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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 13F

FORM 13F COVER PAGE
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OMB Number: 3235-0006
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Report for the Calendar Year or Quarter Ended: 12-31-2014
Check here if Amendment    Amendment Number:
This Amendment (Check only one.):    is a restatement.
   adds new holdings entries.
Institutional Investment Manager Filing this Report:
Name: HighTower Advisors, LLC
Address: 200 W. MADISON ST.
SUITE 2500
CHICAGO, IL  60606
Form 13F File Number: 028-13510

The institutional investment manager filing this report and the person by whom it is signed hereby represent that the person signing the report is authorized to submit it, that all information contained herein is true, correct and complete, and that it is understood that all required items, statements, schedules, lists, and tables, are considered integral parts of this form.

Person Signing this Report on Behalf of Reporting Manager:
Name: Timothy Woods
Title: Chief Compliance Officer
Phone: 312-962-3800
Signature, Place, and Date of Signing:
/s/ Timothy Woods Chicago,  IL 02-17-2015
[Signature] [City, State] [Date]
Report Type (Check only one.):
   13F HOLDINGS REPORT. (Check here if all holdings of this reporting manager are reported in this report.)
   13F NOTICE. (Check here if no holdings reported are in this report, and all holdings are reported by other reporting manager(s).)
X 13F COMBINATION REPORT. (Check here if a portion of the holdings for this reporting manager are reported in this report and a portion are reported by other reporting manager(s).)
List of Other Managers Reporting for this Manager:
[If there are no entries in this list, omit this section.]
Form 13F File Number Name
028-14467 AFFINITY INVESTMENT ADVISORS, LLC
028-10562 ALLIANCEBERNSTEIN L.P.
028-13991 Allianz Global Investors U.S. LLC
028-05119 ALTA CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC/
028-11962 AMI ASSET MANAGEMENT CORP
028-01880 ANCHOR CAPITAL ADVISORS LLC
028-11964 Aperio Group, LLC
028-11050 Apex Capital Management
028-12481 Ashfield Capital Partners, LLC
028-13903 Astor Asset Management, LLC
028-01162 ATALANTA SOSNOFF CAPITAL, LLC
028-05936 ATLANTA CAPITAL MANAGEMENT CO L L C
028-02825 BAHL & GAYNOR INC
028-12019 BlackRock Inc.
028-04871 BLAIR WILLIAM & CO/IL
028-05620 BRANDES INVESTMENT PARTNERS, LP
028-11434 BRC Investment Management LLC
028-14331 BRINKER CAPITAL INC
028-14438 Brookmont Capital Management
028-13997 BROWN ADVISORY INC
028-01398 CAMBIAR INVESTORS LLC
028-01398 CAMBIAR INVESTORS LLC
028-11448 Cambridge Financial Group, Inc.
028-02903 CAMPBELL NEWMAN ASSET MANAGEMENT INC
028-15439 Capital Wealth Planning, LLC
028-11611 Clearbridge Investments, LLC
028-01701 CLEARBRIDGE, LLC
028-10477 COLUMBIA MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT ADVISERS, LLC
028-03434 CONGRESS ASSET MANAGEMENT CO /MA
028-04242 CORBYN INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT INC/MD
028-01203 CS MCKEE LP
028-11051 CUMBERLAND ADVISORS INC
028-04121 DAVIS SELECTED ADVISERS
028-05416 DENVER INVESTMENT ADVISORS LLC
028-10309 DSM CAPITAL PARTNERS LLC
028-01666 EAGLE ASSET MANAGEMENT INC
028-06213 EAGLE GLOBAL ADVISORS LLC
028-05269 EARNEST PARTNERS LLC
028-04139 EATON VANCE MANAGEMENT
028-12170 Energy Income Partners, LLC
028-13411 ENVESTNET ASSET MANAGEMENT INC
028-10606 EQUITY INVESTMENT CORP/GA
028-11540 Estabrook Capital Management
028-04375 FEDERATED INVESTORS INC /PA/
028-00734 FRANKLIN RESOURCES INC
028-00869 FRED ALGER MANAGEMENT INC
028-00126 GLENMEDE TRUST CO NA
028-14929 Glovista Investments LLC
028-14913 Good Harbor Financial, LLC
028-04434 HARDING LOEVNER LP
028-02013 HARRIS ASSOCIATES L P
028-11678 Haverford Financial Services, Inc.
028-02396 Haverford Trust Co
028-10649 HAYS ADVISORY LLC
028-12002 HEITMAN LLC
028-07704 HENDERSON FUND MANAGEMENT Ltd
028-01321 HGK ASSET MANAGEMENT INC
028-12835 Horizon Investment Services, LLC
028-14519 Horizon Kinetics LLC
028-11246 Invesco Ltd.
028-00694 JPMORGAN CHASE & CO
028-05792 KAYNE ANDERSON RUDNICK INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT LLC
028-03133 KENNEDY CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, INC.
028-05358 LATEEF INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT, L.P.
028-15118 Lattice Strategies LLC
028-10469 LAZARD ASSET MANAGEMENT LLC
028-05837 LOGAN CAPITAL MANAGEMENT INC
028-10665 LONDON CO OF VIRGINIA
028-00398 LOOMIS SAYLES & CO L P
028-00413 LORD, ABBETT & CO. LLC
028-13550 Mariner Wealth Advisors, LLC
028-04057 MD SASS INVESTORS SERVICES INC
028-04968 MASSACHUSETTS FINANCIAL SERVICES CO /MA/
028-03692 MILLER HOWARD INVESTMENTS INC /NY
028-13573 Neuberger Berman Group LLC
028-05406 NEW AMSTERDAM PARTNERS LLC/NY
028-03871 NEWGATE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC
028-05788 NGAM ADVISORS, L.P.
028-00290 NORTHERN TRUST CORP
028-13833 NUANCE INVESTMENTS, LLC
028-14498 Nuveen Asset Management, LLC
028-01474 NWQ INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT COMPANY, LLC
028-02338 OAK ASSOCIATES LTD /OH/
028-15436 OFI SteelPath, Inc.
028-12966 O'SHAUGHNESSY ASSET MANAGEMENT, LLC
028-10952 PACIFIC INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT CO LLC
028-04558 PARAMETRIC PORTFOLIO ASSOCIATES LLC
028-03687 POLEN CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC
028-10106 PRINCIPAL FINANCIAL GROUP INC
028-01549 PRINCIPAL GLOBAL INVESTORS
028-03791 PZENA INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT LLC
028-01347 REAVES W H & CO INC
028-04884 RENAISSANCE GROUP LLC
028-05655 RIVERBRIDGE PARTNERS LLC
028-00970 RNC CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC
028-12484 Boston Partners
028-03511 ROOSEVELT INVESTMENT GROUP INC
028-14184 Salient Capital Advisors, LLC
  ADDITIONAL MANAGERS DO NOT FIT TEMPLATE
Form 13F Summary Page
Report Summary:
Number of Other Included Managers: 0
Form 13F Information Table Entry Total: 1,588
Form 13F Information Table Value Total: 6,532,922
(thousands)
List of Other Included Managers:
Provide a numbered list of the name(s) and Form 13F file number(s) of all institutional investment managers with respect to which this report is filed, other than the manager filing this report.
[If there are no entries in this list, state “NONE” and omit the column headings and list entries.]
NONE