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STIMATES INDICATE that there are hundreds of thousands of you managing many billions of dollars of assets. Yet, you exist in a legal limbo. Your professional duties can subject you to lawsuits in one state but not in another. Statutes and organizations vary widely in the way they do or do not distinguish among financial planners, financial advisers, and investment advisers. You can tell clients you are an insurance agent and yet, in some states, legally be held responsible as a financial planner. The first step, then, in protecting your practice is to determine what exactly you do and what you are legally entitled or required to call yourself.