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Lawley Retirement Advisors

Buffalo, NYSEC-registered investment adviserCRD 282786

Filed as LAWLEY RETIREMENT ADVISORS · Legal name Lawley Retirement Advisors, LLC

Lawley Retirement Advisors is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm in Buffalo, NY, registered since 2016, reporting $1 billion to $5 billion in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated July 8, 2026.

10 years
registered since 2016
$2,130,067,484
assets under management
3 arrangements
Percentage of assets, Hourly and more
None
disclosure items (Item 11)

Quick answers

From the filing

How is Lawley Retirement Advisors compensated?

On its Form ADV (Item 5.E, October 2026), Lawley Retirement Advisors reports these compensation arrangements: a percentage of assets under its management; hourly charges; fixed fees (other than subscription fees).

How much does Lawley Retirement Advisors charge?

Its Form ADV Part 2A brochure dated March 20, 2026 states: Flat fee: $5,000 to $50,000 (management fees paid pursuant to a fixed flat-fee basis rather than a…). Fees can differ by service and may be negotiable; the brochure is the complete statement.

Where is Lawley Retirement Advisors located?

Lawley Retirement Advisors' principal office is in Buffalo, NY, according to its Form ADV; the August 2026 filing also lists 1 other office (Schedule D, Section 1.F).

Is Lawley Retirement Advisors registered with the SEC or a state?

Lawley Retirement Advisors is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm, registered since 2016. Status as filed: Approved. CRD 282786.

How much does Lawley Retirement Advisors manage?

Lawley Retirement Advisors reports $2,130,067,484 in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated July 8, 2026 (5% discretionary).

How have Lawley Retirement Advisors' assets and staff changed since 2021?

In the Form ADV data for Lawley Retirement Advisors: Regulatory assets under management: $1,168,929,946 in the October 2021 data and $2,130,067,484 in the October 2026 data, up 82%. Total employees: 7 in October 2021 and 12 in October 2026. Assets under management move with markets as well as with clients coming and going.

What types of clients does Lawley Retirement Advisors serve?

By number of clients on Form ADV Item 5.D: pension and profit sharing plans (but not the plan participants or government pension plans) (161).

Which custodians does Lawley Retirement Advisors use?

Lawley Retirement Advisors' most recent Form ADV filing (Schedule D, Section 5.K(3)) lists Empower, Fidelity Brokerage Services LLC and Principal Financial Group as custodians holding 10% or more of its separately managed account assets.

Does Lawley Retirement Advisors report any disciplinary disclosures?

Reports no disclosure items on Form ADV Item 11. The detail of any item is on the firm's SEC record: https://adviserinfo.sec.gov/firm/summary/282786

What changed in Lawley Retirement Advisors' recent Form ADV filings?

In the December 2025 filing data: Registered or notice-filed in LA.

From the Form ADV filing

Every figure below is as the firm filed it with regulators, as of October 2026.

How the firm is compensated

Item 5.E
  • A percentage of assets under your management
  • Hourly charges
  • Fixed fees (other than subscription fees)

Item 5.E lists how the firm is compensated for its advice; Items 5.B, 6.A, and 7.A show whether its people or related companies can also earn commissions. Percentage of assets, fixed, hourly, subscription, and performance-based fees come from clients (a performance-based fee depends on investment results); commissions come with a sale or a trade, often from the company behind the product. How fees, commissions, and other arrangements differ

Fees and minimums

Form ADV Part 2A

Flat fee: $5,000 to $50,000 (management fees paid pursuant to a fixed flat-fee basis rather than a…)

The brochure's wording
LRA may, at its sole discretion, enter into Agreements with clients whereby its management fees are paid pursuant to a fixed flat-fee basis rather than a percentage of the client’s AUM. In these instances, our fixed fees typically range from $5,000 up to $50,000.

As stated in the firm's Form ADV Part 2A brochure dated March 20, 2026. Fees can differ by service and may be negotiable; the brochure is the complete statement. Read the brochure on the SEC's IAPD site

Regulatory assets under management

Item 5.F
$2,130,067,484

$2,130,067,484 as of October 2026, filing dated July 8, 2026.

Discretionary: $98,132,242.Non-discretionary: $2,031,935,242.

A measure of scale, not skill or returns. Discretionary means the firm decides trades; non-discretionary means clients approve each one. What assets under management means

Who the firm serves

Item 5.D
Individuals (other than high net worth individuals)
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
High net worth individuals
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
Banking or thrift institutions
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
Investment companies
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
Business development companies
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
Pooled investment vehicles (other than investment companies and business development companies)
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
Pension and profit sharing plans (but not the plan participants or government pension plans)
Clients 161 Assets $2,130,067,484 (100%)
Charitable organizations
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
State or municipal government entities (including government pension plans)
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
Other investment advisers
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
Insurance companies
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
Sovereign wealth funds and foreign official institutions
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
Corporations or other businesses not listed above
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
Other
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)

A firm with no individual clients is an institutional manager even if it manages billions; the mix tells you whom the practice is built around.

Advisory services

Item 5.G
  • Pension consulting services
  • Other

Registration and firm details

Items 1, 2, 5
Legal name
Lawley Retirement Advisors, LLC
Registration
SEC-registered investment adviser. Status as filed: Approved.
Registered since
2016 (10 years)
Employees
Total: 12. Performing investment advisory functions: 5.
Wrap fee program participation
No.
Custodians (Schedule D, Section 5.K(3))

Custodians holding 10% or more of the firm's separately managed account assets, as filed on Form ADV (Schedule D, Section 5.K(3)). A custodian holds client assets; it does not endorse or supervise the firm. AdvisorCensus has no relationship with any custodian.

Other offices (Schedule D, Section 1.F)
1 other office, as of the August 2026 filing
Rochester, NY
States registered or notice-filed
3 states or jurisdictions
LANYTX

SEC-registered investment advisers are examined by the SEC. SEC, state, and exempt registration

Disclosures

Item 11

None Reports no disclosure items on Form ADV Item 11. View on IAPD.

Item 11 asks about criminal, regulatory, and civil events involving the firm and its advisory personnel. The detail of each yes answer is on the IAPD record. Reading a firm's disclosures

Assets and staff over time

Items 5.A, 5.F
$1.17B 2021 $1.44B 2022 $1.3B 2023 $1.66B 2024 $1.95B 2025 $2.13B 2026
Data periodAssets under managementEmployeesFiling dated
October 2026$2,130,067,48412July 8, 2026
October 2025$1,953,102,16911March 31, 2025
October 2024$1,663,453,4908August 5, 2024
October 2023$1,301,091,5807August 21, 2023
October 2022$1,442,560,1445June 2, 2022
October 2021$1,168,929,9467September 3, 2021

Regulatory assets under management: $1,168,929,946 in the October 2021 data and $2,130,067,484 in the October 2026 data, up 82%.

Total employees: 7 in October 2021 and 12 in October 2026.

As filed in each year's data for the same month. Assets under management move with markets as well as with clients coming and going; they measure scale, not skill or returns. Most firms update these figures once a year.

Changes in the filing

Last 12 months
  1. December 2025
    • Registered or notice-filed in LA.

Compared month to month from the SEC's monthly adviser data and the state compilation feed. Owners and control persons are summarized, never named.

Websites listed on Form ADV

Item 1.I

Source: Form ADV, as of October 2026. Values appear as filed; a value the firm did not report is shown as "Not reported."

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AdvisorCensus. Lawley Retirement Advisors (CRD 282786): Form ADV filing data as of October 2026.
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