Customizing Your Financial Plan

I help my clients achieve a more secure future for themselves, their families, and businesses by working individually with them to fully understand their situation and build a long-term relationship as their trusted financial advisor. 

Together, we will create a detailed financial plan that builds a firm financial foundation to serve your needs over time. I will work to understand your current personal and financial circumstances and your goals for the future. Then, we will build a strategy that is right for you and that balances your short-term needs with your long-term goals.

And as your personal and business advisor, I'll stay in touch, so we can evaluate and adjust your plan over time and make the changes necessary to respond to whatever life brings—protecting your overall financial picture and addressing your personal hopes for the future.

Pragmatic Experience with Medical Professionals and Business Owners

In addition to providing financial planning for individuals and families, I have worked extensively with physicians and medical professionals, closely held businesses, and business owners and executives to tailor solutions based on their unique needs.

–Lane A. Barkstrom

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The Northwestern Mutual difference

No. 1

Best life insurance company for consumer experience, 2023. (NerdWallet)1

Top 5

We're one of the Top U.S. Independent Investment Broker-Dealers.2

$8.2B

In dividends expected to be paid in 2025.3

A++

AAA, Aaa, and AA+ - we've earned the highest financial strength ratings awarded to life insurers from all four major rating agencies.4

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Investments: invest in your best life.

With more ways to invest than ever before, it can be hard to make sure your money is working its hardest for you. We focus on long-term investment strategies to give you more confidence and help make sure that the growth potential and management of your money isn't left to chance.

Brokerage services

You'll have access to investment vehicles to help build your ideal portfolio—no matter your goals or life stage. Plus, we'll help you navigate your choices and connect you to the right investments to help take you where you want to go.Find out more

Retirement solutions: have the additional income you want.

With fewer companies offering pensions and the future of Social Security uncertain, it's more important than ever to have a comprehensive plan. We have a range of options to help you enjoy every day of your retirement years.

All guarantees in annuities are backed solely by the claims-paying ability of the issuer. Distributions taken from the contract may be subject to ordinary income tax and withdrawal (surrender) charges. A 10% federal tax penalty may apply if you take any type of distribution from the contract before age 59½. This material is not intended to provide legal or tax advice. Consult a professional tax advisor.

How Northwestern Mutual helps you live the life you want.

When people feel better about their money, good things happen—they become more confident and feel more secure. For more than 160 years, Northwestern Mutual has helped people achieve the financial flexibility they need to live more and worry less.

Being a mutual company means Northwestern Mutual reports to its clients, not Wall Street. They don't believe in chasing fads or taking undue risk for short-term gains. Instead, they take a long-term approach—both in the way we help people plan to reach their goals, and in the way they do business. This has served their clients (and mine) well through all kinds of economic ups and downs, including wars, recessions, even the recent pandemic.

It's why I'm happy to be part of a company that's in it for the long-haul and prioritizes clients over profit.

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