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Who We Are

A team built around
one standard of care.

MPO Family Office™ isn't a product — it's a model four decades in the making, backed by a hand-selected roundtable of specialists who share one standard of care. What makes us a family office is not who we are individually. It's how we work together.

The Firm

Forty years of earned trust.
One evolving model.

DWM was founded on a simple premise: business owners deserve an advisor who understands both sides of their financial life — the business and the family. What started with retirement plan design and investment management for business owners grew, over four decades, into something far more comprehensive.

MPO Family Office™ is the formalization of everything learned across those four decades — built into a model that delivers coordinated, family-office-level planning for the demographic that needs it most and has been most underserved by the industry.

40+
Years serving business owners and their families
3rd
Generation of client families now served by DWM
8
Pillars of strategic security coordinated across every client relationship
1
Standard of care — regardless of portfolio size or practice stage

How We Operate

The principles behind
every client relationship.

01

Planning first. Products never.

Our recommendations are always driven by what's right for the client. We disclose all compensation transparently and are structured to keep our incentives aligned with your outcomes — not with selling anything.

02

Fewer clients. Deeper relationships.

We serve a limited number of families by design. The depth of work we do requires it. We'd rather do this exceptionally well for fewer people than adequately for more.

03

We coordinate. We don't replace.

If you have a CPA or attorney you trust, we want to work with them. Our role is to ensure everyone is operating from the same strategy — not to displace relationships that are working.

04

We tell you what you need to hear.

Not what confirms the decision you've already made. Honest counsel — even when it's uncomfortable — is the only kind worth having. Our clients tell us this is one of the things they value most.

The Roundtable

What makes a family office real
isn't one firm. It's the network.

Every specialist in our roundtable has been personally vetted, maintains an active relationship with our team, and is held to the same standard of care we hold ourselves to. They don't receive referrals from us — they participate in a coordinated team that knows our clients and shares our philosophy.

This is a growing network. As MPO Family Office™ expands, we are selectively adding specialists across every dimension of advanced planning — bringing aboard only those who meet the depth, discretion, and alignment our clients deserve.

Investment Partners

Redwood Investment Management

Engineered Risk-Budgeted Portfolios

Founded on the principle that investment success requires managing risk first. Redwood engineers custom ERB portfolios for our clients, built around defined drawdown targets rather than vague risk labels — with $2.7B in assets under management.

Learn about RiskFirst® →

First Trust

ETFs, UITs & Structured Products

One of the most innovative ETF providers in the industry, offering unique strategies, unit investment trusts, and structured products that complement our portfolio construction approach with solutions unavailable elsewhere.

ftportfolios.com →

iCapital

Alternative Investments Platform

The world's leading alternative investment marketplace, giving our clients institutional-caliber access to private equity, private credit, real estate, hedge funds, and structured investments — previously available only to the largest family offices.

icapital.com →
Retirement Plan Design

RPAG®

Retirement Plan Practice Management

DWM is a member of the Retirement Plan Advisory Group — the industry's leading practice management platform for elite retirement plan advisors. RPAG membership provides our clients with institutional-grade investment due diligence, fee benchmarking, fiduciary compliance tools, and plan design resources.

rpag.com →

October Three

Actuarial, Consulting & Plan Design

A leading actuarial and consulting firm specializing in defined benefit and cash balance plan design — the architects behind sophisticated retirement plan structures that maximize owner contributions while managing employer risk and maintaining compliance.

octoberthree.com →
ERISA Attorney

Seeking a Partner

We are selectively identifying an ERISA attorney with deep experience in qualified plan compliance and retirement plan litigation for medical practice owner clients.

Inquire about partnership →
Tax Planning

Mark Sidell

Advanced Tax Planning — Sidell & Co PLLC, Goodyear AZ

A trusted CPA partner with deep expertise in tax planning for high-net-worth individuals and business owners. Mark brings the kind of proactive, strategy-first approach to tax that aligns with how we serve our clients — integrated with their broader financial picture, not siloed from it.

Heather Schreiber

Social Security & IRMAA Specialist — HLS Retirement Consulting

A nationally recognized retirement income expert with 30+ years in financial services. Heather specializes in Social Security optimization and IRMAA planning — two areas with enormous impact for high-earning practice owners approaching retirement. Quoted in the Wall Street Journal, USA Today, and Forbes.

hlsretirementconsulting.com →

Mariner Advisor Network

In-House Tax Team & Advanced Planning

A nationally recognized wealth management firm with over 100 in-house CPAs available to our clients for tax planning, preparation, and multi-year tax strategy. Mariner's integrated tax team works alongside our advisors to ensure every investment and planning decision is viewed through a tax-efficient lens.

marinerwealthadvisors.com →
Estate Planning & Strategic Philanthropy

Sterling Foundation Management

Estate Planning, Private Foundations & Charitable Planning

The oldest national private foundation management firm in the country and the nation's leading facilitator of Charitable Remainder Trust planning. Sterling helps our clients achieve philanthropic, family, and financial goals through the strategic use of charitable vehicles and estate planning structures.

sterlingfoundations.com →
Philanthropic Advisor

Seeking a Partner

A specialist in donor-advised funds, impact investing, and family foundation strategy for high-net-worth families with meaningful charitable intent.

Inquire about partnership →
Insurance & Risk Management

Highland Capital Brokerage

Life Insurance, Annuities & Advanced Planning

A national insurance brokerage delivering life insurance, annuities, long-term care, and disability solutions to financial advisors. Highland's advanced planning team specializes in estate and business planning techniques, underwriting advocacy, and customized insurance structures for high-net-worth clients.

highlandbrokerage.com →

Cavalier Associates

Advanced Life Insurance & Risk Planning

A specialist in upscale life insurance planning, large case management, and advanced underwriting for high-net-worth clients. Cavalier provides the insurance architecture — estate planning, wealth transfer, and executive benefit structures — that most advisors simply can't access.

cavalierassociates.com →
Asset Protection Attorney

Seeking a Partner

A private client attorney specializing in asset protection frameworks, entity structuring, and trust vehicles for medical professionals and high-net-worth families.

Inquire about partnership →
Lifestyle Services

Stuart Cooper

Concierge Car Buying Service

A trusted concierge car buying specialist who navigates the entire vehicle acquisition process on our clients' behalf — from sourcing and negotiating to delivery. No dealership pressure, no wasted time.

Anita Heriot

Fine Art Consultant

An experienced fine art consultant providing acquisition, valuation, and collection management services. Anita helps our clients build meaningful collections that reflect their values — and their financial goals.

Adam Brittain

Concierge Medicine

A concierge medicine specialist offering personalized, direct-access healthcare to our clients and their families. Priority appointments, comprehensive care, and a physician who knows you — not just your chart.

Join the Roundtable

We're building something
worth being a part of.

MPO Family Office™ was built around the belief that the best outcomes for high-net-worth medical practice owners come from a coordinated team of specialists — not a single advisor with a referral list. Our roundtable isn't a network. It's a working team.

Specialists who join the MPO roundtable gain access to upstream, pre-qualified clients whose financial complexity demands exactly what they offer. In return, they bring depth, discretion, and a genuine commitment to the coordinated planning model that makes this work.

If you serve high-net-worth clients and believe deeply in the value of coordination over silos, we'd like to talk.

Inquire About Partnership
You specialize in serving high-net-worth individuals, business owners, or medical professionals
You operate independently — your advice is driven by your clients' outcomes, not product incentives
You believe coordination across advisors produces better outcomes than working in silos
You're willing to engage as an active team member — not just a name on a referral list
You bring genuine expertise in one of the eight pillars of strategic security

Get to Know Us

The best way to know if we're the right fit
is to have a real conversation.

We're selective about who we work with — and we expect you to be selective too. The first call is just a conversation. No pitch, no pressure.