East Coast Office
801 Main Street
Concord, MA 01742
(978) 369-5144
West Coast Office
1800 Century Park East, St 600
Los Angeles, CA 90067
(310) 556-2220
About The Darrow Company - Financial Advisory Firm
The Darrow Company is a fee-only (which means we only get paid by our clients) wealth management and financial advisory firm. We are an independent Registered Investment Advisor. We manage wealth by designing and executing comprehensive financial strategies based on each client's individual and unique requirements. Our national reputation is based on adherence to a set of core principles embodied in our philosophy.
Employee Profiles
THOMAS J. McFARLAND, III, CFP®
Mr. McFarland, a descendant of the prominent defense attorney, Clarence Seward Darrow (1857-1938), is a Certified Financial Planner™ practitioner receiving his designation from The College for Financial Planning in 1981 and earning a Bachelor of Science degree from Rider University. Tom is also a fee-only NAPFA-Registered Financial Advisor and Founder of the Darrow Company, Inc., an SEC-registered investment adviser with offices in Los Angeles, CA and Concord, MA. Tom has managed the financial assets of high net worth clients for over 25 years.
He has served as Chair of a local chapter of the Financial Planning Association (FPA) and President and Chair of local chapters of the FPA's predecessor organizations, the Institute of Certified Financial Planners (ICFP) and the International Association for Financial Planning (IAFP). He is a member of the National Association for Personal Financial Advisors (NAPFA). He was also a U.S. representative for the Global Voice Editorial Advisory Board (GVEAB), an international financial planning committee, and was a Paul Harris Fellow of the Rotary Foundation of Rotary International.
A guest on television and radio programs, Mr. McFarland has contributed to US Air magazine, Financial Planning magazine, and smartmoney.com, and has been the subject of numerous articles for regional and national periodicals. He has conducted investment and retirement seminars for public and private organizations, including Raytheon, Charles Schwab & Co., and the Internal Revenue Service. He is also one of the authors of Wealth Strategies for Executives published by Aspatore Books.
MICHELLE E. WELLS, CFA®
Ms. Wells is a Financial Analyst with The Darrow Company. She is a Charter Holder of the Chartered Financial Analyst® (CFA®) designation and received her Bachelor of Arts in Economics and Finance degree, with Distinction, from Simmons College. She also successfully completed a General Course of Studies specializing in Economics and Finance at the London School of Economics and Political Science in London, England.
Ms. Wells originally joined The Darrow Company in 1988, and has experience in the fields of financial planning and investment management. She is a member of the Boston Security Analysts Society and the CFA Institute.
CAROLINE E. CODERRE, CFP®, CDFA™
Ms. Coderre is a Certified Financial Planner™ practitioner and Certified Divorce Financial Analyst ™. A native of England, she holds BA Honours and Master of Philosophy degrees from University College London, and also studied at the Universities of Odense and Aarhus in Denmark and at the University of Iceland.
Ms. Coderre has been in the financial planning and investment management field since 2000. Prior to joining The Darrow Company in 2005, she worked as a Financial Advisor with American Express Financial Advisors in Wellesley, MA, and as a Financial Consultant with Citizens Investment Services Corp. She is a member of the Financial Planning Association of Massachusetts.