History

Richard Early, Scott McClintic and Dan McMillan left a national brokerage firm in 1997 to establish Early McClintic & McMillan, L.L.P. Deciding that the axiom "Bigger is Better" doesn't always apply to a business where an intimate knowledge of clients' financial needs, goals and risk objectives is absolutely essential, the partners, after careful planning and deliberation, took a more client-focused approach to success.

"We chose to model ourselves after a community bank," says Dan. "These types of institutions make no effort to be all things to all people. Instead, they pride themselves on offering outstanding personal attention to customers within their area of specialty". The partners have used this community-based model to build a thriving investment advisory practice currently managing in excess of $200 million for private clients through Raymond James Financial Services, Inc. a Registered Investment Advisor.

"Dan, Scott and I worked together for ten years at a national brokerage firm," Richard says. "While the experience was invaluable in terms of developing our conservative investment philosophy, the industry's movement towards minimizing the value of an individual client relationship was disturbing."

Scott agrees. "The largest firms treat their clients as a commodity, a source of revenues and little else," he says. "You can see this plainly in the increasing effort to direct individual investors to 'Client Service Centers,' which are capable of executing transactions but have no first-hand knowledge of the client's needs, goals and risk objectives."

Early McClintic & McMillan fights this trend by focusing on its specialty - offering investment planning and management guidance to individuals, locally owned businesses and foundations and by knowing their clients and the community that they serve.

"We utilize a very structured and systematic investment planning process that includes assessing a client's objectives, allocating and managing their portfolios and actively monitoring both the investment holdings and the client's goals and risk tolerance," Dan explains. "Once a client becomes involved in the process, we maintain a detailed knowledge of their investment needs and how to best attempt to achieve them."

In addition, Scott asserts, by contracting with independent broker-dealer Raymond James Financial Services, Inc. Member FINRA /SIPC, to provide access to investment markets, research, reporting services and the householding of cash and securities, "We believe that our clients truly receive the best in investment planning services - both personal attention to their needs and global investment resources."

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