Who We Are

The Footer Financial Group is a full-service wealth management team focused on providing services and solutions tailored to fit your unique needs, preferences, and goals. We are proud to be part of Janney Montgomery Scott LLC, a New York Stock Exchange firm headquartered in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.Our goal is to become your close partner in securing your financial health and well-being now and into the future. Our many clients tell us we are very good at what we do. They have given us not only their hard-earned assets to manage, but also, just as importantly, their trust. It is a responsibility we take very seriously. Trust is about follow-through on commitments and performance. It is earned. We will work diligently to earn your trust. When you join us as a client, you can expect:Access to timely investor and industry educationSound advice delivered with the utmost respect and integrityA comprehensive approach to investing, providing you with financial planning, portfolio and wealth management services and access to new investment solutions.The solutions and services available through large firms, but with uniquely personalized service and accessibility to the knowledge and resources of our diverse investment professionals in areas such as retirement planning, college planning, corporate stock options, estate planning, and trust services, to name but a fewA promise to understand you as an individual and as an investor—your needs, objectives, wants and dreams; and a plan, as we move forward together, to bring about the future you expect and deserveHonors & AwardsBinnie has been recognized as a Forbes Top Women Wealth Advisor from 2020-2022.Binnie has also been recognized as a Forbes Best-In-State Wealth Advisor from 2020-2022.Binnie has been invited to attend the Barron's Top Women's Advisors Summit each year since 2010, where she represents Janney Montgomery Scott as one of the top female wealth management advisors in the country.Binnie was one of five advisors from Janney’s Mid-Atlantic Region invited to attend Barron’s Regional Summit in Philadelphia. This invitation-only event, held November 2016, brought together the top 100 financial advisors from the entire Philadelphia metropolitan area.Janney appointed Binnie in January 2018 to the prestigious level of Executive Vice President / Wealth Management. In 2007 and 2008, Binnie was elected to and served on Janney's Board of Managers. She was the first female advisor to serve in this capacity. The National Association of Board Certified Advisory Practices (NABCAP), a non-profit National Association whose aim is to hold the investment advising community to a higher standard, selected The Footer Financial Group from a field of over 4,000 advisors in the metropolitan Philadelphia area as one of the Top 50 NABCAP Premier Advisors. This was published in the Philadelphia Business Journal's September 30, 2011 issue. Binnie was awarded the Retirement Income Planning Certification from the Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania in March 2012.Elliott served as a member of the Wharton School of Business faculty from 1996-2004 at the University of Pennsylvania. He lectured on non-profit entities law and policy at the graduate level and core tax courses for individuals, corporations and partnerships.Elliott was awarded Lifetime Membership by the Pennsylvania Institute of Certified Public Accountants in May, 2011 for his contribution and service to the CPA Profession.Elliott was awarded Lifetime Membership by the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants in May, 2014 for his commitment to the CPA Society. Money Magazine named Elliott as one of the Top CPA Tax Practitioners in the country. ... Read more. Read less.