Michael O’Meara: Gateway Financial Advisor Has REIT Complaint

Georgetown, Texas financial advisor Michael O’Meara (CRD# 2652113) recently received an investor complaint alleging he engaged in misconduct relating to a real estate investment trust. Financial Industry Regulatory Authority records show that he is a broker with LPL Financial, doing business as Gateway Financial Partners.

Mr. O’Meara’s BrokerCheck report discloses multiple investor complaints. The most recent, filed in March 2022, alleges that as a representative of McNally Financial Services, he made misrepresentations and omissions concerning a real estate investment trust (REIT) product. The pending complaint alleges damages between $50,000 and $100,000.

A second investor complaint, filed in 2012, alleged that as a representative of Investors Capital, Mr. O’Meara recommended an unsuitable purchase. In 2014 the complaint reached a settlement of $125,000.

A third investor complaint, filed in 2001, alleged that he failed to execute a sell order while at Banc One Securities Corporation. In 2002 the complaint reached a settlement of $65,000.

According to the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Michael O’Meara holds 26 years of securities industry experience. Based in Georgetown, Texas, he has been a broker with LPL Financial since 2019, doing business as Gateway Financial Partners. His past registrations include McNally Financial Services Corporation (Georgetown, Texas; 2013-2019), United Planners’ Financial Services of America (Georgetown, Texas; 2011-2013), Genworth Financial Securities Corporation (Georgetown, Texas; 2011), Investors Capital (Georgetown, Texas; 2008-2011), Questar Capital Corporation (Georgetown, Texas; 2006-2008), USAllianz Securities (Georgetown, Texas; 2005-2006), Merrill Lynch (New York, New York; 2003), UBS Painewebber (Weehawken, New Jersey; 2003), Banc One Securities Corporation (Chicago, Illinois; 1997-2003), and Merrill Lynch (New York, New York; 1995-1997). His credentials include the passage of five securities industry qualifying exams: the General Securities Principal Examination, or Series 24; the General Securities Representative Examination, or Series 7; the Securities Industry Essentials Examination, or SIE; the Uniform Securities Agent State Law Examination, or Series 63; and the Uniform Investment Adviser Law Examination, or Series 65. He is licensed in the General Securities Principal Examination, or Series 24; the General Securities Representative Examination, or Series 7; the Securities Industry Essentials Examination, or SIE; the Uniform Securities Agent State Law Examination, or Series 63; and the Uniform Investment Adviser Law Examination, or Series 65. (Information current as of September 3, 2022.)

Carlson Law represents investors throughout the United States in claims against financial advisors and investment firms. If you or a loved one have suffered investment losses, please call us at 888-976-6111 or complete our contact form for a free and confidential consultation.