Leanne Scull
Leanne makes it her mission to help ensure her clients are financially prepared to joyfully step into each new chapter of their lives, confident in their financial abilities and prepared to pursue their dreams. As she likes to say, dreams of tomorrow are both made and broken by our decisions of today.
Working with a variety of clients, including executives, women, and multiple generations of high-net-worth families and business owners, Leanne takes a holistic approach to financial planning that focuses on the individual needs, wants and wishes of each client.
Through each tailored strategy, she helps them preserve the wealth they have built, with plans designed to help meet their family’s goals, including leaving a legacy. She specializes in investment strategy and financial planning, including retirement planning, education funding, risk management through insurance planning, and tax and estate reduction strategies.
A longtime member of the Memphis financial services community, Leanne joined Raymond James in 2011 and established The Avenue Wealth Management Memphis. She began her career with Union Planters Bank, now part of Regions, and would eventually become president of Union Planters Brokerage Services when she left in 1997. Between 1997 and 2011, she was a Senior Vice President with both Young Stovall and Wunderlich Securities. Leanne was also educated in her hometown and holds a BBA and an MBA from the University of Memphis.
Since joining Raymond James, Leanne has attained recognition club status each year and was awarded Leaders Council status for 2024. She was again named to both Forbes’ Top Women Wealth Advisors Best-In-State list in 2025 and Forbes’ Top Wealth Advisors Best-in-State list in 2025.
Personally, Leanne enjoys spending time with her husband and son. The family makes many memories boating on Lake Hamilton with relatives and friends. They are also active members of Grace Evangelical Church. When she is not laser focused on her family and practice, Leanne gives back to her community, and has served as a tutor and Christmas chair for AB Hill Elementary and a member of the Grace Evangelical Church’s venture strategy committee.
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The Forbes ranking of Top Women Wealth Advisors Best-In-State, developed by SHOOK Research, is based on an algorithm of qualitative and quantitative data, rating thousands of wealth advisors with a minimum of seven years of experience and weighing factors like revenue trends, assets under management, compliance records, industry experience and best practices learned through telephone and in-person interviews. Portfolio performance is not a criteria due to varying client objectives and lack of audited data. This ranking is based upon the period from 9/30/23 to 9/30/24 and was released on 02/11/2025. Research Summary (as of February 2025): 48,220 nominations were received and 2,436 women won. This ranking is not indicative of an advisor’s future performance, is not an endorsement, and may not be representative of individual clients’ experience. Neither Raymond James nor any of its financial advisors or RIA firms pay a fee in exchange for this award/rating. Compensation provided for using the ranking. Raymond James is not affiliated with Forbes or Shook Research, LLC. Please visit https://www.forbes.com/lists/best-in-state-women-advisors/?sh=64b505e81d11 for more info.
The Forbes Best-in-State Wealth Advisors 2025 ranking, developed by SHOOK Research, is based on an algorithm of qualitative criteria, mostly gained through telephone and in-person due diligence interviews, and quantitative data. This ranking is based upon the period from 6/30/2023 to 6/30/2024 and was released on 4/8/2025. Those advisors that are considered have a minimum of seven years of experience, and the algorithm weighs factors like revenue trends, assets under management, compliance records, industry experience and those that encompass best practices in their practices and approach to working with clients. Portfolio performance is not a criteria due to varying client objectives and lack of audited data. Out of approximately 48,944 nominations, roughly 9,722 advisors received the award. This ranking is not indicative of an advisor’s future performance, is not an endorsement, and may not be representative of individual clients’ experience. Neither Raymond James nor any of its Financial Advisors or RIA firms pay a fee in exchange for this award/rating. Compensation provided for using the rating. Raymond James is not affiliated with Forbes or Shook Research, LLC. Please visit https://www.forbes.com/best-in-state-wealth-advisors/ for more info.