William Patrick Cooley

CRD 53335 · Wells Fargo Advisors · Florham Park, NJ

IA RegisteredBroker

Also appears in the source record as: Patrick William Cooley; W Patrick Cooley; W. P Cooley; Wm Patrick Cooley

Registration & licensing

As recorded in SEC IAPD / FINRA BrokerCheck

Broker-dealer registration: Active
Investment adviser registration: Active
Exams passed (13): Series 52TOSeries 7TOSIESeries 5Series 1Series 9Series 10Series 24Series 53Series 12Series 4Series 65Series 63
Registered states (20): Arkansas · California · Colorado · Connecticut · Delaware · Florida · Indiana · Maine · Maryland · Massachusetts · Michigan · Montana · New Hampshire · New Jersey · New York · North Carolina · Oregon · Pennsylvania · South Carolina · Virginia
Years in the industry (source record): 53
Professional designations: Not yet retrieved from the source record

Disclosures

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Current firm

From the firm record

Firm: Wells Fargo Advisors
Firm CRD: 19616
SEC number: 801-37967
Assets under management: $671.4B as of Jun 23, 2026
Website: www.twitter.com/WFINVESTING ↗
Phone: 314-875-3000
Firm location: St. Louis, MO, 63103-2205

Employment history (13)

From the source registration record · current first

Wells Fargo Clearing Services, LLCCurrent
Florham Park, NJ · BC capacity

start not retrieved → present
Wells Fargo Clearing Services, LLCCurrent
Mount Pleasant, SC · IA capacity

start not retrieved → present
Wells Fargo Clearing Services, LLCCurrent
Florham Park, NJ · IA capacity

start not retrieved → present
Wells Fargo AdvisorsCurrent
Mount Pleasant, SC · IA capacity

start not retrieved → present
Wells Fargo AdvisorsCurrent
Florham Park, NJ · IA capacity

start not retrieved → present
Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC
Morristown, NJ · IA capacity

Jun 1, 2009 → Jun 21, 2010
Morgan Stanley Smith Barney
Morristown, NJ · BC capacity

Jun 1, 2009 → Jun 21, 2010
Citigroup Global Markets Inc.
Morristown, NJ · IA capacity

May 3, 2002 → Jun 1, 2009
Citigroup Global Markets Inc.
Morristown, NJ · BC capacity

Feb 5, 2002 → Jun 1, 2009
Prudential Securities Incorporated
New York, NY · BC capacity

Jul 31, 1992 → Feb 4, 2002
Painewebber Incorporated
Weehawken, NJ · BC capacity

Dec 24, 1979 → Aug 5, 1992
Paine, Webber, Jackson & Curtis Incorporated
BC capacity

Mar 30, 1976 → Jan 31, 1980
Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith, Inc.
BC capacity

Oct 11, 1972 → Apr 13, 1976

Source & corrections

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