Michael J. Garry, CFP®, JD/MBA
Newtown, Pennsylvania Financial Planner

Michael Garry is a CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™ practitioner and a member of the National Association of Personal Financial Advisors (NAPFA) and a NAPFA-registered Financial Advisor.  In addition, he is a member of the Financial Planning Association (FPA) and the FPA’s Philadelphia Tri-State Chapter. Michael was recently named a 2010 FIVE STAR Wealth ManagerSM in the November issue of Philadelphia magazine. Michael is a frequent expert contributor to financial publications, and has been quoted in Kiplinger’s, BusinessWeek.com, The Bucks County Courier Times, Consumer Reports Money Advisor, Financial Advisor, Investment News, and other periodicals; he has written articles for the Bucks County Courier Times, Yardley News and Outlook Magazine; and he writes a regular personal finance column in the Yardley Voice.  Michael recently served on the Lower Makefield Township Citizens Budget Advisory Committee, which researches and discusses budget and tax policy and makes recommendations to the Township Board of Supervisors.  Michael serves as an Arbitrator for FINRA - Dispute Resolution.  Arbitrators serve in panels and hear and decide cases involving disputes between securities firms, their employees, and/or the public.  Michael has also served several times as a judge for the Financial Frontiers Awards presented annually by the Financial Planning Association.  The Financial Frontier Awards are held to promote advanced research on wealth management and financial planning topics to provide ground-breaking ideas and practical solutions to financial planning professionals.   Michael was recently appointed to the St. Mary’s Medical Center Planned Giving Advisory Committee. Married for 16 years, Michael and his wife have three daughters. He has coached several of his daughters' Yardley-Makefield Soccer (YMS), and YMCA soccer and basketball teams, and he has completed the Philadelphia Marathon, the Philadelphia Distance Run, the Broad Street Run, the American Cancer Society Bike-a-thon, and the Philadelphia and Marsh Creek Triathlons.  He is currently training to complete the Ironman Pocono 70.3 Triathlon in October 2011. 

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