Springfield, Missouri

Richard Baker uses his varied experience to serve his clients as a Financial Advisor with Lawing Financial. He has several years of extensive financial services experience through his work as a regional commercial loan officer for a nationwide bank and as a Financial Advisor specializing in retirement planning and implementation. His greatest skill is listening to his clients goals and preparing a comprehensive plan to achieve those goals. Richard is a great speaker and is well known for his Christian Financial Seminar’s which he presents at churches or civic groups. He is also known for effectively communicating to employees the great benefits offered to them by their employer.

Richard holds a FINRA Series 7, Series, 63, and Series 66 securities registrations, and is licensed to sell life, disability, and long-term care insurance. These licenses allow him to work with both businesses and individuals. He helps businesses evaluate group retirement plan options and develop strategic and cost effective plans to meet their retirement objectives. Richard helps individual families by building personalized investment programs, providing investment portfolio analysis, evaluating their insurance plans, assisting them with college funding, and advising them on estate planning topics.

Richard is an ordained minister who is a former missionary and is the founding pastor of The Bridge Church in Nixa, MO. He has earned a bachelor’s degree in business from College of the Ozarks in Point Lookout, MO and a Master's of Divinity degree from Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in Kansas City, MO. Richard serves on the Board of Trustees for Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary serving on the Student Development, Audit and Investment Committees. Richard is an active member of Second Baptist Church in Springfield, MO and is involved in many international mission trips. Richard is married to Sara and they live in Nixa, MO with their daughter, Anna Grace and son, Micah.

Andrew Denney is a Financial Advisor with Lawing Financial. He has an extensive background in financial services, working with his clients in a variety of areas. Andrew started his financial advisory career while in college as an intern for an independent trust company that had over $500 million in assets under management. Prior to joining Lawing, Andrew worked as an advisor for an independent broker dealer.

Andrew’s practice includes working with both businesses and families. His business expertise includes helping companies evaluate group retirement plan options and developing strategic plans for their retirement objectives. Andrew also provides educational presentations to employees and owners about many different retirement planning and other financial planning topics.

His individual clients are mostly high net worth couples who want financial plans, customized with their personal goals and objectives in focus. Andrew helps with building personalized investment programs, evaluating their retirement plans, analyzing their insurance coverage, assisting with college funding vehicles, and advising them on estate planning topics. He works with a team of advisors at Lawing Financial who has different backgrounds and expertise to offer solutions that are more detailed for their clients.

Andrew graduated with honors from Missouri State University with a degree in Finance. He holds the series 7 and series 66 securities registrations as well as life and health insurance licenses. Andrew is furthering his studies with the American College in Bryn Mawar, PA. He is an active member of the Business Men’s Fellowship in Springfield, MO. Andrew is also a member of the Springfield Area Chamber of Commerce and James River Assembly Church. He is married to Holly, a registered nurse at St. John’s Hospital. Andrew and Holly are blessed to have a daughter named Madelyn, who was born in October of 2007.

Credentials: Investment Advisor Representative / Registered Representative Focus: Wealth Accumulation, Risk Management and Qualified Plan Strategies

Kolby Kendrick uses his communication skills and down to earth approach with clients in his work as a Financial Advisor with Lawing Financial. He has an extensive and successful background in agriculture which has built the foundation for strong people skills and trusting relationships with his clients. Kolby, along the rest of the Lawing team, specializes in retirement planning for individuals and wealth management for businesses such as qualified plan design and implementation.

Kolby is a 2003 graduate of Missouri State University in Springfield, Missouri. He also holds his FINRA Series 7 and Series 66 securities registrations. Additionally he licensed to sell life, disability and long term care insurance.

Kolby is an active member of Calvary Baptist Church in Republic, Missouri where he has attended for over 20 years. He enjoys music and playing guitar in the praise band at church. He is also an avid fan of Missouri State Bears basketball, St. Louis Cardinals baseball, and Kansas City Chiefs football. Kolby currently resides west of Republic, Missouri with his wife Natalie.