About Our Firm
Mitchell & Pahl Private Wealth, LLC (“Mitchell & Pahl”) is a fee-only registered investment adviser
that provides investment management and financial advisory services to individual investors to help
them achieve their financial needs and goals. Founded in 2020, the firm is owned by Brian D.
Mitchell and Candace Pahl.
Our firm takes pride in providing personalized service to our clients and acknowledges that it is held
to a fiduciary standard of care.
Types of Advisory Services We Offer
Mitchell & Pahl offers portfolio management, financial planning, and wealth management services
to individuals, high net worth individuals, trusts, businesses, and charitable organizations. We work
with our clients to determine their investment objectives and risk profile and develop a customized
investment plan based on their individual needs and goals. Mitchell & Pahl will utilize the financial
information provided by the client to analyze and develop strategies and solutions to assist the client
in meeting their financial goals.
Prior to Mitchell & Pahl rendering any of the foregoing services, clients are required to enter into
one or more written advisory agreements with Mitchell & Pahl setting forth the relevant terms and
conditions of the advisory relationship.
Portfolio and Wealth Management Services
Mitchell & Pahl manages our clients’ portfolios on a discretionary and, in limited circumstances,
non-discretionary basis. Our portfolio and wealth management services are tailored to the needs of
our clients and are based on a comprehensive understanding of each client’s current situation, past
experiences, and future goals. With this acquired knowledge we create, analyze, strategize, and
implement goal-oriented investment solutions. These solutions become our clients’ investment
policy. This policy and our matched strategies are designed to be risk appropriate, cost effective and
tax efficient.
Our wealth management services generally include a broad range of comprehensive financial
planning and consulting services. We also offer discretionary or, in limited circumstances, non-
discretionary management of investment portfolios.
Client assets are generally allocated among individual equity and debt securities in accordance with
the client's stated investment objective and risk/volatility parameters. Where appropriate, Mitchell
& Pahl may also provide advice about many types of legacy positions or other investments held in
client portfolios. Clients may also engage Mitchell & Pahl to manage and/or advise on certain
investment products that are not maintained at their primary custodian, such as variable life
insurance and annuity contracts, assets held in employer sponsored retirement plans and qualified
tuition plans (i.e., 529 plans). In these situations, Mitchell & Pahl will direct or make
recommendations on a non-discretionary basis for the allocation of client assets among the various
investment options available within the product. These assets are generally maintained at the
underwriting insurance company or custodian for the plan trustee or administrator and clients retain
responsibility for effecting trades in these accounts. Clients may also retain Mitchell & Pahl to
provide advisory services for their retirement plan account.
Mitchell & Pahl consults with clients on an initial and ongoing basis to assess their specific risk
tolerance, time horizon, liquidity constraints and other related factors relevant to the management
of their portfolios. You should promptly notify us if there are changes in your financial situation or
if you wish to place any limitations on the management of your account. You may impose
reasonable restrictions or mandates on the management of your account if Mitchell & Pahl
determines, in our sole discretion, the conditions would not materially impact the performance of a
management strategy or prove overly burdensome to the firm's management efforts.
Financial Planning and Consulting Services
Mitchell & Pahl offers different levels of financial planning and consulting services to help our
clients identify, prioritize and work towards their goals and objectives. Our consulting services give
our clients the ability to receive a broad range of financial advice and services, including specific
security recommendations, for the duration of the advisory agreement.
Our process starts with an extensive review of a client's family situation, which includes assets and
liabilities as well as estate, tax, and insurance needs. We then employ a risk tolerance and risk
capacity-focused simulation to get a detailed cash flow analysis and proposed asset allocation.
Together, this information is analyzed to develop a proposed financial plan, which is designed to be
dynamic in nature, ever-evolving due to life changes, along with changes in cash flow needs, risk
tolerance, time horizon, or investment objectives.
Mitchell & Pahl’s financial planning and consulting services may include any or all of the following
topics:
• Investment Consulting: Analyzing investment allocations, possible alternatives to consider, and
their effect on your portfolio.
• Tax Planning: Reviewing tax returns and proposing options for reducing tax liability.
• Liability Management: Guidance on using debt productively and paying off strategically.
• Estate Planning: Analyzing and suggesting wealth transfer strategies to meet your objectives, as
well as reviewing beneficiary designations and proper account titling.
• Cash Flow Analysis: Planning around one-time expenses, as well as ongoing distribution needs
and savings goals.
• Charitable Giving: Discussing your desired social impact, exploring tax-appropriate vehicles to
accomplish your philanthropic objectives, and determining which assets to use for giving.
• Business Planning: Advice on how to structure an entity, reviewing cash flow expectations,
strategies for using debt effectively, succession and transition planning, and assistance with
office space decisions.
• Concentrated Stock: Managing the risk of owning highly appreciated investments, as well as
decisions concerning equity compensation offered through an employer.
• Insurance Review: Analyzing current insurance coverage and, where appropriate,
recommending strategies to mitigate risks.
• Divorce Planning: Assisting with financial issues and decisions that couples
face when going
through a divorce.
• Death & Disability: Evaluating cash needs at death, income needs of surviving dependents, and
disability income.
• Federal Benefits & Health Care: Optimization of Social Security, Medicare, and other Federal
Benefits, as well as navigating health care decisions before Medicare.
• Education Planning: Reviewing 529 plans and general assistance in preparing to meet
dependents’ continuing educational needs.
• Family Governance: Coordinating family meetings, formulating mission statements, helping
identify the purpose for the wealth and reviewing how future generations might preserve and
continue the legacy.
• Financial Record Organizing: Guidance with organizing important financial records so you
know what to keep.
Generally, financial planning services are rendered in conjunction with our investment portfolio
management services, as part of a comprehensive wealth management engagement; however, on a
case-by-case basis, the firm may offer any of these services on a stand-alone basis. In performing
these services, Mitchell & Pahl is not required to verify any information received from the client or
from the client's other professionals (e.g., attorneys, accountants, etc.), and is expressly authorized
to rely on such information. Mitchell & Pahl may recommend clients engage the firm for additional
related services, or we may recommend other professionals to implement our recommendations.
These additional services by Mitchell & Pahl or another professional are provided at an additional
cost to you, which is based on the nature, extent, complexity, and other characteristics of the
services. This creates a conflict of interest because the firm will have an incentive to recommend
additional services based on the compensation to be received, rather than solely based on your
needs, and in some cases, based on the prospect of cross-referrals of advisory clients from the other
professional or his or her firm. Implementation of financial planning recommendations is entirely at
your discretion. You have complete freedom in selecting a financial adviser to assist you with
implementing the recommendations made in your financial plan and are under no obligation to act
on the advice of Mitchell & Pahl. Financial planning recommendations are of a generic nature and
are not limited to any specific product or service offered by a broker dealer or insurance company.
Should you choose to implement the recommendations contained in the plan, Mitchell & Pahl
suggests you work closely with your attorney, accountant and/or insurance agent.
Mitchell & Pahl will act solely in its capacity as a registered investment adviser and does not provide
any legal, accounting or tax advice. You should seek the counsel of a qualified accountant and/or
attorney when necessary. As part of our advisory services, we may assist clients with tax harvesting
and will work with the client’s tax specialist to answer any questions related to the client’s portfolio.
Selection of Independent Managers
Mitchell & Pahl may select certain Independent Managers to actively manage a portion of its clients'
assets. Pursuant to the terms of the investment advisory agreement, Mitchell & Pahl shall have the
discretion to appoint and terminate these third-party advisers. The specific terms and conditions
under which a client engages an Independent Manager may also be set forth in a separate written
agreement with the designated Independent Manager. Certain Independent Managers require a
separate investment advisory agreement with the Independent Manager, while others do not. In
addition to this brochure, clients will also receive the written disclosure documents of the respective
Independent Managers engaged to manage their assets.
Mitchell & Pahl evaluates a variety of information about Independent Managers, which may
include the Independent Managers' public disclosure documents, materials supplied by the
Independent Managers themselves and other third-party analyses it believes are reputable. To the
extent possible, Mitchell & Pahl seeks to assess the Independent Managers' investment strategies,
past performance, and risk results in relation to its clients' individual portfolio allocations and risk
exposure. Mitchell & Pahl also takes into consideration each Independent Manager's management
style, returns, reputation, financial strength, reporting, pricing, and research capabilities, among
other factors.
Independent Managers utilized by Mitchell & Pahl include sub-advisers that focus on a specific
investment strategy, such as fixed income investing. These sub-advisers provide Mitchell & Pahl
with fixed-income research and advice, which is then implemented in client portfolios.
Mitchell & Pahl continues to provide services relative to the discretionary or non-discretionary
selection of the Independent Managers. On an ongoing basis, Mitchell & Pahl monitors the
performance of those accounts being managed by Independent Managers. Mitchell & Pahl seeks to
ensure the Independent Managers' strategies and target allocations remain aligned with its clients'
investment objectives and overall best interests.
Portfolio Management Services for Wrap Fee Program
Mitchell & Pahl offers portfolio management services through a wrap program. A bundled or “wrap
fee” program is an advisory fee program under which you pay one bundled fee to compensate
Mitchell & Pahl for portfolio management and trade execution. A wrap fee program may not be the
lowest cost option if you would like to restrict your investments to open-ended mutual funds or other
long-term investment products.
Amount of Assets We Manage
As of December 2023, Mitchell & Pahl managed approximately $319,434,985 on a discretionary
basis and $35,010,265 on a non-discretionary basis. Discretionary assets under management are
those for which we have an ongoing responsibility to select and make securities recommendations
that are in line with your financial needs and objectives and then effect those securities transactions
without first consulting you. Non-discretionary assets under management are those for which we
have an ongoing responsibility to select and make securities recommendations that are in line with
your financial needs and objectives and then effect those securities transactions only after consulting
with you to inform you of the transaction(s) and obtaining your approval to move forward.