Michelle Oroschakoff

Ms. Michelle B. Oroschakoff is a Managing Director & Chief Legal Officer at LPL Financial LLC and at LPL Financial Holdings, Inc. She is responsible for company-wide legal and government relations matters, risk management processes and controls, compliance, and governance, and has a leading role in the Company’s ongoing focus on enhancing the corporate risk profile.
She joined LPL Financial as managing director, chief risk officer in September 2013 from Morgan Stanley, and was promoted to chief legal and risk officer in June 2017.
She became chief legal officer in June 2018.
Ms. Oroschakoff has more than 20 years of financial services industry experience deeply rooted in legal, compliance, and risk management.
At Morgan Stanley, she most recently served as managing director and Global Chief Risk Officer of the firm’s Global Wealth Management Group from 2011 to 2013.
Previously, while with Morgan Stanley, she served as chief administrative officer from 2010 to 2011, as well as Chief Compliance Officer from 2006 to 2010.
Earlier in her career, she spent 11 years in a variety of legal and compliance roles at Morgan Stanley, including associate general counsel and head of the firm’s San Francisco litigation department.
She also served as the general counsel for a large and successful RIA firm, where she became familiar with the independent model.
She also serves on the SIFMA Compliance and Legal Executive Committee.
Ms. Oroschakoff earned a B.A. in English literature from the University of Oregon and a J.D., with honors, from the University of Michigan.