John Alex (CRD: 2020710) settled customer disputes at Morgan Stanley and UBS Financial Services between 2011 and 2025, according to BrokerCheck, which lists him as John L. Alex.

Investors apparently complained about securities broker Kirk Mitchell [CRD: 4590715, Seattle, Washington], given the public information found on Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) BrokerCheck. Balin worked for Householder Group Estate Retirement Specialists from December 11, 2013, to September 11, 2025, Gateway Wealth Partners LLC from September 8, 2025, to February 6, 2026, and has been associated with LPL Financial LLC as a securities broker since December 6, 2013, and as a financial advisor since February 6, 2026. See below to find out more about disclosures involving Kirk Balin.
Additionally, a Householder Group Financial Advisors LLC client filed FINRA Arbitration No. 23-01980 about Kirk Balin. Primarily, the client alleged that Balin gave unsuitable advice about a portfolio of investments between 2016 and 2023. For this reason, the client allegedly experienced damages linked to real estate securities, money market funds, life insurance products, and stocks. As a result, on October 23, 2023, Householder Group Financial Advisors LLC settled this matter by paying the client $55,000.
Also, a client of LPL Financial LLC contested Kirk Balin’s sales practices by filing FINRA Arbitration No. 18-03149. Allegedly, Balin breached his fiduciary duty and made unsuitable recommendations to the client. It appears that Balin allegedly caused the client to sustain damages connected to non-traded real estate investment trusts, direct investments, and non-traded business development corporations. Consequently LPL Financial LLC agreed to settle the matter on May 30, 2019, by compensating the client in the amount of $14,000.
Are you concerned about investing through Kirk Balin? You should contact Soreide Law Group online or at (888) 760-6552 and consult with a securities attorney concerning a potential recovery of your investment losses. Soreide Law Group has recovered losses for investors throughout the US. Also, our securities lawyers work on a contingency fee arrangement and advance all costs. Balin and brokerage firms Balin worked for deny accusations of sales practice violations.
John Alex (CRD: 2020710) settled customer disputes at Morgan Stanley and UBS Financial Services between 2011 and 2025, according to BrokerCheck, which lists him as John L. Alex.
Sam Bhushan (CRD: 4884717) is named in several pending customer complaints and one settled dispute, according to his BrokerCheck report.
Sterling Louviere (CRD: 2021328), listed on BrokerCheck as Sterling Vaughn Louviere, is named in a pending customer claim over Reg D private placements, with Cabin Securities as the firm named.
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