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.
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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.

WHY MORGAN STANLEY

At Morgan Stanley Wealth Management, exclusive access to vast resources, combined with our unique capabilities, gives me the means to support your goals at every stage in your life.

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VALUABLE TOOLS AND RESEARCH

It has never been more important to have a financial plan in place to get you to where you want to be. To help stay up to date on the broader economy as well as with personal finance best practices, we have provided some resources below to help you to get started.

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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

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.
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

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.
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
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Portfolio Insights

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

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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 Midyear Economic Outlook: A Widespread Deceleration
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2025 Midyear Economic Outlook: A Widespread Deceleration

Global growth is likely to slow in 2025 and 2026 as the shock of higher U.S. tariffs crimps demand around the world.

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.
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