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Item 1:
Cover Sheet
INFORMATIONAL BROCHURE
100 S. Fairfax Street
Alexandria, VA 22314
(703) 518-8361
131 W. Davis Street
Culpeper, VA 22701
(540) 317 5372
www.piedmontwm.com
April 22, 2026
This brochure provides information about the qualifications and business practices of Piedmont
Wealth Management. If you have any questions about the contents of this brochure, please contact
the firm’s Compliance Officer at 540-317-5372 or via email at qmullins@piedmontwm.com. The
information in this brochure has not been approved or verified by the United States Securities and
Exchange Commission or by any state securities authority.
Our registration does not imply a certain level of skill or training.
Additional information about Piedmont Wealth Management is also available on the SEC’s website
at www.adviserinfo.sec.gov.
Advisory services and recommended securities offered by Piedmont Wealth Management are:
Not Insured by FDIC or Any
Other Government Agency
Not Bank
Guaranteed
Not Bank Deposits or
Obligations
May Lose
Value
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Item 2:
Material Changes
There have been no material changes since the initial IARD filing on January 24, 2026.
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Item 3:
Table of Contents
Table of Contents
Item 1:
Cover Sheet .............................................................................................................................. 1
Item 2:
Material Changes ..................................................................................................................... 2
Item 3:
Table of Contents ..................................................................................................................... 3
Item 4:
Advisory Business ..................................................................................................................... 4
Item 5:
Fees and Compensation ........................................................................................................... 6
Item 6:
Performance Based Fees .......................................................................................................... 8
Item 7:
Types of Clients ........................................................................................................................ 8
Item 8:
Methods of Analysis, Investment Strategies and Risk of Loss .................................................. 8
Item 9:
Disciplinary Information ......................................................................................................... 12
Item 10:
Other Financial Industry Activities and Affiliations ................................................................ 13
Item 11:
Code of Ethics, Participation or Interest in Client Transactions and Personal Trading ......... 14
Item 12:
Brokerage Practices ................................................................................................................ 14
Item 13:
Review of Accounts ................................................................................................................ 17
Item 14:
Client Referrals and Other Compensation ............................................................................. 17
Item 15:
Custody .................................................................................................................................. 17
Item 16:
Investment Discretion ............................................................................................................ 18
Item 17:
Voting Client Securities .......................................................................................................... 18
Item 18:
Financial Information ............................................................................................................. 18
ADV Part 2B: James Quintin Mullins .......................................................................................................... 21
ADV Part 2B: John P. Coleman, CPA ........................................................................................................... 25
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INFORMATIONAL BROCHURE
PIEDMONT WEALTH MANAGEMENT
Item 4:
Advisory Business
Burke & Herbert Wealth Services, LLC d/b/a Piedmont Wealth Management is a fee only
financial planning and investment management firm. The firm commenced operations on
January 1, 2026. The firm is a wholly owned subsidiary of Burke & Herbert Financial
Services Corp.
Piedmont Wealth Management provides personalized financial planning and/or investment
management services. Clients advised may include individuals, trusts, foundations,
pensions and corporations. Piedmont Wealth Management is a fiduciary and is required to
act in a client’s best interest at all times.
Financial Planning
Generally, all clients receive some form of financial planning services. In all cases, you
supply Piedmont Wealth Management information including income, investments,
savings, insurance, age and many other items that are helpful to the firm in assessing your
financial goals. The information is typically provided during personal interviews and
supplemented with written information. We will discuss your financial needs and goals
with you, analyze the information received and compare your current financial situation
with the goals you state. We will create a financial plan to help you meet your goals based
on the information you provide and our discussions.
The plan is intended to be a suggested blueprint of how to meet your goals. Each plan is
specific to the client who requested it and is based on their goals. Because the plan is based
on information supplied by you, it is very important that you accurately and completely
communicate to us the information we need including any changes in your life as your
engagement with us progresses. It is very important that you continually update us with
any changes so that if the updates require changes to your plan, we can make those changes.
Otherwise, your plan may no longer be accurate.
Once you have your financial plan, the decision is yours on how to implement it. If you
decide to implement your financial plan through Piedmont Wealth Management, you will
become an asset management client.
If you request, Piedmont Wealth Management may recommend the services of other
professionals for implementation purposes. You are under no obligation to engage the
services of any such recommended professional. You retain absolute discretion over all
such implementation decisions and are free to accept or reject any recommendation from
Piedmont Wealth Management. If you engage any professional recommended by
Piedmont Wealth Management, and a dispute arises thereafter relative to such engagement,
you agree to seek recourse exclusively from and against the engaged professional. Federal
and state securities laws impose liabilities under certain circumstances on persons who act
in good faith and, therefore, nothing in an advisory agreement shall in any way constitute
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a waiver or limitation of any rights that the client may have under federal and state
securities laws.
Part of the Piedmont Wealth Management planning process includes, where appropriate,
multiple generations in order to facilitate family financial planning. This can increase the
financial education of the later generations and manage expectations. However, potential
for conflicts of interest exist with the exchange of intergenerational information. Piedmont
Wealth Management attempts to minimize these conflicts by treating each household as its
own fiduciary relationship. Information can only be shared across generations with each
household’s consent.
Asset Management
Piedmont Wealth Management requires each client seeking investment management
services to place at least $100,000 with us. We may waive this account minimum under
certain circumstances, in our discretion.
If you engage us to manage your investment accounts, we will ask you to provide us with
investment guidelines, so that we can create asset allocations that meet your needs. These
guidelines can be developed with our help or you can create them yourself. Some examples
of guidelines include your risk tolerance, or a maximum amount of assets to be held in non-
U.S. investments, or a limit on the value of stocks in your portfolio. The guidelines will
be used to create an Investment Policy Statement for you to serve as the guide for managing
your investment accounts.
Asset management services may be provided on either a “discretionary” or “non-
discretionary” basis. When Piedmont Wealth Management is engaged to provide asset
management services on a discretionary basis, we will monitor your accounts to ensure that
they are meeting your asset allocation requirements. If any changes are needed to your
investments, we will make the changes. These changes may involve selling a security or
group of investments and buying others or keeping the proceeds in cash. You may at any
time place restrictions on the types of investments we may use on your behalf, or on the
allocations to each security type. You will receive written or electronic confirmations from
your account custodian after any changes are made to your account. You will receive
monthly statements from your account custodian. Clients engaging us on a discretionary
basis will be asked to execute a Limited Power of Attorney (granting us the discretionary
authority over the client accounts) as well as an Investment Management Agreement that
outlines the responsibilities of both the client and Piedmont Wealth Management.
When a client engages us to provide investment management services on a non-
discretionary basis, we monitor the accounts in the same way as for discretionary services.
The difference is that changes to your account will not be made until we have confirmed
with you (either verbally or in writing) that our proposed change is acceptable to you.
Other Services
From time to time, Piedmont Wealth Management may be engaged to perform consulting
services outside the scope of traditional asset management and financial planning services.
Consulting topics by their nature may vary greatly, but may include discussions regarding
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a client’s business, real estate or other personal assets. Clients who engage Piedmont
Wealth Management to provide such consulting services will generally be required to
execute a Consulting Agreement.
Assets Under Management
As of April 21, 2026, Piedmont Wealth Management had total assets under management
of $156,063,257 across 541 accounts. Of that total, $153,421,322 were managed on a
discretionary basis across 535 accounts with $2,641,935 managed on a non-discretionary
basis across 6 accounts.
Item 5:
Fees and Compensation
A. Fees Charged
All clients will be required to execute an agreement that describes the type of services to
be provided and the fees, among other items. We provide services to clients based on the
following service and compensation arrangements.
Financial planning services are provided either as a one-time or as an ongoing engagement.
If the engagement is one-time, fees for the service are charged on an hourly basis at a rate
of $200. On-going planning engagements will be charged an annual retainer negotiated at
the time of the beginning of the engagement. Advanced fees are not required. The annual
retainer is billed either monthly, quarterly or annual based on the client’s request. Fees are
negotiable and will depend on the anticipated complexity of your plan. Fees for a single
plan engagement will be paid when the plan is complete. If a client elects to terminate the
Financial Planning Agreement, any earned fee will be billed to the client. We do not solicit
prepayment of fees of more than $1,200 six months or more in advance.
Investment Management clients are generally charged fees at a rate of 1% per annum of
the net market value of a client's assets managed or reviewed by Piedmont Wealth
Management. We may provide these services to clients based on a fixed retainer that is
negotiated at the time of the account opening. The fee range stated is a guide. Fees are
negotiable, and may be higher or lower than this range, based on the nature of the account.
Factors affecting fee percentages include the size of the account, complexity of asset
structures, planning services provided and other factors.
Consulting Services
Consulting fees can be hourly, fixed fee basis, or included with asset management services.
Our hourly charge is $200 per hour. Fixed fees will be between $750 and $5,000. The fee
range stated is a guide. Because of the nature of consulting as a general practice with great
variety of assignments and issues, the fees for this service may also vary greatly.
Accordingly, fees may be higher or lower than the stated range, based on the nature of the
engagement. Fees are negotiable and will depend on the anticipated complexity of the
services to be provided.
All clients, but especially those with smaller accounts, should be advised they may receive
similar services from other professionals for higher or lower overall costs.
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B. Fee Payment
Fees for financial planning or consulting will be billed to each client. Fees for asset
management may be deducted directly from each client’s account or billed directly to the
client. The management fee is paid monthly in arrears and the value used for the fee
calculation is the net market value on the last market day of the previous month. This
means that if your annual fee is 1.00% and your account is billed on a monthly basis, then
each month we will multiply the value of your account by 1.00%, then divide by 365, then
multiple by the actual number of days in the month to calculate our fee. The value used to
calculate Piedmont Wealth Management’s fee will include any allocation to cash or cash-
like instruments, such as money market funds or bank accounts, of the client’s investable
assets. Investable cash means cash that is in a client account as an asset allocation. Cash
that is not in investable cash is cash that has been identified by the client as designated for
a specific purpose.
Once the calculation is made, we will instruct your account custodian to deduct the fee
from your account and remit it to Piedmont Wealth Management.
C. Other Fees
There are several other fees that can be associated with holding and investing in securities.
You will be responsible for fees including transaction fees for the purchase or sale of a
mutual fund, corporate and municipal bonds, Exchange Traded Funds, or commissions for
the purchase or sale of a stock. Expenses of a fund will not be included in management
fees, as they are deducted from the value of the shares by the mutual fund manager. For
complete discussion of expenses related to each mutual fund, you should read a copy of
the prospectus issued by that fund. Piedmont Wealth Management can provide or direct
you to a copy of the prospectus for any fund that we recommend to you.
Please make sure to read Item 12 of this informational brochure, where we discuss broker-
dealer and custodial issues.
D. Pro-rata Fees
Financial Planning: Clients are free to terminate financial planning services. If a client
terminates the Financial Planning Agreement, any unearned fees will be returned to the
client. Any fees earned to the date of termination will be billed directly to you.
Asset Management: If you become a client during a month, you will pay a management
fee for the number of days left in that month. You may terminate the asset management
agreement by providing written notice to Piedmont Wealth Management. If you terminate
our relationship during a month, you will be charged a management fee for the days from
the beginning of the month until your termination date. For example, if you terminate your
agreement and there are 15 days have elapsed in that month, you will receive a written bill
for those number of days.
Piedmont Wealth Management will cease to perform services, including processing trades
and distributions, upon receipt of notice of termination. Assets not transferred from
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terminated accounts within 30 (thirty) days of termination may be “de-linked”, meaning
they will no longer be visible to Piedmont Wealth Management and will become a retail
account with the custodian. You as the client will retain responsibility for closing the
account with the Custodian directly once your account is delinked.
E. Compensation for the Sale of Securities.
Not applicable.
Item 6:
Performance Based Fees
Fees will not be based upon a share of capital gains or capital appreciation of your accounts
(otherwise known as “performance-based fees”).
Item 7:
Types of Clients
Clients advised may include individuals, trusts, foundations, pensions and corporations.
Piedmont Wealth Management requires each client seeking investment management
services to place at least $100,000 with us. We may waive this account minimum under
certain circumstances, in our discretion.
Item 8:
Methods of Analysis, Investment Strategies and Risk of Loss
It is important for you to know and remember that all investments carry risks. Investing in
securities involves risk of loss that clients should be prepared to bear.
Each client’s portfolio will be invested according to that client’s investment objectives.
We determine these objectives by interviewing the client and/or asking the client to put
these objectives in writing. Once we ascertain your objectives for each account, we will
determine which asset allocation strategy is appropriate for you. An asset allocation
strategy is a percentage-based allocation to different asset classes. The percentages in
each asset class are based on the typical behavior of that asset class, current market
conditions, your current financial situation, your financial goals, and the timeline to get
you to those goals. Because we develop an investment strategy based on your personal
situation and financial goals, your asset allocation guidelines may be similar to or different
from another client’s.
The specific securities we recommend for your account will depend on market conditions
and our research at the time. Generally, we recommend a mix of mutual funds, stocks,
bonds, and exchange traded funds. We research securities on a fundamental basis, which
means that we review what we believe the value of the security is, and what we think it
will be in the future. We base our conclusions on predominantly publicly available
research, such as corporate filings, press releases, competitor analyses, and in some cases
research we receive from our custodian or other market analyses. We will occasionally
utilize technical analyses, which means that we will review the past behaviors of the
security and the markets in which it trades for signals as to what might happen in the future.
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Once we have designed your asset allocation guidelines, we will buy or sell securities in
your portfolio to meet the guidelines of the asset allocation strategy. It is important to
remember that because market conditions can vary greatly, your asset allocation guidelines
are not necessarily strict rules. Rather, we review accounts individually, and may deviate
from the guidelines as we believe necessary. Our proprietary asset allocation strategies are
as follows:
Maximum Growth - This investment strategy seeks to provide returns by fully investing in
equity securities. This strategy employs investments in domestic and international equities
to include large cap, mid-cap and small cap market capitalizations. This objective is
designed for clients with little or no need for current cash income from the portfolio and
an adequate time horizon and the resources to overcome the potential short-term volatility
of an all-equity investment strategy.
Growth with Income - This investment strategy seeks to provide a blend of portfolio
appreciation and modest current cash income by investing in equity and fixed income
securities. This strategy employs investments in domestic and international equities to
include large cap, mid-cap and small cap market capitalizations. The fixed income
component employs a “best after tax” approach by utilizing a concentrated position in
investment grade fixed income instruments. This objective is designed for clients with a
modest need for current cash income from the portfolio and an adequate time horizon and
the resources to overcome the potential short-term volatility of this type of investment
strategy.
Balanced - This investment strategy seeks to provide a balance between portfolio
appreciation and current cash income by investing in equity and fixed income securities.
This strategy employs investments in domestic and international equities to include large
cap, mid-cap and small cap market capitalizations. The fixed income component employs
a “best after tax” approach by utilizing a concentrated position in investment grade fixed
income instruments. This objective is designed for clients with a high need for current cash
income from the portfolio and an adequate time horizon and the resources to overcome the
potential short-term volatility of this type of investment strategy.
Income with Growth- This investment strategy seeks to provide modest portfolio
appreciation with current cash income by investing in stocks and bonds. This strategy
employs investments in domestic and international stocks to include large cap, mid-cap
and small cap market capitalizations. The bond component employs a “best after tax”
approach by utilizing a concentrated position in investment grade bonds. This objective is
designed for clients with a higher need for current cash income from the portfolio and an
adequate time horizon and the resources to overcome the potential short-term volatility of
this type of investment strategy.
Capital Preservation - This investment strategy seeks to provide principal protection by
investing the majority of the portfolio in fixed income securities. As a general rule this
objective will not include any investment in equity securities unless the client specifically
requests an allocation to equities. The fixed income component employs a “best after tax”
approach by utilizing a concentrated position in investment grade fixed income
instruments. This objective is designed for clients with a high need for current cash income
from the portfolio, little or no portfolio appreciation.
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The above strategies are each managed as one account for the purpose of operational
efficiency. Clients in the same strategy may have different investment restrictions or
transition plans and therefore performance may vary.
As assets are transitioned from a client’s prior advisors to Piedmont Wealth Management,
there may be securities and other investments that do not fit within the asset allocation
strategy selected for the client. Accordingly, these investments will need to be sold in order
to reposition the portfolio into the asset allocation strategy selected by Piedmont Wealth
Management. However, this transition process may take some time to accomplish. Some
investments may not be unwound for a lengthy period of time for a variety of reasons that
may include significant unrealized capital gains, unwarranted low share prices, restrictions
on trading, contractual restrictions on liquidity, or market-related liquidity concerns. In
some cases, there may be securities or investments that are never able to be sold. In the
event an investment in a client account is unable to be unwound for a period of time,
Piedmont Wealth Management will monitor the investment as part of its services to the
client. Piedmont Wealth Management may suggest that a given investment be moved to a
separate account.
There are always risks to investing. Clients should be aware that all investments carry
various types of risk including the potential loss of principal that clients should be prepared
to bear. It is impossible to name all possible types of risks. Among the risks are the
following:
• Political Risks. Most investments have a global component, even domestic stocks.
Political events anywhere in the world may have unforeseen consequences to markets
around the world.
• General Market Risks. Markets can go up or down on various news releases or for
no understandable reason at all. This sometimes means that the price of specific securities
could go up or down without real reason and may take some time to recover any lost value.
Adding additional securities does not help to minimize this risk since all securities may be
affected by market fluctuations.
• Strategy Risk. When investments are made through a strategy, rather than
individualized investment considerations, there is always the possibility that individualized
investment choices would have produced a more positive result for a client than an
approach where investments are made for a group of individuals with common
characteristics.
• Currency Risk. When investing in another country using another currency, the
changes in the value of the currency can change the value of your security value in your
portfolio.
• Regulatory Risk. Changes in laws and regulations from any government can change
the value of a given company and its accompanying securities. Certain industries are more
susceptible to government regulation. Changes in zoning, tax structure or laws impact the
return on these investments.
• Tax Risks Related to Short Term Trading: Clients should note that Piedmont
Wealth Management may engage in short-term trading transactions. These transactions
may result in short term gains or losses for federal and state tax purposes, which may be
taxed at a higher rate than long term strategies. Piedmont Wealth Management endeavors
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to invest client assets in a tax efficient manner, but all clients are advised to consult with
their tax professionals regarding the transactions in client accounts.
• Purchasing Power Risk. Purchasing power risk is the risk that your investment’s
value will decline as the price of goods rises (inflation). The investment’s value itself does
not decline, but its relative value does, which is the same thing. Inflation can happen for a
variety of complex reasons, including a growing economy and a rising money supply.
• Business Risk. This can be thought of as certainty or uncertainty of income.
Management comes under business risk. Cyclical companies (like automobile companies)
have more business risk because of the less steady income stream. On the other hand, fast
food chains tend to have steadier income streams and therefore, less business risk.
• Financial Risk. The amount of debt or leverage determines the financial risk of a
company.
• Default Risk. This risk pertains to the ability of a company to service their debt.
Ratings provided by several rating services help to identify those companies with more
risk. Obligations of the U.S. government are said to be free of default risk.
• Information Risk. All investment professionals rely on research in order to make
conclusions about investment options. This research is always a mix of both internal
(proprietary) and external (provided by third parties) data and analyses. Even an adviser
who says they rely solely on proprietary research must still collect data from third parties.
This data, or outside research is chosen for its perceived reliability, but there is no guarantee
that the data or research will be completely accurate. Failure in data accuracy or research
will translate to a compromised ability by the adviser to reach satisfactory investment
conclusions.
• Small Companies. Some investment opportunities in the marketplace, involve smaller
issuers. These companies may be starting up or are historically small. While these
companies sometimes have potential for outsized returns, they also have the potential for
losses because the reasons the company is small are also risks to the company’s future. For
example, a company’s management may lack experience, or the company’s capital for
growth may be restricted. These small companies also tend to trade less frequently than
larger companies, which can add to the risks associated with their securities because the
ability to sell them at an appropriate price may be limited as compared to the markets as a
whole. Not only do these companies have investment risk, if a client is invested in such
small companies and requests immediate or short-term liquidity, these securities may
require a significant discount to value in order to be sold in a shorter time frame.
• Concentration Risk. While Piedmont Wealth Management selects individual equities
and bonds for client portfolios based on an individualized assessment of each security, this
evaluation comes without an overlay of general economic or sector specific issue analysis.
This means that a client’s equity portfolio may be concentrated in a specific sector,
geography, or sub-sector (among other types of potential concentrations), so that if an
unexpected event occurs that affects that specific sector or geography, for example, the
client’s equity portfolio may be affected negatively, including significant losses.
• Transition Risk. As assets are transitioned from a client’s prior advisers to Piedmont
Wealth Management there may be securities and other investments that do not fit within
the asset allocation strategy selected for the client. Accordingly, these investments will
need to be sold in order to reposition the portfolio into the asset allocation strategy selected
by Piedmont Wealth Management. However, this transition process may take some time
to accomplish. Some investments may not be unwound for a lengthy period of time for a
variety of reasons that may include unwarranted low share prices, restrictions on trading,
contractual restrictions on liquidity, or market-related liquidity concerns. In some cases,
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there may be securities or investments that are never able to be sold. The inability to
transition a client's holdings into recommendations of Piedmont Wealth Management may
adversely affect the client's account values, as Piedmont Wealth Management’s
recommendations may not be able to be fully implemented.
• Restriction Risk. Clients may always place reasonable restrictions on the management
of their accounts. However, placing these restrictions may make managing the accounts
more difficult, thus lowering the potential for returns.
• Risks Related to Investment Term & Liquidity. Securities do not follow a straight
line up in value. All securities will have periods of time when the current price of the
security is not an accurate measure of its value. If you require us to liquidate your portfolio
during one of these periods, you will not realize as much value as you would have had the
investment had the opportunity to regain its value. Further, some investments are made
with the intention of the investment appreciating over an extended period of time.
Liquidating these investments prior to their intended time horizon may result in losses.
• International Investing: Investing outside of the United States, especially in
emerging markets, can have special or enhanced risks. The most obvious are political risk
(changes in local politics can have a vast impact on the markets in that country as well as
regulations affecting given issuers) and currency risk (changes in exchange rates between
the dollar and the local denominations can materially affect the value of the security even
if the underlying fundamentals and market price are stagnant). There are other risks,
including enhanced liquidity risk, meaning that while domestic equities and mutual funds
are generally easily liquidated (though there may be a risk of loss due to the timing of the
sale), equities in other jurisdictions may be subject to the circumstances of lower overall
market volume and fewer companies on an emerging exchange. In addition, there may be
less information and less transparency in a foreign market or from a foreign company.
Foreign markets impose different rules than domestic markets, which may not be to an
investor's advantage. Also, companies in foreign jurisdictions are generally able to avail
themselves of local laws and venues, meaning that legal remedies for U.S. investors may
not be as easily obtained as in the U.S.
A special note related to the calculation of tax basis: If a client is unable to provide
information on cost basis for tax purposes for each investment at the onset of the client
relationship, Piedmont Wealth Management will be unable to provide accurate cost basis
information in the future. To the extent any cost basis calculation is ever performed for a
client, such client should be aware that without accurate information, any cost basis
estimates prepared by Piedmont Wealth Management will be based on the information
available combined with certain assumptions as well as mathematical computation.
Therefore, if the cost basis is not accurate at the onset of the relationship, there is no
guarantee that Piedmont Wealth Management’s calculations will be correct, and materially
adverse tax circumstances may result.
Item 9:
Disciplinary Information
A. Criminal or Civil Actions
There are no criminal or civil actions to report.
B. Administrative Proceedings
There are no administrative proceedings to report.
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C. Self-Regulatory Organization (SRO) Proceedings
There are no self-regulatory organization (SRO) proceedings to report.
Item 10:
Other Financial Industry Activities and Affiliations
A. Broker-dealer
Neither Piedmont Wealth Management nor its representatives are registered as or have
pending applications to become a broker/dealer or as representatives of a broker/dealer.
B. Futures Commission Merchant/Commodity Trading Advisor
No representative of Piedmont Wealth Management, nor any related persons are registered,
or have an application pending to register, as a futures commission merchant, commodity
pool operator, a commodity trading advisor, or an associated person of the foregoing
entities.
C. Relationship with Related Persons
Piedmont Wealth Management is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Burke & Herbert Financial
Services Corp. Piedmont Wealth Management and Burke & Herbert Bank are under
common ownership and share dual employees. Piedmont Wealth Management may
provide investment services to Burke & Herbert Bank, clients of Burke & Herbert Bank,
and to other banking affiliates which creates a conflict of interest. Piedmont Wealth
Management addresses conflicts of interest by disclosing the conflict to the client, by
avoiding activities that put our interests ahead of our clients’ interests, and by maintaining
a comprehensive supervisory program. In addition, we have designated a Chief
Compliance Officer to assist with monitoring the firm’s policies and procedures, as well as
the effectiveness of their implementation.
One of Piedmont Wealth Management’s representatives, John Coleman, is the sole owner
of Commonwealth Business Services (“CBSI”). CBSI provides accounting and/or tax
preparation services to clients, including clients of Piedmont Wealth Management. All such
services shall be performed by CBSI, in its individual professional capacity, independent
of Piedmont Wealth Management, for which services Piedmont Wealth Management shall
not receive any portion of the fees charged by CBSI, referral or otherwise. It is expected
that the members of CBSI, solely incidental to their respective practices as Certified Public
Accountants with CBSI, shall recommend Piedmont Wealth Management’s services to
certain clients of CBSI’s. No client of Piedmont Wealth Management is under any
obligation to use the services of CBSI. Piedmont Wealth Management’s Chief Compliance
Officer remains available to address any questions that a client or prospective client may
have regarding the above arrangement and any corresponding perceived conflict of interest
such arrangement may create. Piedmont Wealth Management also attempts to mitigate the
conflict of interest by requiring employees to acknowledge in the firm’s Code of Ethics,
their individual fiduciary duty to the clients of Piedmont Wealth Management, which
requires that employees put the interests of clients ahead of their own.
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D. Recommendations of Other Advisers
Piedmont Wealth Management does not recommend other financial advisers.
Item 11:
Code of Ethics, Participation or Interest in Client Transactions and Personal
Trading
A. A copy of our Code of Ethics is available upon request. Our Code of Ethics includes
discussions of our fiduciary duty to clients, political contributions, gifts,
entertainment, and trading guidelines.
B. Not applicable.
C. On occasion, an employee of Piedmont Wealth Management may purchase for his or
her own account securities which are also recommended for clients. Our Code of Ethics
details rules for employees regarding personal trading and avoiding conflicts of interest
related to trading in one’s own account. To avoid placing a trade before a client (in the
case of a purchase) or after a client (in the case of a sale), all employee trades must be
reviewed by the Compliance Officer. All employee trades must either take place in the
same block as a client trade or sufficiently apart in time from the client trades, so the
employee receives no added benefit. Employee statements are reviewed to confirm
compliance with the trading procedures.
D. On occasion, an employee of Piedmont Wealth Management may purchase for his or
her own account securities which are also recommended for clients at the same time
the clients purchase the securities. Our Code of Ethics details rules for employees
regarding personal trading and avoiding conflicts of interest related to trading in one’s
own account. To avoid placing a trade before a client (in the case of a purchase) or
after a client (in the case of a sale), all employee trades must be reviewed by the
Compliance Officer. All employee trades must either take place in the same block as
a client trade or sufficiently apart in time from the client trade so the employee receives
no added benefit. Employee statements are reviewed to confirm compliance with the
trading procedures.
Item 12:
Brokerage Practices
A.
Recommendation of Broker-Dealer
Piedmont Wealth Management does not maintain custody of client assets; though
Piedmont Wealth Management may be deemed to have custody if a client grants Piedmont
Wealth Management authority to debit fees directly from their account (see Item 15 below).
Assets will be held with a qualified custodian, which is typically a bank or broker-dealer.
Piedmont Wealth Management recommends that investment accounts be held in custody
by Schwab Advisor Services (“Schwab”), which is a qualified custodian. Piedmont Wealth
Management is independently owned and operated and is not affiliated with Schwab.
Schwab will hold your assets in a brokerage account and buy and sell securities when
Piedmont Wealth Management instructs them to, which Piedmont Wealth Management
does in accordance with its agreement with you. While Piedmont Wealth Management
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recommends that you use Schwab as custodian/broker, you will decide whether to do so
and will open your account with Schwab by entering into an account agreement directly
with them. Piedmont Wealth Management does not open the account for you, although
Piedmont Wealth Management may assist you in doing so. Even though your account is
maintained at Schwab, we may use other brokers to execute trades for your account as
described below (see “Your brokerage and custody costs”).
How we select brokers/custodians
We seek to recommend a custodian/broker that will hold your assets and execute
transactions on terms that are, overall, most advantageous when compared with other
available providers and their services. We consider a wide range of factors, including both
quantitative (Ex: costs) and qualitative (execution, reputation, service) factors. We do not
consider whether Schwab or any other broker-dealer/custodian, refers clients to Piedmont
Wealth Management as part of our evaluation of these broker-dealers.
Your brokerage and custody costs
For our clients’ accounts that Schwab maintains, Schwab generally does not charge you
separately for custody services but is compensated by charging you commissions or other
fees on trades that it executes or that settle into your Schwab account. In addition to
commissions, Schwab charges you a flat dollar amount as a “prime broker” or “trade away”
fee for each trade that we have executed by a different broker-dealer but where the
securities bought or the funds from the securities sold are deposited (settled) into your
Schwab account. These fees are in addition to the commissions or other compensation you
pay the executing broker-dealer. Because of this, in order to minimize your trading costs,
we have Schwab execute most trades for your account. We have determined that having
Schwab execute most trades is consistent with our duty to seek “best execution” of your
trades. Best execution means the most favorable terms for a transaction based on all
relevant factors, including those listed above (see “How we select brokers/custodians”).
Products and services available to us from Schwab
Schwab Advisor Services™ (formerly called Schwab Institutional®) is Schwab’s business
serving independent investment advisory firms like Piedmont Wealth Management. They
provide Piedmont Wealth Management and our clients with access to its institutional
brokerage services (trading, custody, reporting, and related services), many of which are
not typically available to Schwab retail customers. Schwab also makes available various
support services. Some of those services help Piedmont Wealth Management manage or
administer our clients’ accounts, while others help Piedmont Wealth Management manage
and grow our business. Schwab’s support services are generally available on an unsolicited
basis (we don’t have to request them) and at no charge to Piedmont Wealth Management.
Following is a more detailed description of Schwab’s support services:
Services that benefit you
Schwab’s institutional brokerage services include access to a broad range of investment
products, execution of securities transactions, and custody of client assets. The investment
products available through Schwab include some to which we might not otherwise have
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access or that would require a significantly higher minimum initial investment by our
clients. Schwab’s services described in this paragraph generally benefit you and your
account.
Services that may not directly benefit you.
Schwab also makes available to us other products and services that benefit us but may not
directly benefit you or your account. These products and services assist us in managing and
administering our clients’ accounts. They include investment research, both Schwab’s own
and that of third parties. We may use this research to service all or a substantial number of
our clients’ accounts, including accounts not maintained at Schwab. In addition to
investment research, Schwab also makes available software and other technology that:
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Provide access to client account data (such as duplicate trade confirmations and
account statements)
Facilitate trade execution and allocate aggregated trade orders for multiple client
accounts
Provide pricing and other market data
Facilitate payment of our fees from our clients’ accounts
Assist with back-office functions, recordkeeping, and client reporting
Services that generally benefit only us.
Schwab also offers other services intended to help us manage and further develop our
business enterprise. These services include:
• Educational conferences and events
• Consulting on technology, compliance, legal, and business needs
• Publications and conferences on practice management and business succession
•Access to employee benefits providers, human capital consultants, and insurance
providers
• Assistance related to the transition of client assets from prior firms
Schwab may provide some of these services itself. In other cases, it will arrange for third-
party vendors to provide the services to us. Schwab may also discount or waive its fees for
some of these services or pay all or a part of a third party’s fees. Schwab may also provide
us with other benefits, such as occasional business entertainment of our personnel.
Our interest in Schwab’s services
The availability of these services from Schwab benefits us because we do not have to
produce or purchase them. We don’t have to pay for Schwab’s services. These services are
not contingent upon us committing any specific amount of business to Schwab in trading
commissions or assets in custody. We may have an incentive to recommend that you
maintain your account with Schwab, based on our interest in receiving Schwab’s services
that benefit our business rather than based on your interest in receiving the best value in
custody services and the most favorable execution of your transactions. This is a conflict
of interest. We believe, however, that our selection of Schwab as custodian and broker is
in the best interests of our clients. Our selection is primarily supported by the scope, quality,
and price of Schwab’s services (see “How we select brokers/ custodians”) and not
Schwab’s services that benefit only us.
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We do not consider whether Schwab or any other broker-dealer/custodian, refers clients to
Piedmont Wealth Management as part of our evaluation of these broker-dealers.
B.
Aggregating Trades
Commission costs per client may be lower on a particular trade if all clients in whose
accounts the trade is to be made are executed at the same time. This is called aggregating
trades. Instead of placing a number of trades for the same security for each account, we
will, when appropriate, executed one trade for all accounts and then allocate the trades to
each account after execution. If an aggregate trade is not fully executed, the securities will
be allocated to client accounts on a pro rata basis, except where doing so would create an
unintended adverse consequence (For example, ¼ of a share, or a position in the account
or less than 1%.)
Item 13:
Review of Accounts
All accounts will be reviewed by James Quintin Mullins, the firm’s Chief Compliance
Officer on at least an annual basis. However, it is expected that market conditions, changes
in a particular client’s account, or changes to a client’s circumstances will cause a review
of your account by either member of the firm.
All clients will receive a quarterly written report from Piedmont Wealth Management
showing asset allocation and performance, as well as statements from Schwab, and copies
of all trade confirmations directly from Schwab. We encourage you to compare the
information on your quarterly report prepared by Piedmont Wealth Management against
the information in the statements provided directly from Schwab and alert us of any
discrepancies.
Item 14:
Client Referrals and Other Compensation
As a wholly owned subsidiary of Burke & Herbert Financial Services Corp., we receive
and offer referrals among our affiliates. We provide this as a service to all of our clients
and members of our organizational parent. We do not currently have any client referral
relationships with unaffiliated third parties.
Item 15:
Custody
Piedmont Wealth Management deducts fees from client accounts but would not have
custody of client funds otherwise. Clients will receive statements directly from Schwab,
and copies of all trade confirmations directly from Schwab.
Clients whose fees are directly debited will provide written authorization to debit advisory
fees from their accounts held by a qualified custodian chosen by the client. Clients will
receive a statement from their account custodian showing all transactions in their account,
including the fee.
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We encourage clients to carefully review the statements and confirmations sent to them by
their custodian, and to compare the information on your quarterly report prepared by
Piedmont Wealth Management against the information in the statements provided directly
from Schwab. Please alert us of any discrepancies.
Our clients may have standing letters of authorization on their accounts. We have reviewed
those relationships and determined that they meet the IAA no action letter seven conditions
and do not trigger the surprise custody audit.
Item 16:
Investment Discretion
When Piedmont Wealth Management is engaged to provide asset management services on
a discretionary basis, we will monitor your accounts to ensure that they are meeting your
asset allocation requirements. If any changes are needed to your investments, we will make
the changes. These changes may involve selling a security or group of investments and
buying others or keeping the proceeds in cash. You may at any time place restrictions on
the types of investments we may use on your behalf, or on the allocations to each security
type. You may receive at your request written or electronic confirmations from your
account custodian after any changes are made to your account. You will also receive
monthly statements from your account custodian. Clients engaging us on a discretionary
basis will be asked to execute a Limited Power of Attorney (granting us the discretionary
authority over the client accounts) as well as an Investment Management Agreement that
outlines the responsibilities of both the client and Piedmont Wealth Management.
Item 17:
Voting Client Securities
We have adopted and implemented proxy voting policies and guidelines to ensure that
we, as fiduciary, vote any proxy or other beneficial interest in any mutual fund or equity
security over which we have discretionary proxy voting authority prudently and solely in
the best interest of advisory clients and their beneficiaries considering all relevant factors
and without undue influence from individuals or groups who may have an economic
interest in the outcome of a proxy vote. If the client requests information regarding the
voting of proxies or wants a copy of the proxy voting policy and guidelines, the client
may call or write us at Piedmont Wealth Management, 131 W Davis Street, Culpeper,
VA 22701 Attn. James Quintin Mullins (540) 317-5372.
Item 18:
Financial Information
Piedmont Wealth Management does not require the prepayment of more than $1,200 in
fees more than six (6) months or more in advance and therefore has not provided a balance
sheet with this brochure.
Piedmont Wealth Management has discretion over some client accounts. There are no
material financial circumstances or conditions that would reasonably be expected to impair
our ability to meet our contractual obligations to our clients.
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FACTS WHAT DOES BURKE & HERBERT BANK & TRUST
COMPANY DO WITH YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION?
Why?
Financial companies choose how they share your personal information. Federal law gives consumers the
right to limit some but not all sharing. Federal law also requires us to tell you how we collect, share, and
protect your personal information. Please read this notice carefully to understand what we do.
What?
The types of personal information we collect and share depend on the product or service you have with us.
This information can include:
◼ Social Security number and employment information
◼ account balances and payment history
◼ credit history and transaction or loss history
When you are no longer our customer, we continue to share your information as described in this notice.
How?
All financial companies need to share customers’ personal information to run their everyday business. In the
section below, we list the reasons financial companies may share their customers’ personal information; the
reasons Burke & Herbert Bank chooses to share; and whether you can limit this sharing.
Reasons we can share your personal information
Can you limit this sharing?
Does Burke & Herbert
Bank share?
Yes
No
Yes
No
For our everyday business purposes
such as to process your transactions, maintain your
account(s), respond to court orders and legal
investigations, or report to credit bureaus
For our marketing purposes
to offer our products and services to you
For joint marketing with other financial companies
Yes
No
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
For our affiliates’ everyday business purposes
information about your transactions and experiences
For our affiliates’ everyday business purposes
information about your creditworthiness
For our affiliates to market to you
Yes
Yes
For nonaffiliates to market to you
No
We don't share
◼ Call 1-855-571-5824 and speak to one of our customer service representatives
◼ Visit one of our branches and speak to a customer service representative
To limit
our
sharing
If you are a new customer, we can begin sharing your information 30 days from the date we sent this notice.
When you are no longer our customer, we continue to share your information as described in this notice.
However, you can contact us at any time to limit our sharing.
Call 1-855-571-5824 or go to burkeandherbertbank.com
Questions
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Who we are
Who is providing this
notice?
Burke & Herbert U.S. legal entities that utilize the name Burke & Herbert, as well as the
entities listed in the Burke & Herbert U.S. legal entities section of this Notice.
What we do
How does Burke & Herbert
Bank protect my personal
information?
How does Burke & Herbert
Bank collect my personal
information?
To protect your personal information from unauthorized access and use, we use security
measures that comply with federal law. These measures include computer safeguards and
secured files and buildings.
We limit employee access to information on a business need to know. We maintain physical,
electronic, and procedural safeguards to protect your nonpublic personal information.
We collect your personal information, for example, when you
◼ open an account or deposit money
◼ apply for a loan or give us your income information
◼ provide employment information
We also collect your personal information from others, such as credit bureaus, affiliates, or
other companies.
Why can’t I limit all sharing? Federal law gives you the right to limit only
◼ sharing for affiliates’ everyday business purposes—information about your
creditworthiness
◼ affiliates from using your information to market to you
◼ sharing for nonaffiliates to market to you
State laws and individual companies may give you additional rights to limit sharing. See
below for more on your rights under state law.
Definitions
Affiliates
Companies related by common ownership or control. They can be financial and nonfinancial
companies.
◼ Our affiliates include Burke & Herbert U.S. legal entities that utilize the name Burke &
Herbert, as well as a financial holding company, Burke & Herbert Financial Services Corp.
and Burke & Herbert Wealth Services, LLC
Nonaffiliates
Joint marketing
Companies not related by common ownership or control. They can be financial and
nonfinancial companies.
◼ Burke & Herbert Bank does not share with nonaffiliates so they can market to you.
A formal agreement between nonaffiliated financial companies that together market financial
products or services to you.
◼ Our joint marketing partners include financial services companies, debit card companies,
credit card companies.
Other important information
Special Notice for State Residents
Residents of Alaska, California, and New Mexico have additional rights under state law.
• Residents of Alaska, and California do not have to take any further action to limit the sharing of information – such limits
are already in place. Burke & Herbert Bank will not share any of your non-public personal information (other than as
permitted by law) with affiliates or nonaffiliates unless you first authorize us to do so.
• Residents of New Mexico do not have to take any further action to limit the sharing of information with nonaffiliates –
such limits are already in place. Burke & Herbert Bank will not share any of your non-public personal information (other
than as permitted by law) with nonaffiliates unless you first authorize us to do so.
• Residents of Vermont: We will not disclose information about your creditworthiness to our affiliates and will not disclose
your personal information, financial information, credit report, or health information to nonaffiliated third parties to market
to you, other than as permitted by Vermont law, unless you authorize us to make those disclosures. Additional
information concerning our privacy policies can be found at burkeandherbertbank.com or call 703-684-1655.
Burke & Herbert U.S. legal entities
Burke & Herbert U.S. legal entities that utilize the name Burke & Herbert, as well as the following entities: Burke & Herbert
Bank & Trust Company (“Burke & Herbert Bank"); SFGI Direct, a division of Burke & Herbert Bank & Trust Company; Burke
& Herbert Wealth Services, LLC; and Burke & Herbert Financial Services Corp.
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Item 1:
Cover Sheet
ADV Part 2B: James Quintin Mullins
131 W. Davis Street
Culpeper, VA 22701
www.piedmontwm.com
(540) 317-5372
CRD Number: 3074374
April 22, 2026
This Brochure Supplement provides information about James Quintin Mullins that
supplements the Piedmont Wealth Management Brochure. You should have received a copy
of that Brochure. Please contact James Quintin Mullins at the number above if you did not
receive Piedmont Wealth Management’s Brochure or if you have any questions about the
contents of this supplement.
Additional information about James Quintin Mullins is available on the SEC’s website at
www.adviserinfo.sec.gov.
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Item 2:
Educational Background and Business Experience
James Quintin Mullins
Born: 1958
EDUCATION:
Bluefield State College
Bachelor of Science – Business Administration
Accounting/Management
Graduated May 1980 Cum Laude
Marshall University- College of Graduate Studies
Master of Business Administration
Graduated May 1993
Southeastern Trust School at Campbell University – June, 1989
Cannon Financial Institute, Trust Graduate School – October, 1998
Virginia Bankers Association School of Bank Management
University of Virginia, 1996-1998
Graduated with honors
PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATIONS:
Certified Financial Planner*
*The CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER®, CFP® and federally registered CFP (with
flame design) marks (collectively, the “CFP® marks”) are professional certification marks
granted in the United States by Certified Financial Planner Board of Standards, Inc. (“CFP
Board”).
The CFP® certification is a voluntary certification; no federal or state law or regulation
requires financial planners to hold CFP® certification. It is recognized in the United States
and a number of other countries for its (1) high standard of professional education; (2)
stringent code of conduct and standards of practice; and (3) ethical requirements that
govern professional engagements with clients.
To attain the right to use the CFP® marks, an individual must satisfactorily fulfill the
following requirements:
Education – Complete an advanced college-level course of study addressing the
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financial planning subject areas that CFP Board’s studies have determined as necessary for
the competent and professional delivery of financial planning services,and attain a
Bachelor's Degree from a regionally accredited United States college or university (or its
equivalent from a foreign university). CFP Board’s financial planning subject areas include
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Experience – Complete at least three years of full-time financial planning-related
insurance planning and risk management, employee benefits planning, investment
planning, income tax planning, retirement planning, and estate planning;
Examination – Pass the comprehensive CFP® Certification Examination. The
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examination, administered in 10 hours over a two-day period, includes case studies and
client scenarios designed to test one’s ability to correctly diagnose financial planning issues
and apply one’s knowledge of financial planning to real world circumstances;
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experience (or the equivalent, measured as 2,000 hours per year); and
Ethics – Agree to be bound by CFP Board’s Code of Ethics and Standards of
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Conduct, a set of documents outlining the ethical and practice standards for CFP®
professionals.
Individuals who become certified must complete the following ongoing education and
ethics requirements in order to maintain the right to continue to use the CFP® marks:
Continuing Education – Complete 30 hours of continuing education hours every
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two years, including two hours on the Code of Ethics and other parts of the Standards of
Conduct, to maintain competence and keep up with developments in the financial planning
field; and
Ethics – Renew an agreement to be bound by the Code of Ethics and Standards of
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Conduct. The Standards of Conduct require that CFP® professionals act as a fiduciary
when providing financial advice to a client. This means CFP® professionals must act in
the best interest of the client when providing financial advice.
CFP® professionals who fail to comply with the above standards and requirements may be
subject to CFP Board’s enforcement process, which could result in suspension or
permanent revocation of their CFP® certification
BUSINESS EXPERIENCE:
Burke & Herbert Wealth Services, LLC dba Piedmont Wealth Management
Chief Compliance Officer
January 2026 to Present
Piedmont Wealth Management
Managing Director
January 2011 to January 2026
StellarOne Bank
Senior Vice President and Portfolio Manager
1990 through January 2011
Item 3:
Disciplinary Information
Registered investment advisers are required to disclose all material facts regarding any
legal or disciplinary events that would be material to your evaluation of each supervised
person providing investment advice. No information is applicable to this Item for Mr.
Mullins.
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Item 4:
Other Business Activities
Registered investment advisers are required to disclose all material facts regarding any
investment related outside business activity. No information is applicable to this Item for
Mr. Mullins.
Item 5:
Additional Compensation
Registered investment advisers are required to disclose all material facts regarding any
additional compensation the individual receives related to his advisory activities.
Examples of this include sales awards or referral fees. No information is applicable to this
Item for Mr. Mullins.
Item 6:
Supervision
Mr. Mullins is the Chief Compliance Officer. Mr. Mullins’ activities follow the firm’s
Compliance Manual, which includes policies and procedures designed to provide
supervision to all investment adviser representatives in guiding them through compliance
with applicable laws, rules and regulations, including the fiduciary duty owed to clients.
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Item 1:
Cover Sheet
ADV Part 2B: John P. Coleman, CPA
131 W. Davis Street
Culpeper, VA 22701
www.piedmontwm.com
(540) 317-5372
CRD Number: 4829632
April 22, 2026
Please
contact
James Quintin Mullins
at
540-317-5372
This Brochure Supplement provides information about John P. Coleman that supplements
the Piedmont Wealth Management Brochure. You should have received a copy of that
Brochure.
or
qmullins@piedmontwm.com if you did not receive Piedmont Wealth Management’s
Brochure or if you have any questions about the contents of this supplement.
Additional information about John P. Coleman is available on the SEC’s website at
www.adviserinfo.sec.gov.
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Item 2:
Educational Background and Business Experience
John P. Coleman
Born: 1969
EDUCATION:
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Masters of Accountancy, Taxation, 1992
Virginia Tech
Bachelor of Science in Business, Accounting, 1991
PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATIONS:
Certified Public Accountant
In order to become a CPA in the United States, the candidate must sit for and pass the
Uniform Certified Public Accountant Examination (Uniform CPA Exam), which is set by
the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and administered by the National
Association of State Boards of Accountancy. The CPA was established in law on April 17,
1896.
Eligibility to sit for the Uniform CPA Exam is determined by individual State Boards of
Accountancy. Typically, the requirement is a U.S. bachelor’s degree which includes a
minimum number of qualifying credit hours in accounting and business administration
with an additional 1year study. This requirement for 5 years study is known as the "150-
hour rule" and has been adopted by the majority of state boards, although there are still
some exceptions (e.g. California). This requirement mandating 150 hours of study has been
adopted by 45 states.
The primary functions CPA fulfill relate to assurance services, or public accounting. In
assurance services, also known as financial audit services, CPAs attest to the
reasonableness of disclosures, the freedom from material misstatement, and the adherence
to the applicable generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) in financial statements.
CPAs can also be employed by corporations-termed "the private sector"-in finance
functions such as Chief Financial Officer (CFO) or finance manager, or as CEOs subject
to their full business knowledge and practice. These CPAs do not provide services directly
to the public.
CPAs also have a niche within the income tax preparation industry. They may also provide
business consultation in the areas of entity set-up, QuickBooks assistance, financial
statements, and buying v. leasing of equipment.
Whether providing services directly to the public or employed by corporations or
associations, CPAs can operate in virtually any area of finance. While some CPAs are
generalists and offer a range of services (especially those in small practices) many CPAs
specialize in just one area and do not provide all services.
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Individuals who become certified must complete the following ongoing ethics and
education requirements in order to maintain the right to continue to use the CPA marks:
• Ethics -- Over 40 of the state boards now require applicants for CPA status to complete
a special examination on ethics, which is effectively a Fourth E in terms of
requirements to become a CPA. The majority of these will accept the AICPA self-study
Professional Ethics for CPAs CPE course or another course in general professional
ethics. Many states, however, require that the ethics course include a review of that
state's specific rules for professional practice.
• Continuing Professional Education (CPE)--CPAs are required to take continuing
education courses in order to renew their license. Requirements vary by state, but the
vast majority requires 120 hours of CPE every 3 years with a minimum of 20 hours per
calendar year. The requirement can be fulfilled through attending live seminars,
webcast seminars, or through self-study (textbooks, videos, online courses, all of which
require a test to receive credit). As part of the CPE requirement, most states require
their CPAs to take an ethics course during every renewal period. Again, ethics
requirements vary by state, but the courses range from 2-8 hours.
BUSINESS EXPERIENCE:
Burke & Herbert Wealth Services, LLC dba Piedmont Wealth Management
Investment Adviser Representative, January 2026 to Present
Commonwealth Business Services
Owner, CPA, February 2004 to Present
Piedmont Wealth Management
Investment Advisor Representative, August 2016 to January 2026
MML Investor Services, Inc.
Registered Representative, January 2010 to July 2014
MassMutual Life Insurance Company
Agent, December 2009 to July 2014
Primerica Financial Services
Sales Representative, October 2003 to December 2008
Item 3:
Disciplinary Information
Registered investment advisers are required to disclose all material facts regarding any
legal or disciplinary events that would be material to your evaluation of each supervised
person providing investment advice. No information is applicable to this Item for Mr.
Coleman.
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Item 4:
Other Business Activities
Registered investment advisers are required to disclose all material facts regarding any
investment related outside business activity.
Mr. Coleman is the sole owner of Commonwealth Business Services, Inc (CBSI), working
as a tax accountant to provide various tax services to clients. Specifically, to the extent that
CBSI provides accounting and/or tax preparation services to any clients, including clients
of Piedmont Wealth Management, all such services shall be performed by CBSI, in its
individual professional capacity, independent of Piedmont Wealth Management, for which
services Piedmont Wealth Management shall not receive any portion of the fees charged
by CBSI, referral or otherwise. It is expected that the members of CBSI, solely incidental
to their respective practices as Certified Public Accountants with CBSI shall recommend
Piedmont Wealth Management’s services to certain clients of CBSI. No client of Piedmont
Wealth Management is under any obligation to use the services of CBSI. Piedmont Wealth
Management’s Chief Compliance Officer, James Quintin Mullins, remains available to
address any questions that a client or prospective client may have regarding the above
arrangement and any corresponding perceived conflict of interest such arrangement may
create. Piedmont Wealth Management also attempts to mitigate the conflict of interest by
requiring employees to acknowledge in the firm’s Code of Ethics, their individual fiduciary
duty to the clients of Piedmont Wealth Management, which requires that employees put
the interests of clients ahead of their own.
Item 5:
Additional Compensation
Please see response to Item 4, above.
Item 6:
Supervision
Mr. Coleman reports to the firm’s Chief Compliance Officer, James Quintin Mullins.
James Quintin Mullins can be reached at (540) 317-5372. All employees of Piedmont
Wealth Management are required to follow the supervisory guidelines and procedures
manual which is designed to ensure compliance with applicable laws, rules and regulations,
including the fiduciary duty owed to clients.
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