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Remove FINRA & BrokerCheck Records.
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What can be addressed is real: expungement through FINRA's own process with a securities attorney where the rules allow it, corrections of inaccurate data, and the third-party copies and Google results that keep showing a disclosure after it has been expunged or corrected. Reputation Resolutions removes those copies and clears the search results. No upfront cost. No removal fee until removal is confirmed.

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  • BrokerCheck itself generally stays. BrokerCheck is FINRA's official record. Changes to it follow FINRA's own processes, and we work alongside your attorney.
  • Expungement is FINRA's process. Where the rules allow it, expungement is an arbitration filed with a securities attorney and confirmed by a court.
  • Copies and search results are separate. Third-party pages and Google snippets do not update themselves after an expungement or correction. Removing those is our work.
  • A BrokerCheck Disclosure. If outdated or inaccurate copies of a BrokerCheck disclosure are hurting your career, we only get paid AFTER each one is successfully removed.
About This Service

We Remove Outdated Copies of FINRA Records. You Pay AFTER Removal Is Confirmed.

FINRA record removal is two different things that are often sold as one. The first is the disclosure itself on FINRA BrokerCheck, the public database of customer complaints, arbitrations, terminations and regulatory actions for brokers and investment advisers. That is an official regulatory record, and the routes that change it belong to FINRA: expungement of customer dispute information through arbitration and court confirmation, where the rules allow it, and correction of information that is factually wrong. Expungement is handled by a securities attorney, and we work alongside yours.

The second is everything that copies or repeats the record, and this is the work we do. Advisor directories, rating sites and other third-party pages copy BrokerCheck data and do not update themselves when a disclosure is expunged or corrected. People-search sites attach home addresses to professional data. Google keeps showing old snippets until it is asked to refresh them. Reputation Resolutions removes outdated and inaccurate third-party copies, removes exposed personal information and clears the search results. We assess which layer each of your items sits in before any work begins.

BrokerCheck is rarely the only page showing your disclosure. The SEC's adviser search and state securities regulators can make the same record available, and those official sources stay. Third-party directories, law firm pages that advertise for clients with complaints against a named broker, and people-search sites that expose personal contact information are different, and each has its own policy. We map every page at the start and tell you which ones have a removal route.

No retainer. No upfront fee. Our removal fee is collected only after removal is confirmed. Google clearance included.

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How We Sort a FINRA Case Before Any Work Starts

The most common mistake is treating a FINRA disclosure as one problem when it is two. Advisors win an expungement and assume the internet updates itself, while a directory page and an old Google snippet keep showing the disclosure for another year. The official record and its copies follow different rules, and the first job is to put each item in the right group.

Reputation Resolutions has done removal work since 2013. For a FINRA matter, we read your BrokerCheck report line by line, search your name the way a prospect or recruiter would, and list every page that shows or discusses the disclosure. For each one we tell you whether it is official and staying, whether it has a correction or removal route, and what evidence that route needs, such as an expungement order or a corrected report.

Whether your disclosure could meet FINRA's expungement standard, and whether to file, is a decision for you and a securities attorney. Our part is the third-party pages and the search results, and you pay for it only after each removal is confirmed.

Common Grounds for Removal
Valid BrokerCheck disclosure
Stays
Customer dispute, may be eligible
Attorney route
Factual error on record
FINRA dispute
Copy of expunged item
Removable
Stale Google snippet
Clearable
Based on 5,000+ clients served since 2013

“What we do is remove the copies that should no longer exist.”

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The Process

How Reputation Resolutions Handles FINRA Record Removal

From a free assessment to confirmed removal of third-party copies and Google clearance.

The official record and its copies are two different jobs. Expungement runs through FINRA and your securities attorney. The copies and search results are ours.

Step 1

Free Eligibility Assessment

No cost. No commitment.

We review your BrokerCheck report and what appears in Google for your name, then sort every item into one of three groups: the official record, which stays unless FINRA's own process changes it; third-party copies and search results we can pursue; and items where suppression is the best option.

Step 2

Full Footprint Mapping

BrokerCheck is rarely the only page.

Your disclosure can also be available through official sources we cannot change, such as the SEC's adviser search and state securities regulators. It is often copied or discussed on third-party pages too: advisor directories and rating sites, law firm pages that advertise for clients with complaints against a named broker, news coverage and people-search sites. We map each page and tell you which ones have a real removal route.

Step 3

The Right Route for Each Item

This step decides the outcome.

An expungement request is a FINRA arbitration that you file with a securities attorney, and we work alongside your attorney. A factual error on BrokerCheck goes through FINRA's own dispute process or an amended filing by your firm. Third-party copies that are outdated or inaccurate, exposed personal details and stale Google results are the removal work we do ourselves.

Step 4

Requests and Follow-Through

No timeline promises.

We send each third-party site a documented request under its own correction or removal policy, supported by the expungement order or the corrected record where one exists, and we follow up until there is an answer.

Step 5Pay after. Not before.

Google Clearance, Then the Fee

When a third-party page is removed or updated, or BrokerCheck itself changes after an expungement, Google can keep showing the old title and snippet. We file Google's outdated content request so the result updates, at no additional charge. Our removal fee is collected only after a removal is confirmed. If an attempt does not succeed, you owe nothing for it.

Live and Indexed
Third-party advisor directory
Copied listing: Customer Dispute (1)
The disclosure was expunged from the CRD, but this third-party page still shows it.
Outdated copy. Still indexed by Google.
After the request
Removed and Cleared
Third-party advisor directory
Cleared
Copy Removed
Illustration only. Not a client result.
Google result updated after the page changed.
Removal Criteria

What Can and Cannot Be Removed From FINRA and BrokerCheck

Third-Party Copies of an Expunged Disclosure
Removable

Once a disclosure has been expunged from the CRD, a directory, rating site or other third-party page that still shows it is publishing something that is no longer on your record. That is the strongest ground we work with. We send the site the expungement documentation and ask it to update or remove the page.

Google Results Still Showing an Old Disclosure
Removable

After an expungement or a correction, Google can keep showing an old title or snippet for BrokerCheck or for a third-party page until it recrawls. Google's outdated content tool exists for exactly this. We file it as part of every engagement.

Inaccurate Third-Party Pages About Your Record
Removable

A third-party page that misstates your record, for example by describing a withdrawn or denied complaint as a finding, or attaching another person's disclosure to you, can be challenged under the site's own correction policy. We document the difference between the page and your actual BrokerCheck report.

Exposed Personal Information
Removable

People-search sites and some directories publish home addresses and personal phone numbers next to professional data. These usually qualify for the sites' own opt-out processes and for Google's personal information removal policies. We handle those requests.

Factual Errors on BrokerCheck Itself
Correctable

If BrokerCheck shows something factually wrong, the route is FINRA's own BrokerCheck dispute process or an amended filing by your firm, not a removal request from us. We point you to the right route and clear the old search results once the record is corrected.

Customer Disputes That May Meet the Expungement Standard
Attorney route

FINRA rules allow expungement of customer dispute information in narrow cases, such as a claim that is factually impossible, clearly erroneous or false, or one the broker was not involved in. That is an arbitration handled by a securities attorney and confirmed by a court, and it is not part of our fee. We take over once the record changes.

What We Assess Most Closely

The official BrokerCheck record, and the same record on the SEC's adviser search and state regulator sites, follow the regulators' own processes. Our removal work focuses on outdated or inaccurate third-party copies, exposed personal information, and stale Google results. If most of what you are dealing with sits in the official record, we tell you in the free consultation, and suppression is the option we scope with you: building accurate pages about you so people see the current picture alongside it. That work is scoped in writing.

The Cost of Doing Nothing

What a Disclosure Costs You While It Is the First Thing People Find

Prospects, recruiters and compliance teams check an advisor before the first conversation. Here is who looks, and why the context behind a disclosure rarely reaches them.

10 years
is how long FINRA says BrokerCheck keeps an individual's information after their registration ends

For an advisor who is still registered, disclosures remain visible. Third-party copies have no schedule at all, and can outlast an expungement unless someone asks for them to be updated.

Source: FINRA, About BrokerCheck

It is not only prospective clients who look. Existing clients, referral partners, recruiters, hiring firms, compliance teams and lenders all search an advisor's name. FINRA itself encourages investors to check BrokerCheck, so a disclosure is often seen before any conversation happens.

The disclosure rarely tells the whole story. A complaint that was denied, withdrawn or settled without any finding still reads as a warning sign to someone skimming a search result. FINRA lets a broker add a comment to a BrokerCheck report, which is worth using, but third-party copies rarely carry it.

Copies outlast the record. When a disclosure is expunged or corrected, BrokerCheck changes. Directories, rating sites and old Google snippets do not, until someone sends them the documentation and asks.

AI tools can repeat it. AI assistants that search the web, and Google's AI Overviews, can draw on BrokerCheck and on third-party copies when someone asks about you by name, including a copy that is out of date.

2026 and Beyond

FINRA Disclosures in 2026: The AI Search Dimension

BrokerCheck and the third-party sites that copy it are indexed pages about named professionals. AI assistants that search the web, and Google's AI Overviews, can draw on them when someone asks about an advisor by name, and they tend to restate what a page says without checking whether it is current.

That matters most when the page is wrong or out of date. A prospect may be told about a complaint that was expunged, because a directory still lists it. They see a sentence about you, not a link they can weigh.

When an outdated third-party copy is removed and the Google result is cleared, that page is no longer available as a live source.

For a disclosure that has been expunged, removing the leftover copies is the cleanest fix for both search and AI answers. For one that stays, the goal is that accurate, current pages about you are found alongside it.

ChatGPT

When it searches the web, it can cite BrokerCheck or a third-party copy. A copy that has been removed is no longer there to cite, though earlier training data can persist.

Google AI Overviews

Built on Google's index. Clearing the Google result for a removed or updated third-party page takes that page out of what an Overview can draw on.

Perplexity

Cites live web sources. A removed page stops being available as a source once it no longer loads.

Gemini

Draws on Google's index for current information, so the same Google clearance step applies. It is included in every removal engagement at no additional charge.

Real-World Scenarios

Three Common FINRA Situations, and the Route for Each

Illustrative situations, not client results. Every case is assessed on its own facts.

Already ExpungedThe disclosure was expunged, but directories and Google still show it
Removal work
Pay only after each copy is removed

This is the clearest case for us. BrokerCheck no longer shows the disclosure, so a third-party page that still lists it is out of date. We send each site the expungement documentation, ask it to update or remove the page, and file Google's outdated content request once the page changes. No legal work is needed because the record itself is already clean.

May Be EligibleA customer dispute you believe is false or was not about you
Attorney first
Legal route, then cleanup

The first step is a securities attorney, who handles eligibility and the filing. If the disclosure is expunged, we take over: third-party copies, people-search pages and stale Google results. In the meantime we can remove exposed personal information and correct third-party pages that misstate the complaint.

Official recordAn accurate disclosure with no expungement route
Work the surrounding pages
A clear plan up front

A final regulatory action, an accurate U5 or a customer award is part of the official record. The options are adding your own comment through FINRA, removing inaccurate third-party pages and exposed personal details, and suppression, which is scoped in writing.

Why Choose Us

Reputation Resolutions vs. Other FINRA Removal Services

Here is how the approaches differ.

  • Payment model

    Typical ORM Firm

    Often an upfront fee or retainer

    Reputation Resolutions

    Removal fee only after removal is confirmed

  • The BrokerCheck record itself

    Typical ORM Firm

    May imply it can be erased

    Reputation Resolutions

    Stated plainly: a valid disclosure stays

  • Expungement

    Typical ORM Firm

    Blurred with reputation work

    Reputation Resolutions

    FINRA's process, through your securities attorney, with us alongside

  • Factual errors on BrokerCheck

    Typical ORM Firm

    Treated as a removal

    Reputation Resolutions

    Pointed to FINRA's dispute process or your firm's amended filing

  • Third-party copies

    Typical ORM Firm

    BrokerCheck only, if at all

    Reputation Resolutions

    Directories, rating sites, law firm pages and people-search sites mapped and pursued

  • Google follow-through

    Typical ORM Firm

    Not included or a separate cost

    Reputation Resolutions

    Outdated content request included at no additional charge

  • When nothing is removable

    Typical ORM Firm

    Often not discussed until after payment

    Reputation Resolutions

    Covered in the free consultation, with suppression scoped in writing if you want it

  • Customer and regulator contact

    Typical ORM Firm

    Varies

    Reputation Resolutions

    Requests made through each site's own policy

  • Track record

    Typical ORM Firm

    Varies

    Reputation Resolutions

    A+ BBB rated, serving clients since 2013

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FAQs

Frequently Asked Questions About FINRA Record Removal

BrokerCheck is FINRA's official record. A customer dispute disclosure comes off it through expungement in FINRA's own arbitration process, where the rules allow it, or through a correction when the information is wrong. What Reputation Resolutions removes is what surrounds it: outdated or inaccurate third-party copies, exposed personal information, and stale Google results. We tell you which applies to you before you commit to anything.

Sometimes, and only through FINRA's process. Customer dispute information can be expunged when arbitrators find that the claim is factually impossible or clearly erroneous, that the broker was not involved in the alleged violation, or that the claim is false. The award must then be confirmed by a court before FINRA removes the disclosure. It is handled by a securities attorney, and we handle the search results and third-party pages once the record changes.

It depends on which page Google is showing. If a third-party site still shows a disclosure that has since been expunged or corrected, we ask that site to update or remove the page, then use Google's outdated content tool so the result changes. If Google is showing the official BrokerCheck page and the disclosure on it is current, we focus on the third-party pages and on building accurate pages you control.

There are two layers. The first is the record itself: it changes only through expungement, where FINRA's rules allow it, or a correction of a factual error. The second is everything around it: third-party copies, people-search pages and stale Google snippets. We work the second layer directly. Where the record itself stays, accurate pages you control, such as your firm bio and professional profiles, are what people find alongside it.

You get a realistic estimate for your specific pages on the free consultation. Third-party sites answer on their own schedules, and Google updates a result once the underlying page has changed. An expungement arbitration runs on FINRA's schedule, and your securities attorney can estimate it.

It depends on how many third-party pages and search results are involved. Reputation Resolutions charges nothing upfront for removal work, and our fee is collected only after a removal is confirmed. An expungement arbitration is separate and runs through your securities attorney. Suppression, if you choose it, is scoped in writing. You get a case-specific quote on the free consultation, with no obligation.

Our removal work focuses on third-party pages that are outdated or inaccurate, exposed personal information, and stale Google results. The official BrokerCheck record and the SEC and state regulator pages follow the regulators' own processes. If your situation sits mostly there, we tell you in the free consultation, and suppression is the option we scope with you.

They can. AI assistants that search the web, and Google's AI Overviews, can draw on BrokerCheck and on third-party pages that copy it when someone asks about a financial professional by name. When an outdated third-party copy is removed and the Google result is cleared, that page is no longer available as a live source.

Not automatically. After expungement, FINRA removes the disclosure from BrokerCheck, but Google can keep showing an older snippet, and third-party sites that copied the data do not update themselves. We file Google's outdated content request for pages that have changed and contact each third-party site with the expungement documentation, at no additional charge beyond the removal fee.

Almost never. The same record can appear on the SEC's adviser search and on state securities regulator sites, which are official and stay. It is also commonly copied or discussed on advisor directories and rating sites, on law firm pages that advertise for clients with complaints against a named broker, in news coverage and on people-search sites. Each third-party site has its own policy, and we map all of them at the start.

A securities attorney can tell you whether it could meet FINRA's expungement standard. What we address is a third-party page that describes it inaccurately, for example as a finding against you, and any copy that remains after an expungement is granted.

FINRA has a BrokerCheck dispute process for information that is factually wrong, and some corrections are made by your firm amending its filing. We will point you to the right route, and once the record is corrected we clear the stale Google results and ask third-party sites to update their copies.

A dispute over what a former firm reported on a Form U5 goes through a securities attorney. What we do is address inaccurate third-party pages about the termination, remove exposed personal information, and build accurate content for your name if you choose suppression.

We work alongside your attorney. An expungement request is an arbitration you file with your securities attorney, and our part starts where it ends: once a disclosure is expunged or corrected, we remove the outdated third-party copies and clear the search results.

Four things. Third-party pages that still show a disclosure after it has been expunged or corrected. Third-party pages that misstate your record. Personal information such as a home address on people-search and directory sites. And Google results that still show old content after the page behind them has changed. You pay only after each removal is confirmed.

We read your BrokerCheck report and search your name the way a prospect or recruiter would, then tell you which items are official and staying, and which have a correction or removal route. It is free and handled confidentially, and you get a realistic estimate for your pages.

Yes. Your engagement is handled confidentially. We do not discuss client matters publicly, and you do not need to send documents to get an initial answer. Tell us where the disclosure appears and what has happened with it, and we tell you what would be needed.

It is an arbitration a broker files with a securities attorney to seek expungement of a customer dispute disclosure. We handle the third-party pages and search results after the record changes, and we work alongside your attorney.

A Form U4 is filed by a firm to register a broker and is amended to report events such as customer complaints, regulatory actions, certain criminal matters, liens and bankruptcies. A Form U5 is filed when a broker leaves a firm and reports the reason, including a discharge. Both feed the CRD, and much of that information can appear on BrokerCheck. Neither can be edited by a reputation firm. Where the information is wrong, the firm amends the filing or you use FINRA's dispute process.

Yes. Suppression builds and strengthens accurate pages about you, such as a professional biography, your firm profile and published work, so that people searching your name also find the current picture. It is separate work with its scope and cost set out in writing.

FINRA says BrokerCheck keeps information on an individual for 10 years after their registration ends. After that, a person remains on BrokerCheck only in certain cases, including a final regulatory action, certain criminal convictions or pleas, an investment-related civil injunction, or an arbitration award or civil judgment involving a sales practice violation. While you are registered, your disclosures are shown, so the third-party copies are the part to act on now.

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