Larissa Bixler Joins Pinnacle Financial Partners as Trust and Wealth Advisor in Charlotte

Larissa Bixler has joined Pinnacle Financial Partners as a trust and wealth advisor, serving clients from the firm’s Charlotte Refinery Office. With nearly two decades of legal and fiduciary experience, Bixler brings a deep knowledge of estate planning, elder law, and trust management to serve high-net-worth individuals, families, and business owners in the Charlotte and Southern North Carolina market.

“Larissa is an exceptional addition to our team,” said Adam Moore, trust manager at Pinnacle. “Her wide-ranging experience in both private practice and fiduciary strategy makes her uniquely equipped to provide our clients with sophisticated, personalized wealth planning solutions. We are fortunate to have her expertise supporting our team.”

Bixler joins Pinnacle from Wells Fargo Bank, where she served as a senior fiduciary strategist since 2017. Her background includes more than a decade of legal practice across various firms, including Garrity & Gossage, LLP, and Hedrick Gardner Kincheloe & Garofalo, LLP, with a concentration in estate planning, elder law, and litigation.

She holds a Juris Doctor from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and also studied international law at the University of Vienna. Her academic credentials are complemented by a bachelors in English and Music, summa cum laude, from Gardner-Webb University.

Bixler is licensed to practice law in both North Carolina and South Carolina.

In her new role, Bixler will collaborate closely with clients and their advisors to craft holistic trust and estate strategies that align with their financial goals, values, and legacy plans.

Pinnacle Financial Partners provides a full range of banking, investment, trust, mortgage and insurance products and services designed for businesses and their owners and individuals interested in a comprehensive relationship with their financial institution. The firm is the No. 1 bank in the Nashville-Murfreesboro-Franklin MSA, according to 2024 deposit data from the FDIC. Pinnacle is No. 9 on FORTUNE magazine’s 2025 list of 100 Best Companies to Work For® in the U.S., its ninth consecutive appearance and was recognized by American Banker as one of America’s Best Banks to Work For 12 years in a row and No. 1 among banks with more than $10 billion in assets in 2024.

Pinnacle entered the North Carolina market in 2017 when it acquired BNC Bancorp, offering community bank service with the resources and sophistication of a larger firm. Pinnacle is ranked as the No. 1 workplace in the Triad, Triangle and Charlotte markets, as listed by the Triad Business Journal, Triangle Business Journal and Charlotte Observer.

The firm began operations in a single location in downtown Nashville, TN in October 2000 and has since grown to approximately $54.3 billion in assets as of March 31, 2025.  As the second-largest bank holding company in Tennessee, Pinnacle operates in several primarily urban markets across the Southeast.

Additional information concerning Pinnacle, which is included in the Nasdaq Financial-100 Index, can be accessed at www.pnfp.com.