David Stoler
Senior Vice President, Financial Advisor
Phone:
(516) 227-2871(516) 227-2871
The Stoler Zinnanti Group at Morgan Stanley
Direct:
(516) 227-2871(516) 227-2871
Our Mission Statement
We come together to see untapped possibilities and relentlessly work with you to help make them real. Together, we unlock new ideas, create new legacies, research, innovate, and collaborate to transform a company, an industry, a generation. With grit and vision working in lockstep helps put you on the path to your full potential.
Our Story and Services
The Stoler Zinnanti Group at Morgan Stanley Wealth Management is dedicated to serving high-achieving entrepreneurs and their families by offering exceptional investment and financial planning guidance. Our mission is to gain a comprehensive understanding of our clients' priorities, including the purpose of their wealth, their family, their philanthropic interests, as well as their current needs and future aspirations. Together, we develop and execute a strategy that aligns with your priorities. We are committed to preserving and thoughtfully growing our clients' wealth while focusing on reducing taxes, costs, and risks.
We adopt a collaborative approach when working with our clients' attorneys, accountants, and other key advisors. We believe that a comprehensive plan is one in which we align strategies to improve decision-making and efficiency.
Our team is comprised of individuals from various generations, united by shared values, diverse perspectives, and extensive experience. Our objective is to assist our clients in making informed decisions, simplify the complexity in their lives, and help achieve their personal and financial goals.
We adopt a collaborative approach when working with our clients' attorneys, accountants, and other key advisors. We believe that a comprehensive plan is one in which we align strategies to improve decision-making and efficiency.
Our team is comprised of individuals from various generations, united by shared values, diverse perspectives, and extensive experience. Our objective is to assist our clients in making informed decisions, simplify the complexity in their lives, and help achieve their personal and financial goals.
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Approach
Discovery Process
Investing the time to learn about you and your family; your assets and liabilities and the risk exposures, enables us to formulate strategies and customize the relationship to your needs.
Formulation of Tax, Trust and Estate Strategy
Working with your tax and legal advisors, we help analyze your income and estate tax circumstances to identify and tailor planning techniques that may be used to address your objectives.
Creation of Customized Strategic Asset Allocation
Your customized asset allocation reflects risk, opportunities and taxation across multiple entities, while integrating 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 comprehensive due diligence and analysis of expected results across multiple market scenarios, strategies are chosen from our expansive investment platform.
Ongoing Assessment
In coordination with your other advisors, we can conduct ongoing reviews and comprehensive reporting to ensure that your strategy adapts to changing financial and family needs.
WORKING WITH YOU
We are committed to assisting our clients in achieving their objectives. Our services are tailored to meet the needs of high-net-worth individuals, families, endowments, and foundations. Our client base includes entrepreneurs, senior executives of public companies, partners of accounting and law firms, business owners, and principals of real estate firms. We are committed to providing our clients with highly personalized, one-on-one service. We begin by gaining a deep understanding of your goals. This understanding forms the foundation of our wealth strategy, which we then implement to help you achieve your financial objectives. As your needs evolve, we are committed to updating your strategy in a way that aligns with your evolving goals. We regularly engage with our clients to explore new opportunities and address challenges, ensuring continuity and a comprehensive understanding of our services. We are focused on delivering valuable insights, effective tools, and cutting-edge technology to improve your experience as you pursue your most important goals. We are dedicated to empowering our clients to transition into the next phase of their lives with confidence and clarity.
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Location
1200 Franklin Ave
Garden City, NY 11530
US
Direct:
(516) 227-2871(516) 227-2871
Meet The Stoler Zinnanti Group
Pat Zinnanti, CFP®, QPFC
Senior Vice President, Financial Advisor
Phone:
(516) 227-2872(516) 227-2872
Donna Tenaglia
Senior Registered Client Associate
Phone:
(516) 227-2879(516) 227-2879
Haritomeni Karavakis
Client Service Associate
Phone:
(516) 227-2877(516) 227-2877
About Me
With over three decades of experience as a financial advisor, David Stoler brings a wealth of knowledge to the Stoler Zinnanti Group. His approach to wealth management starts with a deep understanding of each client’s unique goals, concerns, and circumstances. David excels in crafting sophisticated financial strategies designed to preserve and grow his clients’ wealth while preparing them for both anticipated and unforeseen challenges. David’s clientele includes partners of accounting and law firms, senior executives, medical professionals, not-for-profit organizations, and entrepreneurs. He focuses on risk management, retirement planning, tax minimization, and concentrated stock management, tailoring his strategies to align each client’s specific needs.
David was named to the 2025 Forbes "Best-in-State Wealth Management Teams" list. A graduate of the University of Hartford, David is actively involved with Sunrise Day Camp, a charitable organization dedicated to children with cancer. He resides in Jericho, Long Island with his wife, Jen, and their two children. Outside of work, David enjoys fishing and spending quality time with family and friends.
Forbes 2025 Best-In-State Wealth Management Teams List
Source: Forbes (Awarded Jan 2025). Data compiled by SHOOK Research LLC based for the period 3/31/23–3/31/24.
David was named to the 2025 Forbes "Best-in-State Wealth Management Teams" list. A graduate of the University of Hartford, David is actively involved with Sunrise Day Camp, a charitable organization dedicated to children with cancer. He resides in Jericho, Long Island with his wife, Jen, and their two children. Outside of work, David enjoys fishing and spending quality time with family and friends.
Forbes 2025 Best-In-State Wealth Management Teams List
Source: Forbes (Awarded Jan 2025). Data compiled by SHOOK Research LLC based for the period 3/31/23–3/31/24.
Securities Agent: UT, MA, MD, IL, CT, TX, PA, AZ, OH, SC, GA, FL, TN, NH, DC, NY, NC, VA, NJ, CA; General Securities Representative; Investment Advisor Representative
NMLS#: 1326707
NMLS#: 1326707
About Me
Pat Zinnanti is a seasoned financial advisor with over a decade of experience, having started his career in 2014. As the co-founder of the Stoler Zinnanti Group, Pat works closely with C-suite executives, entrepreneurs, and business owners, often addressing concentrated stock positions, risk management, and tax minimization strategies. He and his team also assist with estate planning services, wealth transfer, and philanthropy. Pat is a CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER® professional, a designation awarded by the Certified Financial Board of Standards Inc. Pat also holds the Qualified Plan Financial Consultant®, QPFC® designation for retirement plans along with a focus on sports and entertainment.
Pat was named to the 2025 Forbes "Best-in-State Wealth Management Teams" list. A graduate of Adelphi University, Pat is deeply committed to the community of Nassau County and charitable causes, including Breakthrough T1. Outside of his professional life, he enjoys playing golf and traveling. Pat resides in Manhasset with his wife Alexia and their two children.
Forbes 2025 Best-In-State Wealth Management Teams List
Source: Forbes (Awarded Jan 2025). Data compiled by SHOOK Research LLC based for the period 3/31/23–3/31/24.
Pat was named to the 2025 Forbes "Best-in-State Wealth Management Teams" list. A graduate of Adelphi University, Pat is deeply committed to the community of Nassau County and charitable causes, including Breakthrough T1. Outside of his professional life, he enjoys playing golf and traveling. Pat resides in Manhasset with his wife Alexia and their two children.
Forbes 2025 Best-In-State Wealth Management Teams List
Source: Forbes (Awarded Jan 2025). Data compiled by SHOOK Research LLC based for the period 3/31/23–3/31/24.
Securities Agent: SC, NJ, NH, VA, MA, MD, CT, TN, GA, DC, FL, UT, PA, NY, NC, IL, AZ, TX, CA; General Securities Representative; Investment Advisor Representative
NMLS#: 389562
NMLS#: 389562
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1Alternative Investments are speculative and include a high degree of risk. An investor could lose all or a substantial amount of his/her investment. Alternative investments are appropriate only for qualified, long-term investors who are willing to forgo liquidity and put capital at risk for an indefinite period of time.
For more information, please see the Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC Client Relationship Summary.
2When Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC, its affiliates and Morgan Stanley Financial Advisors and Private Wealth Advisors (collectively, “Morgan Stanley”) provide “investment advice” regarding a retirement or welfare benefit plan account, an individual retirement account or a Coverdell education savings account (“Retirement Account”), Morgan Stanley is a “fiduciary” as those terms are defined under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended (“ERISA”), and/or the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (the “Code”), as applicable. When Morgan Stanley provides investment education, takes orders on an unsolicited basis or otherwise does not provide “investment advice”, Morgan Stanley will not be considered a “fiduciary” under ERISA and/or the Code. For more information regarding Morgan Stanley’s role with respect to a Retirement Account, please visit www.morganstanley.com/disclosures/dol. Tax laws are complex and subject to change. Morgan Stanley does not provide tax or legal advice. Individuals are encouraged to consult their tax and legal advisors (a) before establishing a Retirement Account, and (b) regarding any potential tax, ERISA and related consequences of any investments or other transactions made with respect to a Retirement Account. Individuals should consult their tax advisor for matters involving taxation and tax planning and their attorney for matters involving trust and estate planning, charitable giving, philanthropic planning and other legal matters.
3Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC (“Morgan Stanley”), its affiliates and Morgan Stanley Financial Advisors and Private Wealth Advisors do not provide tax or legal advice. Clients should consult their tax advisor for matters involving taxation and tax planning and their attorney for matters involving trust and estate planning, charitable giving, philanthropic planning and other legal matters.
4Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC (“Morgan Stanley”), its affiliates and Morgan Stanley Financial Advisors or Private Wealth Advisors do not provide tax or legal advice. Clients should consult their tax advisor for matters involving taxation and tax planning and their attorney for legal matters.
5Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC (“Morgan Stanley”), its affiliates and Morgan Stanley Financial Advisors or Private Wealth Advisors do not provide tax or legal advice. Clients should consult their tax advisor for matters involving taxation and tax planning and their attorney for legal matters.
6Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC (“Morgan Stanley”), its affiliates and Morgan Stanley Financial Advisors and Private Wealth Advisors do not provide tax or legal advice. Clients should consult their tax advisor for matters involving taxation and tax planning and their attorney for matters involving trust and estate planning and other legal matters.
Check the background of our Firm and Investment Professionals on FINRA's BrokerCheck*.
The information, products and services described here are intended only for individuals residing in states where this Financial Advisor is properly registered as described in this site.
Morgan Stanley reserves the right, to the extent permitted under applicable law, to retain and monitor all electronic communications. Morgan Stanley will not accept purchase or sale orders via any Internet site, social media site and/or its messaging systems. Morgan Stanley does not endorse and is not responsible and assumes no liability for content, products or services posted by third-parties on any Internet site, social media site and/or its messaging systems. All electronic communications are subject to terms available at the following link:
https://www.morganstanley.com/disclaimers/mswm-email.html. Any profiles and associated content are for U.S. residents only.
The securities/instruments, services, investments and investment strategies discussed in this material may not be appropriate for all investors. The appropriateness of a particular investment, investment strategy or service will depend on an investor's individual circumstances and objectives. Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC recommends that investors independently evaluate particular investments, strategies and services, and encourages investors to seek the advice of a Financial Advisor or Private Wealth Advisor. This material does not provide individually tailored investment advice. It has been prepared without regard to the individual financial circumstances and objectives of persons who receive it.
Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC (“Morgan Stanley”), its affiliates and Morgan Stanley Financial Advisors or Private Wealth Advisors do not provide tax or legal advice. Individuals should consult their tax advisor for matters involving taxation and tax planning and their attorney for legal matters.
Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC (“Morgan Stanley”) is not implying an affiliation, sponsorship, endorsement with/of the third party or that any monitoring is being done by Morgan Stanley of any information contained within the website. Morgan Stanley is not responsible for the information contained on the third-party website or the use of or inability to use such site. Nor do we guarantee their accuracy or completeness.
The views, opinions or advice contained within third party websites or materials are solely those of the author, who is not a Morgan Stanley employee, and do not necessarily reflect those of Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC, or its affiliates. The strategies and/or investments referenced may not be appropriate for all investors as the appropriateness of a particular investment or strategy will depend on an investor's individual circumstances and objectives.
*References to length of service at Morgan Stanley include years at Morgan Stanley and predecessor firms.
CFP Board owns the marks CFP®, CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER®, and CFP® (with plaque design) in the U.S., which it awards to individuals who successfully complete CFP Board's initial and ongoing certification requirements.
The use of the CDFA designation does not permit the rendering of legal advice by Morgan Stanley or its Financial Advisors which may only be done by a licensed attorney. The CDFA designation is not intended to imply that either Morgan Stanley or its Financial Advisors are acting as experts in this field.
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