James Scott Bishop

CRD 1561174 · Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated · Smithtown, NY

IA RegisteredBroker

Also appears in the source record as: James Scott Bishop 516

Registration & licensing

As recorded in SEC IAPD / FINRA BrokerCheck

Broker-dealer registration: Active
Investment adviser registration: Active
Exams passed (4): Series 66Series 63SIESeries 7
Registered states (32): Alabama · Alaska · Arizona · California · Colorado · Connecticut · Delaware · Florida · Hawaii · Illinois · Kansas · Louisiana · Maine · Maryland · Massachusetts · Michigan · Minnesota · Nevada · New Hampshire · New Jersey · New York · North Carolina · Ohio · Oregon · Pennsylvania · South Carolina · South Dakota · Tennessee · Texas · Vermont · Virginia · Washington
Years in the industry (source record): 40
Professional designations: Not yet retrieved from the source record

Disclosures

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Current firm

From the firm record

Firm: Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated
Firm CRD: 7691
SEC number: 801-14235
Assets under management: $1.8T as of Jun 29, 2026
Website: www.merrilledge.com/GUIDED-INVESTING ↗
Phone: 800-637-7455
Firm location: New York, NY, 10036

Employment history (6)

From the source registration record · current first

Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith IncorporatedCurrent
Smithtown, NY · IA capacity

May 8, 2012 → present
Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith IncorporatedCurrent
Smithtown, NY · BC capacity

start not retrieved → present
Morgan Stanley Smith Barney
BD capacity

Jun 1, 2009 → Apr 10, 2012
Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated
BD capacity

Apr 2, 2007 → Jun 1, 2009
Morgan Stanley Dw Inc.
BD capacity

Sep 20, 1999 → Apr 2, 2007
Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated
BD capacity

Sep 24, 1986 → Sep 10, 1999

Source & corrections

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