Meet your Mesirow Wealth Management team

We serve our clients through a personal, individualized approach to reaching financial goals, helping build comprehensive wealth plans and guiding important financial decisions through changing markets.

Brock C. LaMarca
Senior Managing Director, Wealth Advisor
Wealth Management
Brian Shevitz

CFPĀ®

Senior Managing Director, Wealth Advisor
Wealth Management
Bill A. Robbins

CFPĀ®

Managing Director, Wealth Advisor
Wealth Management
Robert Martin

CFA

Senior Vice President, Senior Investment Analyst
Wealth Management
Harrison Bazianos
Wealth Specialist
Wealth Management
Shelley Letner
Vice President, Client Relationship Specialist
Wealth Management
Lara Lucente
Vice President, Client Relationship Specialist
Wealth Management
Christin Pomerantz

CRPCĀ®

Senior Client Relationship Specialist
Wealth Management

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Our team’s governing principles

For more than 15 years, our team has worked to create customized financial plans for multi-generational families. During that time, we have endeavored to remain true to our team's governing principles.

  • Treat our clients’ investments with the same care and attention we treat our own.
  • Remain significant investors in the same investment strategies we recommend to our clients.
  • Adhere to a strict investment philosophy. We will not be swayed by emotions, fads or a herd mentality.
  • Avoid conflicts of interest.
  • Continuously enhance our efforts to provide high-quality service to our clients.
  • Communicate with our clients candidly and transparently.
  • Educate our clients about our investment approach and the financial markets.
  • Provide our clients with realistic expectations for investment returns.
  • Be honest with clients in our assessment of their ability to achieve financial goals.
  • Manage our own financial affairs in a conservative manner to avoid having any outside financial pressures cloud or influence our advice to clients.
  • Measure success by our ability to help our clients achieve their financial goals.

Richard Mesirow Day 2025

Mesirow was proud to host a special volunteer day honoring the legacy of Richard Mesirow on December 7 and Brian was able to join in on the fun! In partnership with Highland Park Community Foundation and GRATITUDE GENERATION, Mesirow employee volunteers and their families wrapped gifts, made cards and created holiday decorations for families in need.

Bill Robbins’ WGN radio appearances

How to plan for falling interest rates and planning to retire properly

Bill talks everything about important issues for Social Security retirees, the actuarial report and more.

Market recovery, 401(k) benefits, SECURE Act 2.0

Bill talks everything from Dollar Cost Averaging in a 401(k) plan to how tax cuts could possibly be reversed in 2026 and more.

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We invest in what matters

For many years, our team has supported the National Military Family Association. For more than 50 years, the National Military Family Association (NMFA) has been on a mission to stand up for, support, and enhance the quality of life for every military family through bold advocacy, innovative programming, and dynamic and responsive solutions.

Plan ahead

Bill A. Robbins, CFPĀ®

Market volatility can create tax-smart opportunities

Although periods of market volatility can often create investor anxiety, the gains and losses incurred during up and down markets can be leveraged to work together to minimize the taxes investors pay on capital gains.

3 ways to protect yourself from online theft and fraud

With our increased dependency on internet-based online solutions, it is important to keep your information safe and secure.

Long-term care is a reality for most. Here’s how you can be ready.

Many of us expect to stay healthy and self-sufficient well into our senior years, but planning for the possibility is not only prudent, it can help protect your assets, investments and resources from what can become significant expenses later in life. And for people who have a family history of Alzheimer's or dementia, those concerns are magnified.

Your guide to 529 college savings plan withdrawals

Each fall, many of our clients’ children and grandchildren begin their college experience. Now is a good time to review how to spend those 529 College Savings Plan assets.

A lifetime of financial planning advice

There have been many times in our nation's history when unforeseen circumstances or economic shifts have created significant change. Although the history books have not yet been written on what we are all going through now, it is probable that for many of us, changing circumstances are impacting both short- and long-term priorities.

Planning strategies for required minimum distributions

Knowing what tax-advantaged investment accounts are is crucial for the management of our clients’ wealth. These vehicles shelter ongoing investment growth from taxes, and may provide a tax benefit for contributions or withdrawals.

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