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Alan Jaffa

Named as an officer, director or promoter on SEC Form D filings · OH · Jul 14, 2014 → Feb 11, 2015

2deals (issuers)
$6.64Mreported sold
31investors
2Form D filings
2014–2015years on file
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Data last updated Oct 23, 2026, 5:45 PM ET · Courts (RECAP) last checked: Oct 24, 2026, 2:32 AM ET · SEC enforcement last checked: covered by the index scan as of Oct 24, 2026, 2:50 AM ET

The short version

Alan Jaffa is listed as a director and promoter on 2 SEC Form D filings by 2 issuers between Jul 2014 and Feb 2015: Portage Crossing J-Dek LLC (Solon, OH — other real estate — 2014; $3.44M reported sold to 16 investors) and Corporate Circle J-Dek LLC (Solon, OH — commercial — 2015; $3.2M reported sold to 15 investors).

What this means 2 separate companies raised money with this person listed as director and promoter. Across those companies the filings report $6.64M sold in total.

Listed alongside Elliott Jacobs (2 shared filings), Joel Goldman (2 shared filings), Jacob Koval (1 shared filing), Jeffrey Muencz (1 shared filing) and Reuven Dessler (1 shared filing).

What this means These are the other officers, directors or promoters the companies named on the same forms — the team around Alan. Each name links to their own page.

All 2 issuers belong to the sponsor group Group linked by Joel Goldman (21 issuers, $91.9M reported sold, 2013–2024).

What this means A sponsor group is one team that sets up a new company for each deal. Group linked by Joel Goldman has 21 companies on file and $91.9M reported sold in total — the group page shows the whole track record in one place.

Public records searched: federal courts (CourtListener / RECAP), SEC enforcement releases, state securities regulators (AK, AL, AR, AZ, CA, CO, CT, DC, DE, FINRA, FL, GA, HI, ID, IL, KS, KY, LA, MA, MD, ME, MI, MO, MS, MT, NASAA, NC, ND, NH, NM, NV, NY, OH, OK, OR, PA, RI, SC, SD, TN, TX, UT, VT, WA, WI, WV, WY) — 2 court cases matching the name, 3 bankruptcy cases matching the name listed in Key records below.

What this means 5 records came back. Each one is listed below with a link to the original document and a line saying why it matched. A name match is not proof it is the same person or company — read the why line and the document. Being sued or named in a release is an accusation, not a finding.

We compared 2 public filings for Alan Jaffa and found 3 differences, 1 worth asking the sponsor about: Bankruptcy case: JAFFA Inc; and more below.

What this means These are differences between the sponsor's own SEC filings — both values, dates and sources are listed in Key records, section 4. Most have ordinary explanations; ask the sponsor.

What the community is saying

Community search for Alan Jaffa has not run yet — it is joining a line of 33,472 names; searches run around the clock at the hosts' allowed rate. Searched so far: 638 names.

Community comments are quoted as written by their authors. Sources searched: Bing (site:reddit.com / site:biggerpockets.com) and Reddit's own search, plus DuckDuckGo/Brave/BiggerPockets search when they are answering.

Key records

Five things investors ask first. Items still in human review are counted, not shown.

1. Lawsuits

2 cases: 2 closed (disposition not in docket feed)

James Lee v. Jaffa Investments Limited Partnership closed
District Court, C.D. California · No. 2:22-cv-00769 · Filed Feb 3, 2022 · Closed Jul 1, 2022
Role of Jaffa Investments Limited Partnership: Defendant · Outcome: Terminated 2022-07-01 (disposition not included in the bulk docket feed — see docket) Docket on CourtListener ↗
same rare surname (2 people in Form D filings, 12 federal dockets); surname only in the caption; court in CA (not a filing state)
Jaffa Inc v. USA closed
District Court, S.D. Ohio · No. 2:91-cv-00830 · Filed Oct 4, 1991 · Closed Nov 18, 1991
Role of Jaffa Inc: Plaintiff · Outcome: Terminated 1991-11-18 (disposition not included in the bulk docket feed — see docket) Docket on CourtListener ↗
same rare surname (2 people in Form D filings, 12 federal dockets); surname only in the caption; court in the person's filing state (OH)
What was searched

Sources searched: CourtListener bulk data (RECAP dockets as of 2026-09-30; recall-first rule 10-24) — federal district + bankruptcy courts State courts: not covered (one-tap state court links under Look further). PACER: not searched. · Last checked Oct 24, 2026, 2:32 AM ET.

Court records show docket facts only; we never restate allegations as facts. Outcome wording comes from the docket feed; where it does not state a disposition we say so.

State courts: not covered (one-tap state court links under Look further). No state offers a lawful automated statewide source PartnerFacts can use today. Texas (re:SearchTX) terms prohibit storing results in a database open to third parties; New York (WebCivil) and Massachusetts (MassCourts) require a browser check that blocks scripted queries; California has no statewide index (58 county portals; Rule of Court 2.503 grants name-based access case by case); Florida, Utah and Illinois offer paid or partial access whose terms for automated use are unverified. Washington (dw.courts.wa.gov; bulk index reports under a JISC data-dissemination agreement), Delaware (CourtConnect; Court of Chancery not included) and Arizona (apps.azcourts.gov/publicaccess, which has an official channel to request high-volume access) are the candidates; PartnerFacts will request written permission before any automated search. Federal courts are searched through CourtListener / RECAP.

2. Regulatory actions

None found in sources searched — SEC enforcement releases (index scan as of Oct 24, 2026, 2:50 AM ET) · state securities regulators: 48 regulators (FINRA, NASAA, 37 states) — crawled Oct 24, 2026, 8:48 AM ET

What was searched

SEC enforcement searched: SEC litigation releases and administrative proceedings — respondent names in the sec.gov index titles (30,205 releases, 1995-09-19 to 2026-10-23); release text is read only to confirm a candidate. Names that appear only in the body of a release are not found. — Searched SEC litigation releases and administrative proceedings (1995→ / 2007→) (30,205 records as of Oct 24, 2026, 2:50 AM ET) — nothing matched Alan Jaffa..

State securities regulators: Securities regulators searched (64,910 actions): FINRA (38,350 actions, 1995–2026), NASAA (31 actions, 2000–2026; listing starts 1997), AK Division of Banking and Securities (273 actions, 1971–2025), AL Securities Commission (880 actions, 2001–2026), AR Securities Department (1,305 actions, 1998–2026), AZ Corporation Commission Securities Division (411 actions, 2017–2026), CA DFPI (25 actions, 2007–2024; listing starts 2002 — 16 of 12,159 DFPI respondent pages read so far; sponsor-name matches are read first), CO Division of Securities (731 actions, 2001–2026; older years from the Internet Archive (snapshot of 2026-05-02)), CT Department of Banking Securities Division (940 actions, 2006–2026; older years from the Internet Archive (snapshot of 2026-04-22)), DC DISB Securities Bureau (25 actions, 2012–2026), DE DOJ Investor Protection Unit (257 actions, 1987–2026), FL Office of Financial Regulation (49 actions, 2018–2026), GA Secretary of State Securities Division (65 actions, 2015–2026; listing starts 2012), HI DCCA Securities Enforcement Branch (26 actions, 2012–2026), ID Department of Finance Securities Bureau (663 actions, 1994–2026), IL Secretary of State Securities Department (4,122 actions, 2003–2023), KS Insurance Department Securities Division (58 actions), KY Department of Financial Institutions (342 actions, 2005–2026), LA Office of Financial Institutions Securities Division (13 actions, 2010–2025; listing starts 2008), MA Secretary of the Commonwealth Securities Division (125 actions, 2012–2025; live site blocks automated access — loaded from the Internet Archive snapshot of 2026-02-04), MD Attorney General Securities Division (1,054 actions, 2004–2026), ME Office of Securities (539 actions, 2000–2026), MI LARA Corporations, Securities & Commercial Licensing Bureau (201 actions), MO Secretary of State Securities Division (919 actions, 1998–2026), MS Secretary of State Securities Division (209 actions, 1995–2026), MT Commissioner of Securities and Insurance (597 actions, 2000–2026), NC Secretary of State Securities Division (265 actions, 2004–2024), ND Securities Department (711 actions, 1990–2026; the regulator no longer publishes this list live — loaded from the Internet Archive snapshot of 2026-01-06), NH Bureau of Securities Regulation (402 actions, 2002–2026), NM Regulation and Licensing Department Securities Division (90 actions, 2010–2025), NV Secretary of State Securities Division (118 actions, 2018–2026), NY Attorney General Investor Protection Bureau (44 actions, 2012–2026), OH Division of Securities (327 actions, 1993–2006), OK Department of Securities (2,531 actions, 1998–2026), OR Division of Financial Regulation (589 actions, 1988–2026), PA Department of Banking and Securities (1,448 actions, 2008–2024; the regulator no longer publishes this list live — loaded from the Internet Archive snapshot of 2024-08-09), RI DBR Securities Division (98 actions, 2005–2025), SC Attorney General Securities Division (540 actions, 2006–2026), SD Division of Insurance – Securities Regulation (106 actions, 2017–2026), TN Department of Commerce and Insurance Securities Division (405 actions, 1992–2026), TX State Securities Board (936 actions, 1999–2026), UT Division of Securities (772 actions, 2000–2026; older years from the Internet Archive (snapshot of 2010-05-27)), VT DFR Securities Division (137 actions, 2010–2026), WA DFI (2,039 actions, 2001–2026), WI DFI Division of Securities (1,072 actions, 1998–2026), WV Securities Commission (State Auditor) (64 actions), WY Secretary of State Compliance Division (6 actions, 2016–2024) — last crawled Oct 24, 2026, 8:48 AM ET. No machine-readable public listing today for IA, IN, MN, NE, NJ, VA (see docs/state-regulators.md).

3. Bankruptcies

3 cases: 3 closed (disposition not in docket feed)

JAFFA Inc closed
United States Bankruptcy Court, C.D. California · No. 8:13-bk-11606 · Filed Feb 22, 2013 · Closed Apr 16, 2013
Role of JAFFA Inc: Debtor · Outcome: Case closed 2013-04-16 (disposition not included in the bulk docket feed — see docket) Docket on CourtListener ↗
same rare surname (2 people in Form D filings, 12 federal dockets); surname only in the caption; court in CA (not a filing state)
American Candy Company v. Jaffa Candy closed
United States Bankruptcy Court, S.D. Alabama · No. 02-01241 · Filed Dec 13, 2002 · Closed Dec 3, 2003
Role of Jaffa Candy: Defendant · Outcome: Case closed 2003-12-03 (disposition not included in the bulk docket feed — see docket) Docket on CourtListener ↗
same rare surname (2 people in Form D filings, 12 federal dockets); surname only in the caption; court in AL (not a filing state)
Michael O. Jaffa closed
United States Bankruptcy Court, D. Rhode Island · No. 1:90-bk-10761 · Filed May 21, 1990 · Closed Oct 19, 1990
Role of Michael O. Jaffa: Debtor · Outcome: Case closed 1990-10-19 (disposition not included in the bulk docket feed — see docket) Docket on CourtListener ↗
same rare surname (2 people in Form D filings, 12 federal dockets); different first name (michael); court in RI (not a filing state)
What was searched

Sources searched: Federal bankruptcy courts via CourtListener / RECAP archive (federal district courts, federal bankruptcy courts). State courts: not covered (one-tap state court links under Look further). PACER: not searched (RECAP only). · Last checked Oct 24, 2026, 2:32 AM ET.

Court records show docket facts only; we never restate allegations as facts. Outcome wording comes from the docket feed; where it does not state a disposition we say so.

State courts: not covered (one-tap state court links under Look further). No state offers a lawful automated statewide source PartnerFacts can use today. Texas (re:SearchTX) terms prohibit storing results in a database open to third parties; New York (WebCivil) and Massachusetts (MassCourts) require a browser check that blocks scripted queries; California has no statewide index (58 county portals; Rule of Court 2.503 grants name-based access case by case); Florida, Utah and Illinois offer paid or partial access whose terms for automated use are unverified. Washington (dw.courts.wa.gov; bulk index reports under a JISC data-dissemination agreement), Delaware (CourtConnect; Court of Chancery not included) and Arizona (apps.azcourts.gov/publicaccess, which has an official channel to request high-volume access) are the candidates; PartnerFacts will request written permission before any automated search. Federal courts are searched through CourtListener / RECAP.

4. Differences between public sources

Comparisons cover issuers and sponsor groups — see the issuer pages under Deals

3 differences found between the filings for Alan Jaffa — 1 worth asking about (compared 2 filings on Oct 24, 2026)

Worth asking · Feb 22, 2013 – Apr 16, 2013

Bankruptcy case: JAFFA Inc — filed Feb 22, 2013

United States Bankruptcy Court, C.D. California docket "JAFFA Inc" filed Feb 22, 2013, closed Apr 16, 2013. Alan Jaffa is listed as Debtor ("JAFFA Inc"). Our match estimate: 40%.

What this means A bankruptcy filing was found. Many are old or personal and have nothing to do with the deal — but ask what it was and when it closed.

Docket · United States Bankruptcy Court, C.D. California ↗
Sources
Note · Dec 13, 2002 – Dec 3, 2003

Bankruptcy case: American Candy Company v. Jaffa Candy — filed Dec 13, 2002

United States Bankruptcy Court, S.D. Alabama docket "American Candy Company v. Jaffa Candy" filed Dec 13, 2002, closed Dec 3, 2003. Alan Jaffa is listed as Defendant ("Jaffa Candy"). Our match estimate: 40%.

What this means A bankruptcy filing was found. Many are old or personal and have nothing to do with the deal — but ask what it was and when it closed.

Docket · United States Bankruptcy Court, S.D. Alabama ↗
Sources
Note · Jun 30, 2014 – Jul 14, 2014

No amendment in the last 12 months on an offering that may still be open — Portage Crossing J-Dek LLC (latest filing Jul 14, 2014)

The latest filing for this offering is dated Jul 14, 2014 (first sale Jun 30, 2014). It reports $3,440,547 sold of $4,131,000 offered. No later amendment is in our index as of Oct 24, 2026.

What this means SEC rules expect a yearly amendment while an offering is still going. The raise may simply have ended — a Form D does not say when it closed. Ask the sponsor whether the offering closed, when, and at what amount.

Form D · Jul 14, 2014 ↗Portage Crossing J-Dek LLC — PartnerFacts page ↗
Sources
What is compared

What is compared: every Form D and D/A we hold for this subject, side by side — filing dates vs. first-sale dates (the 15-day rule), amendment timing on open offerings (the yearly-amendment expectation), amounts sold, investor counts, offering amounts and minimums across amendments, industry and size bands, addresses, how each person's name and role is written, paid sellers' CRD numbers, and (for groups) where the member companies were formed and sit. Everything is as filed by the issuer; the SEC does not check it. Differences are common and usually have ordinary explanations — we show both values, the dates, and the source so you can ask. As of Oct 24, 2026.

5. Money to insiders

0 of 2 offerings report sales commissions; 0 report finder's fees; 2 report proceeds to related persons totalling $450,000. (includes amounts the issuer reported as estimates)

Offering (latest filing)Sales commissionsFinder's feesTo insidersPaid to sell itSource
Feb 11, 2015 D
Corporate Circle J-Dek LLC
File 021-233897
$0$0$160,000 (est.)None listed on this filingEDGAR ↗
Jul 14, 2014 D
Portage Crossing J-Dek LLC
File 021-220899
$0$0$290,000 (est.)
"An acquisition fee of $290,000 of the proceeds has been or will be paid to J-Dek Investments, Ltd., the owner of 100% of the membership interests of Portage Crossing J-Dek Holdings LLC (the ""Promotor"")."
None listed on this filingEDGAR ↗
How this is counted

Counts come from Form D Items 12–15 on the filings in our index (latest filing per offering; one offering = one SEC file number; an amendment updates its offering rather than adding one). "To insiders" = gross proceeds used for payments to executive officers, directors or promoters. "—" = not reported on that filing. Amounts marked (est.) were reported as estimates. "Paid to sell it" = sales compensation recipients named on that filing (Item 12), each linked to FINRA BrokerCheck when a CRD number is reported.

Counted across every filing this person is listed on (latest filing per offering, per issuer).

Deals 2

Every issuer that named Alan Jaffa on a Form D, newest first. A Form D is the notice a company files after it starts selling a private investment.

CC
Commercial · group: Group linked by Joel Goldman

Corporate Circle J-Dek LLC

Solon, OH · Feb 11, 2015
  • Feb 11, 2015 · D · $3,200,000 sold of $3,200,000 · 15 investors · min. No minimum reported · role: Promoter EDGAR ↗

Raised $3.2M from 15 investors (100% of the $3.2M target) as of the latest filing. Alan is listed as promoter.

Latest filing on EDGAR ↗
Sources

Every row is a Form D or D/A on which the issuer listed this name as a related person. Amount sold and investors are the maximum reported on any filing for this issuer. "Similar" = offerings in the same industry claiming the same exemption, filed in the last 5 years: Commercial / 506(b) (6,713 filings); ranges are the middle half (25th–75th percentile). Computed by PartnerFacts from SEC EDGAR Form D data as of Oct 23, 2026, 5:45 PM ET. Rows without a range: fewer than 30 comparable filings, or not a Rule 506 offering. No ranking or score.

PC
Other Real Estate · group: Group linked by Joel Goldman

Portage Crossing J-Dek LLC

Solon, OH · Jul 14, 2014
  • Jul 14, 2014 · D · $3,440,547 sold of $4,131,000 · 16 investors · min. No minimum reported · role: Director (Manager) EDGAR ↗

Raised $3.44M from 16 investors (83% of the $4.13M target) as of the latest filing. Alan is listed as director.

Latest filing on EDGAR ↗
Sources

Every row is a Form D or D/A on which the issuer listed this name as a related person. Amount sold and investors are the maximum reported on any filing for this issuer. "Similar" = offerings in the same industry claiming the same exemption, filed in the last 5 years: Other Real Estate / 506(b) (5,033 filings); ranges are the middle half (25th–75th percentile). Computed by PartnerFacts from SEC EDGAR Form D data as of Oct 23, 2026, 5:45 PM ET. Rows without a range: fewer than 30 comparable filings, or not a Rule 506 offering. No ranking or score.

People around Alan 5

Officers, directors, promoters and management entities named on the same filings, as of Oct 23, 2026, 5:45 PM ET.

JG
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Person

Joel Goldman

Executive Officer, Promoter · 2 shared filings (2 issuers) · also on 17 other issuers

Joel Goldman is on 19 issuers in total — a repeat sponsor. Their page lists every one.

EJ
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Person

Elliott Jacobs

Executive Officer, Promoter · 2 shared filings (2 issuers) · also on 13 other issuers

Elliott Jacobs is on 15 issuers in total — a repeat sponsor. Their page lists every one.

RD
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Person

Reuven Dessler

Promoter · 1 shared filing (1 issuer) · also on 5 other issuers

Reuven Dessler is on 6 issuers in total — a repeat sponsor. Their page lists every one.

JK
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Person

Jacob Koval

Promoter · 1 shared filing (1 issuer)

Listed on the same filings as Alan Jaffa. Their page shows their other deals.

JM
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Person

Jeffrey Muencz

Promoter · 1 shared filing (1 issuer)

Listed on the same filings as Alan Jaffa. Their page shows their other deals.

The team behind the deals

GL
Sponsor group

Group linked by Joel Goldman

21 issuers · 24 filings · $91.9M reported sold · 2013–2024

One team, 21 deal companies. Alan Jaffa is listed on 2 of them.

Sources

Issuers are grouped when their Form D filings share related persons, a management entity or a business address (automatic match from the filings). "Listed" marks the issuers that name Alan Jaffa.

Same business address

18 other issuers file from the same address

A shared address can mean the same team, a shared office building or a registered agent. It is a lead, not a conclusion.

Registrations and other filings

Business registration (state registry / Secretary of State)

Individuals are not matched to business registrations — registries list companies, and a name alone is not enough to tie a person to one. Officers and managers appear by name inside each matched company's record on the issuer pages. Registries searched: AL (Alabama Secretary of State — Business Entity Records (arc-sos.state.al.us), searched by issuer name, data as of Oct 24, 2026); CO (Colorado Secretary of State — Business Entities in Colorado (data.colorado.gov), data as of Oct 23, 2026); CT (Connecticut Secretary of the State — Business Registry (data.ct.gov), data as of Oct 24, 2026); FL (Florida Department of State, Division of Corporations — quarterly corporate data file (Sunbiz), data as of Oct 7, 2026); NY (New York Department of State — Corporations and Other Entities (data.ny.gov: All Filings + Active Corporations), data as of Oct 20, 2026); OR (Oregon Secretary of State — Active Businesses, All (data.oregon.gov), data as of Oct 20, 2026); PA (Pennsylvania Department of State — Registered Businesses, Current (data.pa.gov), data as of Oct 6, 2026); TX (Texas Comptroller — Active Franchise Taxpayers incl. Secretary of State file data (data.texas.gov), data as of Oct 24, 2026). Registries of other states have not been searched: many publish no bulk file and require a CAPTCHA or bot challenge on their search page, which we do not bypass (Delaware, for example, offers no public bulk file).

Adviser registration (Form ADV)

None of the 2 issuers this person is listed on appears in Form ADV (searched 24,962 advisers as of Oct 2, 2026). A person is never an adviser firm; Form ADV is checked for the issuers and the management companies they are listed with.

Other offering types (Regulation A and Regulation Crowdfunding)

Searched SEC Regulation A Data Sets (Forms 1-A, 1-K, 1-Z; 2015 Q2 → 2026 Q3); SEC Crowdfunding Offerings Data Sets (Form C family; 2016 Q2 → 2026 Q3); EDGAR form index for 2026 Q3 → 2026 Q4 (51,358 records as of Oct 23, 2026, 8:41 PM ET) — nothing matched this name.

Property records none — individuals are not matched

Property records are matched to companies only, never to individuals, so none are matched to Alan Jaffa by design. Searched property records in Hillsborough County FL (Clerk recorded-document index Oct 14, 2026 to Oct 15, 2026 + FL DOR 2026 ownership roll), Miami-Dade County FL (FL DOR 2026 ownership roll), Harris County TX (HCAD 2026 ownership roll), Dallas County TX (DCAD 2026 ownership roll), New York City ACRIS documents and PLUTO ownership rows already retrieved for other issuers, Cook County IL sale and ownership rows already retrieved for other issuers (814,874 records as of Oct 23, 2026, 8:59 PM ET) for the 2 issuers this person is listed on — nothing matched.

Public profiles and social

Websites and social links of the issuers Alan Jaffa is listed on: none on file. No website or social profile named in Portage Crossing J-Dek LLC's SEC filings (Form C, Reg A, Form ADV; checked Oct 24, 2026). Web search for this name: #315,007 of 374,652 in line (1,386 issuers searched so far). One-tap searches: Look further ↓

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Securities regulators

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Business registries

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