Abigail Armstrong

Vice President and Associate General Counsel, Commonwealth Financial Network

In her role as Vice President and Associate General Counsel at Commonwealth Financial Network, Abby provides legal support in several broker-dealer and investment adviser regulatory areas including Reg BI, state and DOL fiduciary issues. In 2019-2020, Abby was co-lead on Commonwealth’s Reg BI and Form CRS implementation project. More recently, she was project manager on the Company’s DOL fiduciary rule compliance project which implemented firm policies and procedures regarding PTE 2020-02. Abby is counsel and secretary to the firm’s Conflict of Interest Committee addressing conflict disclosure, mitigation and/or elimination. She handles ERISA related matters and acts as counsel to the firm’s Strategic Retirement Solutions group. Abby has worked as a lawyer in the financial services industry for many years at both public and privately held firms. She is a graduate of LeMoyne College and Albany Law School.