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Karla Sullivan

Senior VP, Segment General Counsel at Focus Partners Wealth

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Karla Sullivan has been Senior VP, Segment General Counsel of Focus Partners Wealth, LLC, a St. Louis, MO investment adviser managing $182B, since March 2023.

3
Years in role
$182B
Firm AUM
62,466
Firm clients
1,025
Firm advisers

From Form ADV filed 29 September 2026Form ADV

Career

Karla Sullivan is a control person of Focus Partners Wealth and directly owns under 5% of it. Karla Sullivan holds a Juris Doctor from Suffolk University Law School and a Bachelor of Sciences in Neuroscience from Union College.

Focus Partners Wealth is an investment adviser based in St. Louis, MO, registered with the SEC since 2011. It provides financial planning and investment management. Its clients include high-net-worth individuals, individual clients, and pension and profit-sharing plans. Its regulatory assets under management total $182 billion, as filed on 29 September 2026. Its fees, ownership and offices are on the firm’s profile.

Karla Sullivan is General Counsel of Focus Partners. She provides legal counsel on operational, corporate, employment, technology, securities law and financial management matters, and on compliance matters. Prior to joining Focus Partners, she was legal and compliance counsel at Abrams Capital Management, L.P., and previously worked in legal and compliance capacities for Geode Capital Management, LLC.

Key facts

CRD
7721107
Firm
Focus Partners Wealth · CRD 159289
Role
Senior VP, Segment General Counsel
In role since
March 2023 · 3 years
Control person
Yes
Direct ownership
Under 5%
Firm headquarters
St. Louis, MO
Individual registration
No current adviser record · SEC search
Disciplinary history
Not yet shown here · SEC record

Common questions

Where does Karla Sullivan work?

Karla Sullivan has been Senior VP, Segment General Counsel of Focus Partners Wealth, LLC since March 2023, and is a control person of the firm.

Source: Form ADV, Schedule A, filed 29 September 2026

How can I verify Karla Sullivan’s record?

Karla Sullivan’s role is listed on Focus Partners Wealth, LLC’s Form ADV, which the SEC’s adviser search (adviserinfo.sec.gov) publishes under the firm’s CRD 159289.

Source: Form ADV, Schedule A, filed 29 September 2026

Leadership at Focus Partners Wealth

Sources

  1. IAPD individual lookup, CRD 7721107, checked 18 October 2026. This profile uses the Form ADV officer listing; the individual lookup did not provide a current investment-adviser record.
  2. Form ADV Part 1A, Schedules A and B of Focus Partners Wealth, LLC, filed 29 September 2026. Title, control and ownership bands.
  3. Focus Partners Wealth team page. Biography, education, credentials, awards and the portrait, reproduced for identification.