
Sally A. Cholewka, CFP®


With over 38 years of experience in financial services, Patrick has guided clients through every kind of market environment, helping them build, preserve, and grow their wealth across generations. His mission is simple: to help empower individuals and families to help them achieve their financial goals through strategic, personalized advice and planning.
Patrick began his career in 1987, earning his licenses the week of the historic market crash— an event which shaped his disciplined and resilient approach to financial advising. Patrick has since built strong relationships with both retail and institutional clients alike.
Whether you're planning retirement, managing multi-generational wealth, or seeking sophisticated investment strategies, Patrick begins every relationship by fully understanding your life's priorities. His comprehensive advisory approach integrates investment planning, risk management, and legacy considerations to evolve your financial plan with you.
In addition to his work with families and individual investors, Patrick brings deep institutional and transactional experience. He leverages the firm's robust capabilities in capital markets, corporate cash management, and institutional pricing and execution.
Patrick is passionate about helping clients not only preserve their finances but help grow them with clarity and confidence.
Outside the office, Patrick enjoys training, golfing, and biking. He's an avid University of Michigan football fan. Patrick lives in Farmington Hills with his wife, Carolyn. They have two adult sons, Nicholas and Alex.
Client Base
Physicians
I assist physicians seeking to grow and preserve their wealth. Many are already working longer hours to grow their practices and do not want to worry about year-to-year fluctuations in their income. Through my experience, I build a portfolio that can help physicians find a level of confidence.
High-Net-Worth Families
I work with high-net-worth families who seek to avoid taking too much risk with their finances. I look to our vast library of resources and network for help in generating predictable income from the wealth they've worked hard to accumulate.
Business Owners
I guide business owners who set growth targets for their companies each year but rely on investment income to supplement their cash flow. I also provide direction to entrepreneurs on planning their business exit strategies with the goal of ensuring a smooth transition and maximum value extraction. I focus on cross-functional consulting and value acceleration, drawing on a multi-disciplinary global network of high caliber advisors in the exit/succession planning community.
As your wealth grows, so does its complexities and the resources needed to manage it effectively. I leverage my experience and relationships to deliver innovative strategies that are tailored to help meet your needs. I look forward to speaking with you to understand your challenges so together we can map out a game plan to help achieve your goals.
Financial planning brings all the dimensions of your life together. I listen carefully to understand the connections across your personal life, your family, your career and your legacy goals to develop an integrated strategy that is designed to meet your unique needs.
Creating adequate cash flow and securing liquidity are the day-to-day aspects of implementing a financial strategy. I help you meet your personal cash management and borrowing needs while thinking strategically about how specific approaches may affect current and long-term costs and taxes.
Experience true independence, seasoned guidance, and seamless continuity— Morgan Stanley Trust Services delivers tailored solutions that safeguard your family's legacy and ensure your wishes are honored across generations.
An integrated organization across fixed income, equities, and structured investments leveraging the thought leadership of Morgan Stanley Research and dedicated product specialists to identify potential investment opportunities to help enhance the growth potential of diversified portfolios.
Delivering an estate to the next generation or favorite charity requires more attention than families often realize. I coordinate with your estate and tax professionals to align your legacy goals with the appropriate asset titling and beneficiary designation requirements. I also have experience setting up and managing trust accounts.
Managing your assets should be a consultative, disciplined process that balances your attitudes about investing with careful analysis of the financial markets. Working together. we create a customized strategy that applies long-held investment principles to help your assets appreciate appropriately or generate cash-flow or income as you require.
Working closely with institutional clients has been a core part of my practice since the beginning. I am attuned to the needs and complexities of corporations and institutions. Working diligently to help them achieve their goals continues to be a top priority.
Five Star Wealth Advisor Award. This award was issued 2012-2024. The award was determined based on an evaluation process conducted by Five Star Professional based on objective criteria from 2012 (10/22/11 - 3/9/12) until 2024 (9/5/23 - 2/29/24).
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