BLANCHFIELD VAICEK GROUP
Merrill Private Wealth Management
520 Newport Center Dr
Newport Beach, CA 92660
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Your journey requires customized strategies tailored to your unique goals and priorities. We serve a limited number of individuals and families, allowing us to offer personalized, boutique-like services to help you simplify your life and pursue what’s important to you.
BLANCHFIELD VAICEK GROUP
Merrill Lynch Wealth Management
Welcome

Managing your wealth begins with a deep understanding of your full financial picture. Based on what matters most to you, I can help create a strategy as flexible as today's changing market conditions, and I can provide access to the investment insights of Merrill and the banking convenience and lending solutions of Bank of America. I will work to help you pursue your goals through personalized wealth management strategies.

Recognition
Justin Vaicek
Barron's "America's Top 1200 Financial Advisors State-by-State", 2022
(Published on March 11, 2022. Rankings based on data as of September 30, 2021.)
Forbes "Best-in-State Wealth Advisors", 2023
(Published on April 4, 2023. Rankings based on data as of June 30, 2022.)
Barron's "Top 1,200 Financial Advisors", 2023
(Published on March 10, 2023. Rankings based on data as of September 30, 2021.)
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Our Approach
Our Philosophy

We believe your unique goals should be at the center of all of your financial decisions and form the foundation of your financial strategy. Because significant wealth requires customized goals-based financial strategies, we believe in building lasting relationships with a limited number of clients, taking the time to understand your most important priorities for today, tomorrow and your long-term future. Our philosophy celebrates collaboration. Working with a team of specialists, we draw on the resources and insights of a global financial institution to create strategies that reflect your aspirations for yourself and current and future generations of your family. Finally, we believe that while significant wealth brings complex challenges, our experience, passion and perspectives can help you simplify your life.

Meet Our Team
Thomas R Blanchfield
Managing Director, Senior Relationship Manager
949.721.7250
Justin Vaicek
Managing Director, Private Wealth Manager
949.721.7252
Scott Smeltzer, CFP®,CIMA®
Assistant Vice President, Private Wealth Investment Management Specialist
949.721.7253
Edward Beyer, CFP®,CRPC™
Assistant Vice President, Private Wealth Business Development Specialist
949.721.7257
Kimberly B Clarke
Senior Private Wealth Client Associate
949.721.7255
Wendy Diana Torres
Registered Private Wealth Client Associate
949.721.7254
Let's Have A Conversation
We take the time to listen and learn about you and your family before creating strategies that aim to meet your needs, goals and best interests now and in the future
About Merrill Private Wealth Management
Looking at your wealth from every angle

Navigating complex wealth requires more than making investing decisions. It takes a trusted confidante who can help you step back and see the big picture. Your Merrill Private Wealth Advisor is that steadfast guide — advocating for you, your family, and the people and causes you care about. Working together, we can help you grow, sustain and transfer your wealth to amplify the impact at every step of life's journey with insight, simplicity, perspective and solutions. Find out what it's like to work with us.

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Certified Financial Planner Board of Standards, Inc. (CFP Board) owns the certification marks CFP®, CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™, and the CFP® (with plaque design) in the United States, which it authorizes use of by individuals who successfully complete CFP Board’s initial and ongoing certification requirements.
Investments & Wealth Institute™ (The Institute) is the owner of the certification marks CIMA® and Certified Investment Management Analyst®. Use of CIMA®, and/or Certified Investment Management Analyst® signifies that the user has successfully completed the Institute’s initial and ongoing credentialing requirements for investment management professionals.
Chartered Retirement Planning Counselor™, CRPC™, and the CRPC™ logo are certification marks or registered certification marks of The College for Financial Planning Institutes Corp. in the United States.