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Summit Financial Wealth Advisors

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Client assets under management

$1,588,990,306

Clients

1,208

22% high-net-worth

Advisors

17

of 22 employees

Firm type

Team

5-30 advisors or >$500M in AUM

Clients per advisor

71

High

Average account size

$1,315,389

About

Summit Financial Wealth Advisors provides discretionary portfolio management, financial planning, and investment consulting to individuals, high‑net‑worth clients, retirement plans, trusts, estates, and business entities. The firm also offers pension consulting for ERISA plans, outsourced business management services including bookkeeping and cash‑flow management, and divorce financial consulting through a Certified Divorce Financial Analyst.

Summit tailors portfolios to clients’ objectives and risk tolerances and implements advice through customized accounts or model strategies overseen by an investment committee that meets regularly. The firm employs a mix of analytical approaches (fundamental, technical, cyclical), may use margin and options in limited circumstances, and advises on a broad set of instruments including mutual funds, ETFs, structured notes, and partnership interests in real estate and oil and gas.

Summit is an indirect, wholly‑owned subsidiary of Focus Financial Partners and discloses relationships that allow it to offer third‑party cash and credit solutions facilitated through UPTIQ, an arrangement that produces indirect economic benefits to its parent. Certain advisory personnel are registered representatives of an unaffiliated broker‑dealer and licensed insurance agents who may receive trailing commissions on legacy insurance and brokerage products, and the firm’s combination of pension‑consulting, business management, and access to alternative/syndicated partnership investments and credit solutions constitutes material business lines and potential conflicts clients should consider.

Client services

Financial planning Portfolio management Pension consulting Selection of other advisers
Divorce consulting, business consulting & credit and cash management solutions

Expertise

Divorce financial planning Cash flow / budgeting

Occupation focus

Attorney Founder/Business Owner

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Fee options

Fixed

Business Management Services fees are generally fixed fees based on estimated time at customary hourly rates

Percentage

$0 - $250,000: 1.25% annually (Equity & Mutual Fund Fee Schedule) $250,001 - $1,000,000: 1.00% annually (Equity & Mutual Fund Fee Schedule) $1,000,001+: 0.95% annually (Equity & Mutual Fund Fee Schedule) $0 - $250,000: 0.65% annually (Fixed Income Fee Schedule) $250,001+: 0.50% annually (Fixed Income Fee Schedule)

Commissions

Insurance commissions and brokerage commissions on some securities transactions by registered representatives; separate from advisory fees

Project-based

Divorce Financial Consulting Services: $150/hour consultation and preparation; $75/hour travel and administrative; $200/hour court, mediation, arbitration attendance

Other

Account minimum: $50,000 Minimum fee: $500 minimum annual fee per account for portfolio management Fee-only: Fixed fees for pension consulting ($1,000 to $40,000 per year)

Main office location

Summit Financial Wealth Advisors

1021 E. St. Mary Blvd.

Lafayette LA 70503, United States

Number of offices

6

Most active in

Alabama · Arkansas · Colorado · Florida · Georgia · Louisiana · Mississippi · Missouri · Oklahoma · Tennessee · Texas · Virginia

Disclosures

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Business activities & affiliations

Advisors at this firm

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James D

Series 63

Gulfport, MS

Summit Financial Wealth Advisors

James Dupuis is a financial advisor at Summit Financial Wealth Advisors with 25 years of industry experience. He previously worked at LPL Financial for 16 years and spent 40 years at Wright, Moore DeHart, Dupuis & Hutchinson, CPA. Outside of his advisory role, Dupuis manages several investment-related LLCs that hold securities and industrial real estate properties. Summit Financial Wealth Advisors serves individuals, retirement plans, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and business entities, offering discretionary portfolio management, pension consulting, and related advisory services. The firm provides tailored advisory relationships, acts as an ERISA fiduciary, and offers non-investment services such as business management and divorce financial consulting.

Divorce financial planning Cash flow / budgeting Attorney Founder/Business Owner
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Wesley G

Series 65

Lafayette, LA

Summit Financial Wealth Advisors

Wesley Gautreaux is a financial advisor at Summit Financial Wealth Advisors with five years of industry experience. He holds a Series 65 designation and previously worked at Broad Point Energy and FRAC-CHEM, a Koch Industries subsidiary. Outside of his advisory role, he manages a holding company with partial ownership in Southern Asset Managers and is involved with his spouse’s professional organizing business. Summit Financial Wealth Advisors serves individuals, retirement plans, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and business entities, offering discretionary portfolio management, pension consulting, and related advisory services. The firm provides tailored, typically discretionary advisory relationships and offers additional services including outsourced business management and divorce financial consulting.

Divorce financial planning Cash flow / budgeting Attorney Founder/Business Owner
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Charles R

Series 63, Series 66

Lafayette, LA

Summit Financial Wealth Advisors

Charles Ray is a financial advisor at Summit Financial Wealth Advisors with 23 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 66 licenses and has been with Summit since 2015. In addition to his advisory role, he owns CLR Inc., which holds a 12% ownership stake in Southern Asset Management, the management company for Summit Financial Wealth Advisors. Summit Financial Wealth Advisors serves individuals, retirement plans, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and business entities by providing discretionary portfolio management, pension consulting, and related advisory services. The firm also offers non-investment services such as outsourced business management and divorce financial consulting, with a focus on tailored, typically discretionary advisory relationships.

Divorce financial planning Cash flow / budgeting Attorney Founder/Business Owner
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Paul G

Series 63, Series 65

Slidell, LA

Summit Financial Wealth Advisors

Paul Guidry is a financial advisor at Summit Financial Wealth Advisors with 38 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has worked at Summit since 2022. Prior to that, he was with ADG Wealth Management, LLC and Triad Advisors, and he has managed a small business consulting and management firm since 1986. Summit Financial Wealth Advisors serves individuals, retirement plans, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and business entities, offering discretionary portfolio management, pension consulting, and related advisory services. The firm provides tailored advisory relationships, acting as an ERISA fiduciary for plan clients and offering a range of investment and non-investment services including business management and divorce financial consulting.

Divorce financial planning Cash flow / budgeting Attorney Founder/Business Owner
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Stephen H

Series 66

Lafayette, LA

Summit Financial Wealth Advisors

Stephen Hardey is a financial advisor at Summit Financial Wealth Advisors with nine years of industry experience. He holds the Series 66 designation and previously worked at LPL Financial, LLC and Cornerstone Financial Group for ten years. Summit Financial Wealth Advisors serves individuals, retirement plans, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and business entities by providing discretionary portfolio management, pension consulting, and related advisory services. The firm offers tailored, typically discretionary advisory relationships and provides additional services such as outsourced business management and divorce financial consulting.

Divorce financial planning Cash flow / budgeting Attorney Founder/Business Owner
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Joel R

Series 65

Lafayette, LA

Summit Financial Wealth Advisors

Joel Robideaux is a financial advisor at Summit Financial Wealth Advisors with six years of industry experience. He holds a Series 65 designation and previously worked for Lafayette Consolidated Government and Robideaux and Company. In addition to his advisory role, he serves as a member of the Louisiana Tax Institute, reviewing and recommending applications of new tax laws for the state. Summit Financial Wealth Advisors serves individuals, retirement plans, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and business entities with discretionary portfolio management, pension consulting, and related advisory services. The firm also offers non-investment services such as business management and divorce financial consulting, employing a tailored, model portfolio approach overseen by an investment committee.

Divorce financial planning Cash flow / budgeting Attorney Founder/Business Owner
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Toni C

Series 66

Lafayette, LA

Summit Financial Wealth Advisors

Toni Crawford is a financial advisor at Summit Financial Wealth Advisors with 16 years of industry experience. She holds a Series 66 designation and previously worked at Commonwealth Financial Network for 10 years before joining Summit in 2019. Outside of her advisory role, she is a limited partner in a family limited partnership, Comdata. Summit Financial Wealth Advisors serves individuals, retirement plans, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and business entities by providing discretionary portfolio management, pension consulting, and related advisory services. The firm offers tailored, typically discretionary advisory relationships and acts as an ERISA fiduciary for plan clients, with a service mix that includes structured notes, divorce financial consulting, and outsourced business management.

Divorce financial planning Cash flow / budgeting Attorney Founder/Business Owner
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Todd L

Series 63, Series 65

Lafayette, LA

Summit Financial Wealth Advisors

Todd Lambert is a financial advisor with Summit Financial Wealth Advisors in Lafayette, LA, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and bringing 32 years of industry experience. His career includes roles at Purshe Kaplan Sterling Investments and Cetera Advisor Networks LLC. He serves as a board member of the Second Harvest Food Bank of Greater New Orleans and Acadiana. Summit Financial Wealth Advisors serves individuals, retirement plans, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and business entities with discretionary portfolio management, pension consulting, and related advisory services. The firm offers tailored advisory relationships typically managed through model portfolios overseen by an investment committee and provides a range of non-investment services, including outsourced business management and divorce financial consulting.

Divorce financial planning Cash flow / budgeting Attorney Founder/Business Owner
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Lena O

Series 65

Lafayette, LA

Summit Financial Wealth Advisors

Lena Ormond is a Series 65-licensed financial advisor at Summit Financial Wealth Advisors in Lafayette, Louisiana, with nine years of industry experience. She has been with Summit Financial Wealth Advisors since 2015. Outside of her advisory role, she serves as the managing member of LSatge LLC, a holding company with partial ownership in Southern Asset Managers, the management company of Summit Financial. Summit Financial Wealth Advisors serves individuals, retirement plans, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and business entities by providing discretionary portfolio management, pension consulting, and related advisory services. The firm offers tailored, typically discretionary advisory relationships and acts as an ERISA fiduciary for plan clients, with additional services including outsourced business management and divorce financial consulting.

Divorce financial planning Cash flow / budgeting Attorney Founder/Business Owner
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Suzette B

Series 65, Series 66

Lafayette, LA

Summit Financial Wealth Advisors

Suzette Broussard is a financial advisor with Summit Financial Wealth Advisors in Lafayette, LA, holding Series 65 and Series 66 licenses and bringing 26 years of industry experience. She has been with Summit Financial Wealth Advisors since 2014 and previously worked at Cetera Advisor Networks LLC. Broussard is the managing member of Suzette Broussard, LLC, a holding company with partial ownership in Southern Asset Managers, the management company of Summit Financial Wealth Advisors, and is also commissioned as a notary public. Summit Financial Wealth Advisors serves individuals, retirement plans, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and business entities, offering discretionary portfolio management, pension consulting, and related advisory services. The firm provides tailored, typically discretionary advisory relationships and acts as an ERISA fiduciary for plan clients, with a service mix that includes structured notes, non-investment services, and divorce financial consulting.

Divorce financial planning Cash flow / budgeting Attorney Founder/Business Owner
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Alida V

Series 63, Series 65

Lafayette, LA

Summit Financial Wealth Advisors

Alida Villien is a financial advisor with Summit Financial Wealth Advisors in Lafayette, LA. She holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has 27 years of industry experience. Her prior experience includes five years with Cetera Advisor Networks LLC and work with Summit Brokerage Services. Summit Financial Wealth Advisors serves individuals, retirement plans, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and business entities, offering discretionary portfolio management, pension consulting, and related advisory services. The firm provides tailored, typically discretionary advisory relationships and offers non-investment services such as outsourced business management and divorce financial consulting.

Divorce financial planning Cash flow / budgeting Attorney Founder/Business Owner
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Catherine B

Series 66

Lafayette, LA

Summit Financial Wealth Advisors

Catherine Boudreaux is a financial advisor at Summit Financial Wealth Advisors with 17 years of industry experience. She holds a Series 66 designation and has worked at firms including Cambridge Investment Research Advisors and CETERA Advisor Networks LLC. Outside of her advisory role, she has served as a notary public since 2011. Summit Financial Wealth Advisors serves individuals, retirement plans, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and business entities, offering discretionary portfolio management, pension consulting, and related advisory services. The firm provides tailored advisory relationships and a broad range of investment and non-investment services, including ERISA fiduciary roles and divorce financial consulting.

Divorce financial planning Cash flow / budgeting Attorney Founder/Business Owner
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David R

CFP®, ChFC®, Series 63, Series 65

Lafayette, LA

Summit Financial Wealth Advisors

David Romagosa Sr. is a financial advisor at Summit Financial Wealth Advisors with over 52 years of industry experience. He holds the CFP® and ChFC® designations and has previously worked at LPL Financial. He serves as a board member and trustee for the University of Louisiana, Lafayette Foundation. Summit Financial Wealth Advisors serves individuals, retirement plans, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and business entities, offering discretionary portfolio management, pension consulting, and related advisory services. The firm employs tailored, typically discretionary advisory relationships and provides ERISA fiduciary services, non-investment offerings such as business management and divorce financial consulting, and utilizes a broad range of investment instruments.

Divorce financial planning Cash flow / budgeting Attorney Founder/Business Owner
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Christopher B

Series 63, Series 65

Lafayette, LA

Summit Financial Wealth Advisors

Christopher Breaux is a financial advisor at Summit Financial Wealth Advisors with three years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has worked previously at Cetera Advisor Networks LLC, Parish Investment Advisors, Go Marine Services, and Apex Environmental Solutions. Outside of financial advising, he manages a family-owned storage unit business. Summit Financial Wealth Advisors serves individuals, retirement plans, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and business entities, offering discretionary portfolio management, pension consulting, and related advisory services. The firm employs a tailored, typically discretionary approach, acting as an ERISA fiduciary for plan clients and providing a range of investment and non-investment services.

Divorce financial planning Cash flow / budgeting Attorney Founder/Business Owner
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Douglas D

Series 65

Lafayette, LA

Summit Financial Wealth Advisors

Douglas Daniel is a Series 65-licensed financial advisor with Summit Financial Wealth Advisors in Lafayette, Louisiana, where he has worked since 2014. He has eight years of industry experience. Outside of his advisory role, he is a partner in a forestry and tree farm business and is involved with the David R & Karen Daniel Family Foundation. Summit Financial Wealth Advisors serves individuals, retirement plans, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and business entities with discretionary portfolio management, pension consulting, and related advisory services. The firm also offers non-investment services such as business management and divorce financial consulting, and employs a model portfolio approach overseen by an investment committee.

Divorce financial planning Cash flow / budgeting Attorney Founder/Business Owner
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