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Bernhard Opitz

Named as an officer, director or promoter on SEC Form D filings · PA · Oct 22, 2009 → Oct 22, 2009

1deal (issuers)
$5.33Mreported sold
8investors
1Form D filing
2009year on file

Data last updated Oct 23, 2026, 5:45 PM ET · Courts (RECAP) last checked: Oct 24, 2026, 2:20 AM ET · SEC enforcement last checked: covered by the index scan as of Oct 24, 2026, 2:50 AM ET

The short version

Bernhard Opitz is listed as an executive officer on 1 SEC Form D filing by 1 issuer in Oct 2009: Unilife Medical Solutions Ltd (Lewisberry, PA — other health care — 2009; $5.33M reported sold to 8 investors).

What this means One deal on file with the SEC, filed Oct 2009. A Form D is the notice a company files after it starts selling a private investment — it is a notice, not an approval.

Listed alongside Alan Shortall (1 shared filing), Cynthia Lighty (1 shared filing), Daniel Calvert (1 shared filing), Eugene Shortall (1 shared filing), Jeff Carter (1 shared filing) and 4 others.

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

The issuer belongs to the sponsor group Unilife (2 issuers, $10.3M reported sold, 2009–2017).

What this means A sponsor group is one team that sets up a new company for each deal. Unilife has 2 companies on file and $10.3M 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, CT, DE, FINRA, GA, HI, ID, IL, KS, KY, LA, MA, MD, ME, MI, MO, MS, MT, NASAA, NC, ND, NH, NM, NV, OK, OR, PA, RI, SC, SD, TN, TX, VT, WA, WI, WV, WY) — 3 court cases matching the name, 2 bankruptcy cases matching the name listed in Key records below.

What this means 5 records came back, including 1 court case still open — open cases can take years and cost money. 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.

What the community is saying

Community search for Bernhard Opitz has not run yet — it is joining a line of 24,571 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: BiggerPockets forums (via DuckDuckGo, Brave, Bing and BiggerPockets search) and Reddit (search feed + public archive).

Key records

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

1. Lawsuits

3 cases: 1 open, 2 dismissed

Opitz v. Covidien, Inc. open
District Court, D. Massachusetts · No. 1:22-cv-11475 · Filed Sep 13, 2022
Role of Opitz: Plaintiff · Outcome: Open — no termination date on the docket (bulk snapshot 2026-09-30) Docket on CourtListener ↗
same rare surname (4 people in Form D filings, 16 federal dockets); surname only in the caption; court in MA (not a filing state)
Opitz Inc v. Tri State Chemicals dismissed
District Court, W.D. Oklahoma · No. 5:96-cv-00174 · Filed Feb 1, 1996 · Closed Sep 1, 1999 · Nature of suit: 410 Antitrust
Role of Opitz Inc: Plaintiff · Outcome: Terminated 1999-09-01 — FJC Integrated Database disposition: Dismissed: settled Docket on CourtListener ↗
same rare surname (4 people in Form D filings, 16 federal dockets); surname only in the caption; court in OK (not a filing state)
FMC Corporation v. Opitz dismissed
District Court, E.D. Wisconsin · No. 2:93-cv-00563 · Filed Jun 4, 1993 · Closed Aug 1, 1994 · Nature of suit: 893 Environmental matters
Role of Opitz: Defendant · Outcome: Terminated 1994-08-01 — FJC Integrated Database disposition: Voluntarily dismissed Docket on CourtListener ↗
same rare surname (4 people in Form D filings, 16 federal dockets); surname only in the caption; court in WI (not a filing state)
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, 2:20 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: VA (crawled Oct 23, 2026)

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 Bernhard Opitz..

State securities regulators: Securities regulators searched (3,318 actions): 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), DE DOJ Investor Protection Unit (257 actions, 1987–2026), TX State Securities Board (586 actions, 2006–2026), WA DFI (2,039 actions, 2001–2026) — last crawled Oct 23, 2026, 9:57 PM ET. No machine-readable public listing today for CO, FL, IA, IN, MN, NE, NJ, NY, OH, UT, VA (see docs/state-regulators.md).

3. Bankruptcies

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

Citicorp Credit Services, Inc.. v. Opitz closed
United States Bankruptcy Court, D. Massachusetts · No. 03-04301 · Filed Oct 20, 2003 · Closed Mar 12, 2004
Role of Opitz: Defendant · Outcome: Case closed 2004-03-12 (disposition not included in the bulk docket feed — see docket) Docket on CourtListener ↗
same rare surname (4 people in Form D filings, 16 federal dockets); surname only in the caption; court in MA (not a filing state)
STRATOSPHERE CORPORATION, A DELAWARE CORPORATION e v. OPITZ closed
United States Bankruptcy Court, D. Nevada · No. 97-02050 · Filed Feb 13, 1997 · Closed Nov 28, 2000
Role of OPITZ: Defendant · Outcome: Case closed 2000-11-28 (disposition not included in the bulk docket feed — see docket) Docket on CourtListener ↗
same rare surname (4 people in Form D filings, 16 federal dockets); surname only in the caption; court in NV (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, 2:20 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

No differences found between the public filings we have for Bernhard Opitz (compared 1 filing on Oct 24, 2026).

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

1 of 1 offering reports sales commissions totalling $286,447; 0 report finder's fees; 0 report proceeds to related persons. (includes amounts the issuer reported as estimates)

Offering (latest filing)Sales commissionsFinder's feesTo insidersPaid to sell itSource
Oct 22, 2009 D
Unilife Medical Solutions Ltd
File 021-135535
$286,447 (est.)$0$0Summer Street Research Partners BrokerCheck CRD 127142 ↗
Olympus Securities, LLC BrokerCheck CRD 114050 ↗
EDGAR ↗
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 1

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

Other Health Care · group: Unilife

Unilife Medical Solutions Ltd

Lewisberry, PA · Oct 22, 2009
  • Oct 22, 2009 · D · $5,328,948 sold of $5,328,948 · 8 investors · min. $250,000 · role: Executive Officer EDGAR ↗

Raised $5.33M from 8 investors (100% of the $5.33M target) as of the latest filing. Bernhard is listed as executive officer.

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.

People around Bernhard 9

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

JB
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Person

Jim Bosnjak

Director · 1 shared filing (1 issuer)

Listed on the same filings as Bernhard Opitz. Their page shows their other deals.

CL
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Person

Cynthia Lighty

Executive Officer · 1 shared filing (1 issuer)

Listed on the same filings as Bernhard Opitz. Their page shows their other deals.

JC
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Person

Jeff Carter

Director · 1 shared filing (1 issuer) · also on 1 other issuer

Listed on the same filings as Bernhard Opitz. Their page shows their other deals.

MI
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Person

Mark V. Iampietro

Executive Officer · 1 shared filing (1 issuer) · also on 1 other issuer

Listed on the same filings as Bernhard Opitz. Their page shows their other deals.

ES
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Person

Eugene Shortall

Executive Officer · 1 shared filing (1 issuer)

Listed on the same filings as Bernhard Opitz. Their page shows their other deals.

DC
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Person

Daniel Calvert

Executive Officer · 1 shared filing (1 issuer)

Listed on the same filings as Bernhard Opitz. Their page shows their other deals.

WG
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Person

William Galle

Director · 1 shared filing (1 issuer) · also on 1 other issuer

Listed on the same filings as Bernhard Opitz. Their page shows their other deals.

SA
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Person

Stephen Allan

Executive Officer · 1 shared filing (1 issuer)

Listed on the same filings as Bernhard Opitz. Their page shows their other deals.

AS
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Person

Alan Shortall

Executive Officer, Director · 1 shared filing (1 issuer) · also on 1 other issuer

Listed on the same filings as Bernhard Opitz. Their page shows their other deals.

The team behind the deals

Sponsor group

Unilife

2 issuers · 4 filings · $10.3M reported sold · 2009–2017

One team, 2 deal companies. Bernhard Opitz is listed on 1 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 Bernhard Opitz.

Registrations and other filings

Adviser registration (Form ADV)

None of the 1 issuer 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 Bernhard Opitz 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 1 issuer this person is listed on — nothing matched.

Public profiles and social

Websites and social links of the issuers Bernhard Opitz is listed on: none on file. No website or social profile named in Unilife Medical Solutions Ltd's SEC filings (Form C, Reg A, Form ADV; checked Oct 24, 2026). Web search for this name: #367,282 of 374,652 in line (1,245 issuers searched so far). One-tap searches: Look further ↓

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