John Paul Shuhda

CRD 1901088 · Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated · San Francisco, CA

IA RegisteredBroker

Registration & licensing

As recorded in SEC IAPD / FINRA BrokerCheck

Broker-dealer registration: Active
Investment adviser registration: Active
Exams passed (5): Series 66Series 63SIESeries 3Series 7
Registered states (33): Alabama · Arizona · California · Colorado · Connecticut · Delaware · District Of Columbia · Florida · Georgia · Hawaii · Idaho · Maine · Maryland · Massachusetts · Minnesota · Montana · Nevada · New Hampshire · New Jersey · New Mexico · New York · North Carolina · Ohio · Oklahoma · Oregon · Pennsylvania · South Carolina · South Dakota · Texas · Utah · Vermont · Virginia · Washington
Years in the industry (source record): 38
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 (13)

From the source registration record · current first

Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith IncorporatedCurrent
San Francisco, CA · IA capacity

Sep 7, 2012 → present
Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith IncorporatedCurrent
San Francisco, CA · BC capacity

start not retrieved → present
Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC
IA capacity

May 19, 2009 → Dec 4, 2012
Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC
BD capacity

May 18, 2009 → Dec 4, 2012
Deutsche Bank Securities Inc.
BD capacity

Jul 25, 2002 → Jun 10, 2009
Deutsche Bank Securities Inc.
IA capacity

Jul 25, 2002 → Jun 10, 2009
Robertson Stephens, Inc.
IA capacity

Jun 23, 2000 → Aug 27, 2002
Robertson Stephens, Inc.
BD capacity

Jun 9, 1999 → Aug 27, 2002
Banc Of America Securities LLC
BD capacity

Oct 1, 1997 → Jun 17, 1999
Montgomery Securities
BD capacity

Apr 4, 1995 → Oct 1, 1997
Salomon Brothers Municipals Inc
BD capacity

Nov 10, 1992 → Apr 20, 1995
Salomon Brothers Inc.
BD capacity

Aug 13, 1992 → Apr 20, 1995
Lynch, Jones & Ryan, Inc.
BD capacity

Dec 8, 1988 → Jan 28, 1991

Source & corrections

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