Jay Leon Lefkowicz

CRD 2676293 · Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated · New York, NY

IA RegisteredBroker

Registration & licensing

As recorded in SEC IAPD / FINRA BrokerCheck

Broker-dealer registration: Active
Investment adviser registration: Active
Exams passed (7): Series 66Series 63Series 10Series 24SIESeries 87Series 7
Registered states (27): Alabama · Arizona · California · Colorado · Connecticut · Delaware · District Of Columbia · Florida · Georgia · Illinois · Indiana · Kansas · Maryland · Massachusetts · Michigan · New Jersey · New York · North Carolina · Ohio · Pennsylvania · Puerto Rico · Rhode Island · South Dakota · Texas · Utah · Virginia · Wisconsin
Years in the industry (source record): 31
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 (11)

From the source registration record · current first

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

Oct 5, 2015 → present
Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith IncorporatedCurrent
New York, NY · BC capacity

start not retrieved → present
Chimera Securities, LLC
BD capacity

Jun 10, 2014 → Aug 18, 2015
Concept Capital Markets, LLC
BD capacity

Dec 9, 2010 → Jun 5, 2014
Sanders Morris Harris Inc.
BD capacity

Dec 3, 2010 → Jul 11, 2011
Saratoga Capital Markets
BD capacity

Feb 17, 2005 → Dec 1, 2010
Burlington Capital Markets Inc.
BD capacity

Jan 28, 2004 → Jan 21, 2005
Ehrenkrantz King Nussbaum, Inc.
BD capacity

Jul 3, 2003 → Oct 16, 2003
Morgan Wilshire Securities, Inc.
BD capacity

Jun 18, 1999 → Aug 6, 2001
First Asset Management, Inc.
BD capacity

Dec 24, 1997 → Sep 30, 1998
Carlin Equities Corp.
BD capacity

Nov 10, 1995 → Dec 9, 1997

Source & corrections

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