Our Story and Services

With over 86 years of collective experience in wealth management, the O’Neil Miller Group at Morgan Stanley is professionally positioned to help our clients achieve their wealth management goals through prudent advice, sound investment management, and meticulous client service.

By becoming familiar with our clients’ needs and lifestyles, we design and implement a wealth management strategy that is personalized to meeting their financial goals.

Our mission has been to build close, collaborative, and enduring relationships with our clients. We are humbled that many of these relationships have spanned over several decades and multiple generations.
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As the financial world becomes more complex and investment choices multiply, careful planning becomes even more important to helping you achieve your financial goals. As your team of Financial Advisors, our role is to help you develop a strategy that lays out a clear path to a successful financial future and empowers you to make more informed, confident decisions in the face of the market’s ups and downs. The following four steps were developed to achieve that goal:

1. Setting Your Financial Objectives
Through a process of discovery and discussion, we will ask a series of detailed questions to understand and articulate your specific financial goals. Together, we’ll examine your current and future liabilities, income sources and cash flow needs, while considering critical factors that may influence your overall strategy. These will include your tolerance for risk, tax concerns, liquidity needs and time horizon.

2 Creating Your Strategy
From this ongoing dialogue, we’ll analyze your current situation and begin to develop a detailed action plan with recommendations to help you effectively build, protect and transfer your wealth. This analysis will serve as the foundation for building your initial plan, as well as future wealth management decisions.

3. Implementing Your Strategy
Once we’ve discussed and refined your strategy, we will begin to execute your investment plan. In this step, we may also recommend several wealth management strategies to help preserve your assets, while positioning them to pass to loved ones and personal charitable interests. These strategies may encompass cash flow management strategies, risk management strategies, as well as estate, trust and philanthropic services.

4. Reviewing Objectives and Performance
After we put your wealth management plan into action, we’ll set up a variety of tools to help ensure you have immediate access to your account information. And because markets and personal needs evolve over time, we’ll set up regular, ongoing meetings to help ensure your plan remains on schedule to achieve your specific financial goals.

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AI Revolution: The Breakthrough, the Buzz and a Blueprint for the Future

We invite you to watch the replay from our thought-provoking conversation on artificial intelligence (AI) with James Dyett, OpenAI's Head of Enterprise & Strategic Sales, Keith Weiss, Morgan Stanley's Head of U.S. Software Research Jeff McMillan, Morgan Stanley's Head of Firmwide Artificial Intelligence, recorded on Monday, March 24.

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Meet The O'Neil/Miller Group

About Jeffrey S. Miller

A Senior Vice President & Portfolio Management Director, Jeffrey S. Miller, has over 36 years of experience devoted to the investment management business. Success in a world of rapid change with serious challenges, financial and otherwise, demands his dedication and persistence. His deep knowledge of the markets allows him to be a resilient and professional guide. As an advisor, he takes pride in understanding peoples' immediate and long-term needs by building lasting relationships with clients and their families.

Jeffrey is an alumnus of Villanova University with a Bachelor's degree in Business/Finance. After graduating, he started his career in 1985 with Kidder Peabody & Co. in Northeastern Pennsylvania before relocating to Miami, Florida, to join Smith Barney/Morgan Stanley in 1990. Jeffrey's dedication and diligence over his long career have earned him several top recognitions. He has been named to the President's Council (1994-2011), Master's Council (2012-present), Senior Vice President (1990-present), and Portfolio Manager Director (2019-present). Most recently, the firm honored Jeff for his 30 years of dedication to his clients. This accolade shows his emphasis on not just taking care of his clients in their earning years or retirement years, but down through the next generations.

Jeffrey and his wife, Karen, live in Miami Beach, Florida. Married for over 24 years, they have two children: Blake, a senior in college, and Samantha, a freshman in college. Jeff enjoys time with his family, traveling, and exercising. His philosophy in business, a thread of continuity in one's life, helps give it meaning, overflows into his personal life, and encourages his own family in philanthropic work, especially with getting involved with local underserved children.
Securities Agent: AZ, NM, MO, WA, DC, UT, MN, MI, MA, CO, VA, PR, MD, ID, OH, CA, TN, NJ, MT, HI, GA, FL, TX, SC, NY, NC, CT, OR, IN, DE, PA, ME, KS, NV; General Securities Representative; Investment Advisor Representative
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About Owen O'Neil

Owen joined the firm in 2014 and spent two years at the Consulting Group Portfolio Management division, which oversees $1.25 trillion in assets. He joined the team in 2016 and shares responsibility in the group’s goal of helping their clients meet financial security. Such responsibilities include evaluating portfolios, making regular contact with the clients via in person, on the phone, and through periodic emails. Owen graduated Stonehill College with a degree in Economics and currently holds his Series 7 and 66.

Owen lives with his wife Olga in Miami Shores. In his spare time he enjoys traveling, hiking, cooking, and photography.
Securities Agent: HI, WA, VA, UT, TX, TN, SC, PR, PA, OR, OH, NY, NV, NM, NJ, NH, NC, MO, MN, MI, ME, MD, MA, KS, IN, IL, ID, GA, FL, DE, DC, CT, CO, CA, AZ, AR, AK; General Securities Representative; Investment Advisor Representative
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About Carmen Lugo

Carmen is deeply committed to understanding each client’s unique needs and leveraging their wealth to support those needs. She believes wealth is a tool to achieve specific goals and fulfill personal aspirations, ensuring that cash flow aligns with the client’s broader vision. With her extensive operational knowledge and exceptional interpersonal skills, Carmen is an indispensable member of the team. Her enthusiasm for building lasting client relationships and guiding clients through the growth, preservation, and generational transfer of their wealth is unparalleled.

Bringing over 30 years of industry experience, Carmen began her career on Wall Street in 1985. She gained comprehensive expertise working across various segments, including mutual funds, dividends and interest, DTC settlements, and Corporate Bond Trading Desk at CS First Boston, where she reconciled traders’ inventory books and settled trades with counterpart brokers. In 2001, Carmen joined the O'Neil Miller Group at Morgan Stanley in Miami, further solidifying her role in the financial services industry.

Carmen graduated summa cum laude from Barry University with a degree in Business Administration and a certification in Human Resources. She also holds Series 7, 63, and 65 licenses.

Outside the office, Carmen treasures her close relationship with her mother and two adult daughters. She enjoys traveling, reading, and learning. True to her nature, Carmen is often found lending a hand to friends, neighbors, and her community whenever the need arises.

About Kathryn Gallagher

Kathryn, a New England native, is a graduate of Franklin Pierce University with a degree in Business Management. In 1995, Kathryn relocated to Miami and joined Morgan Stanley, where she has held different roles, giving her a well-rounded knowledge and experience of the intricacies of our industry. Her diverse exposure has given her the tools to forge meaningful relationships with clients, as she assists them, together with the team, in their financial journey. Kathryn is passionate about giving back to our local communities. She actively participates in organizing our annual backpack and school supply drive, as well as our holiday gift drive for children in foster care. Additionally, she plays a key role during the firm’s volunteer month, coordinating an event each year at a local women’s shelter. A former New Englander, Kathryn now resides in Coconut Grove with her rescue dogs and cats. She enjoys spending time traveling, gardening, and reading.
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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
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Taking Control of Your Finances After Death of a Spouse

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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.

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.

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
2025 Global Economic Outlook: U.S. Policies May Temper Global Growth
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2025 Global Economic Outlook: U.S. Policies May Temper Global Growth

Global growth is likely to be around 3% in 2025 and 2026, as tariff and immigration policies begin to slow the U.S. economy late next year, and China's underperformance restrains emerging markets.

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
4 Financially Smart Ways to Take Money Out of Retirement Accounts
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4 Financially Smart Ways to Take Money Out of Retirement Accounts

Discover how planning for required minimum distributions from retirement accounts can help you fund future needs and support loved ones.
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