. Even if we can't manage it directly, we make sure it fits the overall strategy.

Want to see what a real investment strategy looks like for your situation?

Book a discovery call. We'll review what you currently have and show you specifically where the gaps are.