Our Story

At the Tailored Legacy Group, we believe success in achieving important financial goals starts with a comprehensive wealth strategy. We will help you define what is most important to you and then formulate the strategies that are appropriate for your needs, whether you are accumulating wealth or investing for income, solidifying your retirement plan or devising a distribution approach that helps meet your lifestyle and legacy goals.
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Significance of The Family Wealth Advisor

The Tailored Legacy Group's Portfolio Management Director and Family Wealth Director, John Lamberson, specializes in leveraging the versatile resources of Morgan Stanley and its professionals to help our valued clients and their families maximize the value of their human capital. Through driving family wealth education he is able to increase the likelihood that all family members will have the solid foundation and support needed to potentially lead meaningful, fulfilled and engaged lives that will carry on for generations to come.
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    Our Team's Family Wealth Capabilities
    A Family Wealth Director (FWD) is a rare distinction, earned by less than 4% of Morgan Stanley’s Financial Advisors as of February 2021. The designation is given to advisors who have undergone distinctive training to complement their extensive experience working with ultra-high net worth families.
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    Family Governance and Wealth Education
    The Family Governance and Wealth Education group helps families of significant net worth strive to maximize the value of their human capital by addressing sensitive family issues, facilitate communication and manage your family dynamic in effort to achieve a cohesive direction in coordination with your outside advisors.
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    Legacy and Estate Planning strategies
    We engage with our Executive Planning Director and Wealth Planning Center to provide a fully integrated, comprehensive analysis of your balance sheet, estate plan, and investment strategy through a collaborative process. Additionally, we are able to coordinate with your legal tax advisors.
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    Philanthropy Management
    At The Tailored Legacy Group, we provide our clients with a smart way to give to causes and charities they care about through Morgan Stanley GIFT. Our donor advised fund, GIFT, is a 501(c)(3) public charity structured to offer you a simple, thoughtful and tax-advantageous way to support your favorite charities.
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Our Suite of Investor Resources

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    Morgan Stanley Online
    Your investments and everyday finances are always just a few clicks away with Morgan Stanley Online (MSO) and the Morgan Stanley mobile app! Access your finances and invest in an instant with the help of this handy resource that is available 24/7.
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    Total Wealth View
    Managing multiple financial accounts across different firms can be complicated. With Morgan Stanley Online and Total Wealth View, you can link your non-Morgan Stanley accounts and analyze your cash flow all in one place.
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    Lifestyle Advisory
    Each client has unique needs that call for specialized care and consideration. Signature Access provides select clients with a dedicated Lifestyle Advisory Concierge to help create tailored solutions through our industry-leading third-party providers, who will help investors such as yourself define solutions for risk, containing costs and enhancing your overall enjoyment of life.
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    Outsourced Chief Investment Office
    Select clients with a minimum sum of investable assets at their disposal have access to our Outsourced Chief Investment Office (OCIO). OCIO offers a complete fiduciary solution for our clients seeking a full-discretion investment management model. This service facilitates delegation of fiduciary responsibility by providing customized portfolio solutions such as investment platform access, cost efficiencies, and adherence to policy statement and regulatory requirements.
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    Reserved Living & Giving
    Reserved Living & Giving is a tiered complimentary loyalty program that rewards Morgan Stanley's most valued clients. The program offers curated lifestyle content and discounts from over 50 premium brands including luxury automotive brands, travel experiences, and entertainment services.
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    Art Resources Team
    At The Tailored Legacy Group, we understand how prudent it is for collectors to carefully consider the role of art on their balance sheets. In conjunction with the Art Resources Team we are able to help art owners  develop strategic plans fort addressing key considerations in terms of their collectibles for their life and beyond.
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Working With You

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Discovery Process
Our team invests the time needed to learn about you and your family; your assets and liabilities and exposure to risk, enabling us to structure customized investment and planning strategies and tailor our relationship to your needs.
Formulation of Tax, Trust and Estate Strategy
We are able to analyze your unique income and estate tax circumstances to identify and tailor planning techniques that can be used to address your objectives by working with your tax and legal advisors.
Creation of Customized Strategic Asset Allocation
We understand that your asset allocation reflects risk, opportunities and taxation across multiple entities, and integrates your investing and estate plans.
Integration of Tactical Asset Allocation
Short-term adjustments seek to capitalize on temporary market distortions. Before making adjustments, we analyze the impact of taxes and trading costs on potential returns.
Implementation of a Customized Wealth Strategy
After conducting our comprehensive due diligence and analysis of expected results across multiple market scenarios, strategies are chosen from our expansive investment platform.
An Ongoing Assessment
Coordinating with your other advisors, our team conducts ongoing reviews and comprehensive reporting to ensure that your strategy adapts to changing financial and family needs and circumstances.

What We Provide

The Tailored Legacy Group at Morgan Stanley combines their diverse skillsets to assist clients and their families of substantial wealth simplify and manage their complex financial and personal lives. Our Family Office Resources helps clients and their Financial Advisors curate and navigate an expansive suite of highly specialized resources to address the multifaceted challenges of wealth management so clients may make complicated decisions confidently.

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    Wealth Management Capabilities
    At Morgan Stanley Wealth Management, exclusive access to vast resources, combined with our unique capabilities, gives us the means to support your goals at every life stage.
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    Trust, Tax & Estate Planning
    We work with you to create a successful Trust, Tax and Estate plan.
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    Alternative Investments
    Diversify your exposure by incorporating Alternative Investments into your overall allocation.
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    Pre-Liquidity Event Planning
    Speak with us prior to realizing a liquidity event like sale of a business or an IPO as it is important to consider and implement income tax and wealth transfer strategies beforehand.
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    Cash Management Services
    We help you meet your cash management and borrowing needs, while thinking strategically about how specific approaches may affect current and long-term costs and taxes.

WORKPLACE FINANCIAL BENEFITS WITH MORGAN STANLEY AT WORK

Our mission is to help your company elevate your workplace financial benefits—helping you to attract and retain top talent. Our end-to-end solutions support your company and employees at any stage of growth through a powerful combination of modern technology, insightful guidance, and dedicated service.

    Equity Solutions

    Equity ownership is a powerful motivator. Streamline equity management through our leading-edge technology and provide global audit-ready reporting and insights, alongside customizable participant experiences to engage and educate your employees on how to make the most of their benefits. Our global solutions support private and public companies at any stage of growth.

    • Equity Administration and Financial Reporting
    • Liquidity Events
    • 409A Valuation Services and Cap Table Management

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    Retirement

    For your employees, retirement is more than a date in the future—it's a milestone that takes time, hard work, and the right tools. Through our consultative process, we strive to assist with the management of your fiduciary responsibilities and risk, simplify plan management, and help you improve retirement readiness for your employees.

    • Defined Contribution Consulting
    • Solutions-Oriented Plans
    • Fiduciary Investment Oversight

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    Deferred Compensation

    Access a range of Nonqualified Deferred Compensation plan services or pick the ones that best fit your needs. We provide recordkeeping and plan design, portfolio construction services, and plan education for your executive talent. We help you determine the appropriate plan design and inform a funding strategy through a needs-based assessment and consultative approach.

    Services include:

    • Recordkeeping and Plan Design
    • Portfolio Construction
    • Wealth Management Services
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    Executive Services

    Our dedicated team provides concierge-level support for your executives' equity compensation plans, from 10b5-1 trading plans to form filing related to Rule 144 transactions, to access to wealth management and tax-optimization strategies, so helping them navigate their complex financial needs with greater confidence and certainty:

    • Equity Compensation Services
    • Equity Award Analysis
    • Specialized Solutions
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    Saving and Giving

    Saving and Giving benefits can make a real difference in your employees' lives as they can support the things that matter most to them—like saving for education and repaying student loans. Show that you are committed to your employees' priorities with leading-edge solutions that help them chart a path toward financial well-being.

    • College Savings
    • Student Loan Repayment and Refinancing
    • Charitable Giving
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    Financial Wellness

    We offer Financial Wellness with every solution we provide. Through a powerful combination of education, digital tools and guidance, Financial Wellness is designed to address the unique needs of your employees and empower their financial journey at every stage. Give your employees the confidence to take charge of their finances.

    • Financial Education
    • Digital Tools
    • Financial Guidance

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Location

1 Ppg Place
Ste 1300
Pittsburgh, PA 15222
US
Direct:
(412) 434-8016(412) 434-8016

Meet Tailored Legacy Group

About Deborah Caley

As a Portfolio/Financial Planning Associate, Deborah’s primary responsibility is to foresee the administrative duties for the team and clients. Deborah has continuously provided world class customer service to clients for over 21 years in the Financial Services Industry. She strives to meet clients’ administrative needs as seamlessly as possible and to provide a positive experience by untangling the responsibilities of maintaining a securities account.

Deborah is a graduate of California University of Pennsylvania with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Geography. She grew up in West Mifflin, Pennsylvania and currently resides in Jefferson Hills, Pennsylvania with her husband, Vernon and their son, Brayden. She enjoys spending time with her pets, outdoor warm weather activities such as boating, fishing and swimming, and spending time with her family and friends.

About Wendy Lukitsch

As a Wealth Management Associate, Wendy’s primary responsibility is to help organize the team and streamline its operations. She helps to steer the team’s vision so that it can deliver world-class service to our high-net-worth clients and their families. Her depth of knowledge includes not just operations, but also portfolio and investment management due diligence as well as financial planning. She has a keen sense for problem-solving which proves to be invaluable when it comes to helping our clients meet their needs and achieve their goals. Wendy’s extensive skill set has been developed over 26 years spent in the financial services industry. She excels at solving our client’s most complex needs.

Wendy is a graduate of West Virginia University's College of Arts and Sciences with a degree in Finance. She is a native of Charleston, West Virginia, and currently resides in Allison Park, Pennsylvania with her husband, Paul and two children, Benjamin and Catherine. She enjoys traveling, reading, watching television and spending time with friends and family.

About Miranda Harris

As a Registered Client Associate, Miranda’s primary responsibility is to respond to client and team requests in a timely, efficient, and service-oriented manner. The various positions she has held within the financial industry have afforded her the opportunity to work with a diverse client base and have also led to a strong drive to deliver a great client experience.

Miranda is originally from Fort Worth, TX but currently resides in Whitehall, PA with her two cats Charlie and Cleocatra. She is a graduate of the University of North Texas where she received her Bachelor of Science in Sociology. In her spare time, Miranda enjoys spoiling her cats, stationary biking, taking walks in the park, trying new recipes and watching her favorite shows.

Awards and Recognition

Forbes Best-In-State Wealth Management Teams
Forbes Best-In-State Wealth Management Teams Source: Forbes (Awarded Jan 2025) Data compiled by SHOOK Research LLC based for the period 3/31/23-3/31/24.

The Power of Partnerships

By partnering with experienced individuals across wealth disciplines, Morgan Stanley Financial Advisors can align specialized resources with your custom needs and deliver strategic guidance through the familiarity and trust of existing relationships

About Tyson Abert

Tyson R. Abert is a Senior Private Banker serving Morgan Stanley Wealth Management offices in Wisconsin, Northern Ohio and Western Pennsylvania.

Senior Private Bankers partner with Financial Advisors to develop a specialized approach for managing clients’ cash flow, liquidity and financing needs, leveraging our comprehensive suite of cash management and lending solutions.

Tyson began his career in financial services in 2004, and joined Morgan Stanley in 2018. Prior to joining the firm, he served as a Business Development Manager and a Senior Relationship Manager at Wells Fargo’s Commercial Banking Services.

Tyson is a graduate of Illinois State University where he received a Bachelor of Science degree in Finance and Accounting, and Lake Forest Graduate School of Management where he received a Master of Business Administration. He and his family currently reside right outside Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Outside of the office, Tyson enjoys golfing, hunting, boating, fishing, and spending time with his family.
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Equity Compensation

Helping you make the most of your equity awards and better understand how it may fit into your your larger financial picture – today and tomorrow.

  • Vesting events
  • Option expirations
  • Restricted stock units
  • Tax implications

Retirement

Working with you to understand your life goals and develop a personalized wealth strategy. Today and for the years to come.
  • 401(k) Rollovers
  • IRA Plans
  • Retirement income strategies
  • Retirement plan participants
  • Annuities
A Simple Six-Step Retirement Checkup
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A Simple Six-Step Retirement Checkup

Checking in on your retirement plan may make a lot of sense, especially when market volatility arises.

Investing

Working closely with you to guide your wealth and investments through the most challenging market cycles.
  • Asset Management
  • Wealth Planning
  • Traditional Investments
  • Alternative Investments
  • Impact Investing
Rational Investing in an Age of Uncertainty
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Rational Investing in an Age of Uncertainty

When it comes to investing, even the most savvy of us fall prey to bias and emotional trades. So what triggers should you watch for?

Family

Creating customized financial strategies for the challenges that today’s families face.
  • Estate Planning Strategies
  • 529 Plans / Education Savings Planning
  • Long Term Care Insurance
  • Special Needs Planning
  • Trust Services
529 Plans: A Powerful Tool to Save for Education
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529 Plans: A Powerful Tool to Save for Education

Though education costs continue to climb, starting to save and invest early can make a difference.

Business Planning

Helping you on key aspects of your business such as ownership, liquidity and developing opportunities.
  • Succession Planning
  • Business Planning
  • Qualified Retirement Plans
Financial Planning for Life After Selling a Business
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Financial Planning for Life After Selling a Business

Selling your business can mean big changes for your life, both personally and financially. Know how to make the most of your windfall.

Philanthropy

Making sure your philanthropic dollars are managed with the same high quality service as the rest of your wealth.
  • Endowments
  • Foundations
  • Donor Advised Funds
  • Impact Investing
Donor Advised Funds: A Smart Way to Manage Your Giving
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Donor Advised Funds: A Smart Way to Manage Your Giving

There's more to charitable giving than you may realize. Here's one method that may be a tax-efficient way to give and can help maximize your impact.

Financial Wellness

Enhancing Financial Wellness enables your workforce to do their best work. Companies that invest in financial wellness have an opportunity to:
  • Reduce employee stress,
  • Improve retention and engagement, and
  • Set themselves apart by offering comprehensive financial wellness benefits.
The Business Case for a Financially Resilient Workforce
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The Business Case for a Financially Resilient Workforce

In the face of turbulent markets, the word “resilience” may be top of mind. Broadly speaking, resilience is the ability to “bounce back” when encountering life’s inevitable challenges.
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