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  <xsd:element abstract="true" id="lpla_ScheduleOfNetCapitalAndNetCapitalRequirementsForCompanysBrokerDealerSubsidiariesLineItems" name="ScheduleOfNetCapitalAndNetCapitalRequirementsForCompanysBrokerDealerSubsidiariesLineItems" nillable="true" substitutionGroup="xbrli:item" type="xbrli:stringItemType" xbrli:periodType="duration" />
  <xsd:element abstract="true" id="lpla_ScheduleOfNetCapitalAndNetCapitalRequirementsForCompanysBrokerDealerSubsidiariesTable" name="ScheduleOfNetCapitalAndNetCapitalRequirementsForCompanysBrokerDealerSubsidiariesTable" nillable="true" substitutionGroup="xbrldt:hypercubeItem" type="xbrli:stringItemType" xbrli:periodType="duration" />
  <xsd:element abstract="true" id="lpla_SecuritiesOwnedAbstract" name="SecuritiesOwnedAbstract" nillable="true" substitutionGroup="xbrli:item" type="xbrli:stringItemType" xbrli:periodType="duration" />
  <xsd:element abstract="true" id="lpla_SeniorSecuredTermLoanAbstract" name="SeniorSecuredTermLoanAbstract" nillable="true" substitutionGroup="xbrli:item" type="xbrli:stringItemType" xbrli:periodType="duration" />
  <xsd:element id="lpla_StockIssuedDuringPeriodSharesRestrictedStockAwardReleased" name="StockIssuedDuringPeriodSharesRestrictedStockAwardReleased" nillable="true" substitutionGroup="xbrli:item" type="xbrli:monetaryItemType" xbrli:balance="credit" xbrli:periodType="duration" />
  <xsd:element id="lpla_StockIssuedDuringPeriodValueRestrictedStockAwardReleased" name="StockIssuedDuringPeriodValueRestrictedStockAwardReleased" nillable="true" substitutionGroup="xbrli:item" type="xbrli:monetaryItemType" xbrli:balance="credit" xbrli:periodType="duration" />
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  <xsd:element id="lpla_SungardDataSystemsMember" name="SungardDataSystemsMember" nillable="true" substitutionGroup="xbrli:item" type="nonnum:domainItemType" xbrli:periodType="duration" />
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  <xsd:element id="lpla_TermLoansMember" name="TermLoansMember" nillable="true" substitutionGroup="xbrli:item" type="nonnum:domainItemType" xbrli:periodType="duration" />
  <xsd:element id="lpla_TrademarkAndTradeNameMember" name="TrademarkAndTradeNameMember" nillable="true" substitutionGroup="xbrli:item" type="nonnum:domainItemType" xbrli:periodType="duration" />
  <xsd:element abstract="true" id="lpla_Tranche2013Member" name="Tranche2013Member" nillable="true" substitutionGroup="xbrli:item" type="nonnum:domainItemType" xbrli:periodType="duration" />
  <xsd:element id="lpla_TransactionAndOtherFees" name="TransactionAndOtherFees" nillable="true" substitutionGroup="xbrli:item" type="xbrli:monetaryItemType" xbrli:balance="credit" xbrli:periodType="duration" />
  <xsd:element id="lpla_TwoThousandFifteenTermLoansAndTwoThousandSeventeenTermLoansMember" name="TwoThousandFifteenTermLoansAndTwoThousandSeventeenTermLoansMember" nillable="true" substitutionGroup="xbrli:item" type="nonnum:domainItemType" xbrli:periodType="duration" />
  <xsd:element id="lpla_TwoThousandFifteenTermLoansMember" name="TwoThousandFifteenTermLoansMember" nillable="true" substitutionGroup="xbrli:item" type="nonnum:domainItemType" xbrli:periodType="duration" />
  <xsd:element id="lpla_TwoThousandSeventeenTermLoansMember" name="TwoThousandSeventeenTermLoansMember" nillable="true" substitutionGroup="xbrli:item" type="nonnum:domainItemType" xbrli:periodType="duration" />
  <xsd:element id="lpla_TwoThousandThirteenTermLoansMember" name="TwoThousandThirteenTermLoansMember" nillable="true" substitutionGroup="xbrli:item" type="nonnum:domainItemType" xbrli:periodType="duration" />
  <xsd:element id="lpla_UndistributedEarningsAllocatedToParticipatingSecuritiesDiluted" name="UndistributedEarningsAllocatedToParticipatingSecuritiesDiluted" nillable="true" substitutionGroup="xbrli:item" type="xbrli:monetaryItemType" xbrli:balance="debit" xbrli:periodType="duration" />
  <xsd:element id="lpla_UvestFinancialServicesGroupMember" name="UvestFinancialServicesGroupMember" nillable="true" substitutionGroup="xbrli:item" type="nonnum:domainItemType" xbrli:periodType="duration" />
  <xsd:element id="lpla_UvestMember" name="UvestMember" nillable="true" substitutionGroup="xbrli:item" type="nonnum:domainItemType" xbrli:periodType="duration" />
  <xsd:element id="lpla_WeightedAverageShareCountIncreaseDueToDeferredCompensationPlan" name="WeightedAverageShareCountIncreaseDueToDeferredCompensationPlan" nillable="true" substitutionGroup="xbrli:item" type="xbrli:sharesItemType" xbrli:periodType="duration" />
  <xsd:element id="lpla_XojetMember" name="XojetMember" nillable="true" substitutionGroup="xbrli:item" type="nonnum:domainItemType" xbrli:periodType="duration" />
  <xsd:element abstract="true" id="lpla_YearsOneAndTwoMember" name="YearsOneAndTwoMember" nillable="true" substitutionGroup="xbrli:item" type="nonnum:domainItemType" xbrli:periodType="duration" />
  <xsd:element abstract="true" id="lpla_YearsThreeFourAndFiveMember" name="YearsThreeFourAndFiveMember" nillable="true" substitutionGroup="xbrli:item" type="nonnum:domainItemType" xbrli:periodType="duration" />
</xsd:schema>
</XBRL>
