CochranMickels Retirement Specialists

CochranMickels Retirement Specialists is committed to providing their clients with valuable services that meet their needs in an honest and professional manner. They create effective combinations to assist business owners and/or individuals with retirement plans, exit strategies, investments, and other financial strategies to help work towards financial FREEDOM. Active in both community and civic organizations, Laura and Mike are trusted, experienced professionals who know the value of friends, family and planning for the future.

Laura has more than 34 years of experience in the financial industry. She is experienced with a wide range of investments including stocks, options, bonds and mutual funds. She is FINRA Series 7 and 66 registered, life/health and disability insurance licensed, and is a Registered Financial Consultant® (RFC) designee. Her career has been committed to helping investors navigate the peaks and valleys in the market and the economy since 1981.


Mike joined the firm in 2013, bringing experience in business-to-business sales, financial services and operations management, as well as a commitment to customer service. His focus is working with businesses to provide a higher level of employee participation in their benefit plans. Mike is a licensed insurance agent and holds a Series 6 & 63.

Laura Mickels is licensed in Alabama, Oregon, Ohio, and Tennessee to offer insurance products, and life insurance (including variable life), annuities (including variable annuities), and is securities and adviser registered in Alabama, Florida, and Oregon.

Mike Mickels is licensed in Alabama and California to offer insurance products, and life insurance and annuities.

This site is not a solicitation of interest in any of these products in any other state.

IMPORTANT CONSUMER INFORMATION: Laura Mickels may only transact business in a particular state after licensure or satisfying qualifications requirements of that state, or only if he or she is excluded or exempted from the state's registration requirements. Follow-up, individualized responses to consumers in a particular state by Laura or Mike that involve either the effecting or attempting to effect transactions in securities or the rendering of personalized investment advice for compensation, as the case may be, shall not be made without first complying with the state's requirements, or pursuant to an applicable state exemption or exclusion. For information concerning the licensure status or disciplinary history of a broker-dealer, investment adviser, BD agent or IA representative or any financial institution she represents, contact your state securities law administrator.

Securities offered through Registered Representatives of Cambridge Investment Research, Inc., a Broker/Dealer, Member FINRA/SIPC. Investment advisory services offered through Investment Advisor Representatives of Cambridge Investment Research Advisors, Inc., a Registered Investment Advisor. Each company is independently responsible for the products and services they provide. Representatives of Cambridge Investment Research, Inc. do not provide tax or legal advice in their roles as registered representatives. Cambridge and CochranMickels Retirement Specialists are separate entities.

Specialties: Retirement Income and Planning * Investment Management * Business Owner and Executive Services * Corporate Retirement Plans and Employee Benefit Programs * Executive Compensation Programs