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Booker Smith

Named as an officer, director or promoter on SEC Form D filings · FL · Aug 28, 2025 → Aug 28, 2025

1deal (issuers)
$9Mreported sold
4investors
1Form D filing
2025year on file

Data last updated Oct 23, 2026, 5:45 PM ET · Courts (RECAP) last checked: Oct 24, 2026, 2:58 AM ET · SEC enforcement last checked: covered by the index scan as of Oct 24, 2026, 2:50 AM ET

The short version

Booker Smith is listed as a director on 1 SEC Form D filing by 1 issuer in Aug 2025: Great Elm Group, Inc. (Palm Beach Gardens, FL — investing — 2025; $9M reported sold to 4 investors).

What this means One deal on file with the SEC, filed Aug 2025. 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 Adam Kleinman (1 shared filing), David Matter (1 shared filing), Eric Scheyer (1 shared filing), James Hugar (1 shared filing), James Parmelee (1 shared filing) and 5 others.

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

The issuer belongs to the sponsor group Great Elm (14 issuers, $471.9M reported sold, 2011–2026).

What this means A sponsor group is one team that sets up a new company for each deal. Great Elm has 14 companies on file and $471.9M 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, 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) — 2 court cases matching the name, 22 bankruptcy cases matching the name listed in Key records below.

What this means 24 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.

What the community is saying

Community search for Booker Smith has not run yet — it is joining a line of 27,073 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

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

United States v. Booker Smith closed
District Court, W.D. Tennessee · No. 2:22-cv-02098 · Filed Feb 18, 2022 · Closed Jan 16, 2025
Role of Booker Smith: Defendant · Outcome: Terminated 2025-01-16 (disposition not included in the bulk docket feed — see docket) Docket on CourtListener ↗
same full name (a name found in 25 federal dockets); court in TN (not a filing state)
United States v. Booker Smith closed
District Court, W.D. Tennessee · No. 2:22-cv-02099 · Filed Feb 18, 2022 · Closed May 21, 2024 · Nature of suit: 150 Contract: Recovery/Enforcement · Cause: 28:1345 Recovery of Debt to US
Role of Booker Smith: Defendant · Outcome: Terminated 2024-05-21 (disposition not included in the bulk docket feed — see docket) Docket on CourtListener ↗
same full name (a name found in 25 federal dockets); court in TN (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, 2:58 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 Booker Smith..

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

22 cases: 1 open, 21 closed (disposition not in docket feed)

Booker T Smith, Jr. open
United States Bankruptcy Court, W.D. Tennessee · No. 24-25609 · Filed Nov 12, 2024
Role of Booker T Smith, Jr.: Debtor · Outcome: Open — no termination date on the docket (bulk snapshot 2026-09-30) Docket on CourtListener ↗
same full name (a name found in 25 federal dockets); court in TN (not a filing state)
Booker T Smith closed
United States Bankruptcy Court, N.D. Georgia · No. 19-42307 · Filed Oct 3, 2019 · Closed Feb 24, 2020
Role of Booker T Smith: Debtor · Outcome: Case closed 2020-02-24 (disposition not included in the bulk docket feed — see docket) Docket on CourtListener ↗
same full name (a name found in 25 federal dockets); court in GA (not a filing state)
Booker T Smith, Jr. closed
United States Bankruptcy Court, N.D. California · No. 18-41488 · Filed Jun 28, 2018 · Closed Nov 2, 2018
Role of Booker T Smith, Jr.: Debtor · Outcome: Case closed 2018-11-02 (disposition not included in the bulk docket feed — see docket) Docket on CourtListener ↗
same full name (a name found in 25 federal dockets); court in CA (not a filing state)
Booker T. Smith, Jr. closed
United States Bankruptcy Court, W.D. Tennessee · No. 15-31799 · Filed Dec 11, 2015 · Closed May 22, 2016
Role of Booker T. Smith, Jr.: Debtor · Outcome: Case closed 2016-05-22 (disposition not included in the bulk docket feed — see docket) Docket on CourtListener ↗
same full name (a name found in 25 federal dockets); court in TN (not a filing state)
Booker T. Smith closed
United States Bankruptcy Court, N.D. Mississippi · No. 15-10094 · Filed Jan 12, 2015 · Closed May 14, 2015
Role of Booker T. Smith: Debtor · Outcome: Case closed 2015-05-14 (disposition not included in the bulk docket feed — see docket) Docket on CourtListener ↗
same full name (a name found in 25 federal dockets); court in MS (not a filing state)
Booker T. Smith, Jr. closed
United States Bankruptcy Court, W.D. Tennessee · No. 14-26607 · Filed Jun 27, 2014 · Closed Sep 8, 2015
Role of Booker T. Smith, Jr.: Debtor · Outcome: Case closed 2015-09-08 (disposition not included in the bulk docket feed — see docket) Docket on CourtListener ↗
same full name (a name found in 25 federal dockets); court in TN (not a filing state)
Booker T Smith, Jr closed
United States Bankruptcy Court, S.D. Ohio · No. 2:13-bk-54792 · Filed Jun 13, 2013 · Closed Oct 15, 2013
Role of Booker T Smith, Jr: Debtor · Outcome: Case closed 2013-10-15 (disposition not included in the bulk docket feed — see docket) Docket on CourtListener ↗
same full name (a name found in 25 federal dockets); court in OH (not a filing state)
BOOKER T. SMITH and VICKIE G SMITH closed
United States Bankruptcy Court, S.D. Mississippi · No. 09-03415 · Filed Sep 29, 2009 · Closed Aug 20, 2014
Role of BOOKER T. SMITH and VICKIE G SMITH: Debtor · Outcome: Case closed 2014-08-20 (disposition not included in the bulk docket feed — see docket) Docket on CourtListener ↗
same full name (a name found in 25 federal dockets); court in MS (not a filing state)
Booker T. Smith closed
United States Bankruptcy Court, S.D. Mississippi · No. 09-50927 · Filed May 4, 2009 · Closed Oct 10, 2013
Role of Booker T. Smith: Debtor · Outcome: Case closed 2013-10-10 (disposition not included in the bulk docket feed — see docket) Docket on CourtListener ↗
same full name (a name found in 25 federal dockets); court in MS (not a filing state)
Booker T. Smith closed
United States Bankruptcy Court, N.D. Mississippi · No. 08-10427 · Filed Feb 4, 2008 · Closed Mar 25, 2009
Role of Booker T. Smith: Debtor · Outcome: Case closed 2009-03-25 (disposition not included in the bulk docket feed — see docket) Docket on CourtListener ↗
same full name (a name found in 25 federal dockets); court in MS (not a filing state)
Booker T. Smith closed
United States Bankruptcy Court, N.D. Mississippi · No. 07-12659 · Filed Jul 31, 2007 · Closed Feb 8, 2008
Role of Booker T. Smith: Debtor · Outcome: Case closed 2008-02-08 (disposition not included in the bulk docket feed — see docket) Docket on CourtListener ↗
same full name (a name found in 25 federal dockets); court in MS (not a filing state)
Booker T. Smith closed
United States Bankruptcy Court, N.D. Mississippi · No. 05-18605 · Filed Oct 13, 2005 · Closed Feb 16, 2006
Role of Booker T. Smith: Debtor · Outcome: Case closed 2006-02-16 (disposition not included in the bulk docket feed — see docket) Docket on CourtListener ↗
same full name (a name found in 25 federal dockets); court in MS (not a filing state)
Booker T. Smith and Beverly Felisa McKissick Smith closed
United States Bankruptcy Court, E.D. Arkansas · No. 2:05-bk-14698 · Filed Apr 11, 2005 · Closed Jan 18, 2007
Role of Booker T. Smith and Beverly Felisa McKissick Smith: Debtor · Outcome: Case closed 2007-01-18 (disposition not included in the bulk docket feed — see docket) Docket on CourtListener ↗
same full name (a name found in 25 federal dockets); court in AR (not a filing state)
Booker T. Smith closed
United States Bankruptcy Court, W.D. Tennessee · No. 03-23430 · Filed Feb 28, 2003 · Closed May 21, 2003
Role of Booker T. Smith: Debtor · Outcome: Case closed 2003-05-21 (disposition not included in the bulk docket feed — see docket) Docket on CourtListener ↗
same full name (a name found in 25 federal dockets); court in TN (not a filing state)
Booker T Smith closed
United States Bankruptcy Court, N.D. Illinois · No. 01-44833 · Filed Dec 20, 2001 · Closed Apr 8, 2002
Role of Booker T Smith: Debtor · Outcome: Case closed 2002-04-08 (disposition not included in the bulk docket feed — see docket) Docket on CourtListener ↗
same full name (a name found in 25 federal dockets); court in IL (not a filing state)
Booker Smith closed
United States Bankruptcy Court, W.D. Tennessee · No. 01-38623 · Filed Nov 29, 2001 · Closed Feb 27, 2002
Role of Booker Smith: Debtor · Outcome: Case closed 2002-02-27 (disposition not included in the bulk docket feed — see docket) Docket on CourtListener ↗
same full name (a name found in 25 federal dockets); court in TN (not a filing state)
Booker T. Smith closed
United States Bankruptcy Court, S.D. Alabama · No. 01-14767 · Filed Sep 20, 2001 · Closed Feb 4, 2003
Role of Booker T. Smith: Debtor · Outcome: Case closed 2003-02-04 (disposition not included in the bulk docket feed — see docket) Docket on CourtListener ↗
same full name (a name found in 25 federal dockets); court in AL (not a filing state)
Booker Smith, Jr. closed
United States Bankruptcy Court, W.D. Arkansas · No. 1:00-bk-11782 · Filed Dec 11, 2000 · Closed Mar 13, 2001
Role of Booker Smith, Jr.: Debtor · Outcome: Case closed 2001-03-13 (disposition not included in the bulk docket feed — see docket) Docket on CourtListener ↗
same full name (a name found in 25 federal dockets); court in AR (not a filing state)
Booker T Smith closed
United States Bankruptcy Court, N.D. Illinois · No. 00-33462 · Filed Nov 14, 2000 · Closed Jul 23, 2001
Role of Booker T Smith: Debtor · Outcome: Case closed 2001-07-23 (disposition not included in the bulk docket feed — see docket) Docket on CourtListener ↗
same full name (a name found in 25 federal dockets); court in IL (not a filing state)
Booker T. Smith closed
United States Bankruptcy Court, W.D. Tennessee · No. 99-31230 · Filed Sep 15, 1999 · Closed Nov 15, 1999
Role of Booker T. Smith: Debtor · Outcome: Case closed 1999-11-15 (disposition not included in the bulk docket feed — see docket) Docket on CourtListener ↗
same full name (a name found in 25 federal dockets); court in TN (not a filing state)
BOOKER T. SMITH and VICKIE GAIL SMITH closed
United States Bankruptcy Court, S.D. Mississippi · No. 92-00289 · Filed Jan 24, 1992 · Closed Aug 8, 1992
Role of BOOKER T. SMITH and VICKIE GAIL SMITH: Debtor · Outcome: Case closed 1992-08-08 (disposition not included in the bulk docket feed — see docket) Docket on CourtListener ↗
same full name (a name found in 25 federal dockets); court in MS (not a filing state)
Booker Smith closed
United States Bankruptcy Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · No. 91-12526 · Filed May 6, 1991 · Closed Jun 3, 1991
Role of Booker Smith: Debtor · Outcome: Case closed 1991-06-03 (disposition not included in the bulk docket feed — see docket) Docket on CourtListener ↗
same full name (a name found in 25 federal dockets); court in PA (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, 2:58 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 Booker Smith (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

0 of 1 offering report sales commissions; 1 reports finder's fees totalling $270,000; 0 report proceeds to related persons.

Offering (latest filing)Sales commissionsFinder's feesTo insidersPaid to sell itSource
Aug 28, 2025 D
Great Elm Group, Inc.
File 021-556167
$0$270,000$0Imperial Capital, LLC BrokerCheck CRD 000043744 ↗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 Booker Smith on a Form D, newest first. A Form D is the notice a company files after it starts selling a private investment.

Investing · group: Great Elm

Great Elm Group, Inc.

Palm Beach Gardens, FL · Aug 28, 2025
  • Aug 28, 2025 · D · $9,000,000 sold of $9,000,000 · 1 investors · min. No minimum reported · role: Director EDGAR ↗

Raised $9M from 4 investors (100% of the $9M target) as of the latest filing. Booker is listed as director.

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: Investing / 506(b) (2,521 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 Booker 10

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

MD
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Person

Matthew Drapkin

Director · 1 shared filing (1 issuer) · also on 19 other issuers

Matthew Drapkin is on 20 issuers in total — a repeat sponsor. Their page lists every one.

AK
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Person

Adam Kleinman

Executive Officer · 1 shared filing (1 issuer) · also on 6 other issuers

Adam Kleinman is on 7 issuers in total — a repeat sponsor. Their page lists every one.

KD
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Person

Keri Davis

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

Listed on the same filings as Booker Smith. Their page shows their other deals.

JP
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Person

James Parmelee

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

Listed on the same filings as Booker Smith. Their page shows their other deals.

DM
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Person

David Matter

Director · 1 shared filing (1 issuer)

Listed on the same filings as Booker Smith. Their page shows their other deals.

NM
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Person

Nichole Milz

Executive Officer · 1 shared filing (1 issuer)

Listed on the same filings as Booker Smith. Their page shows their other deals.

JH
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Person

James Hugar

Director · 1 shared filing (1 issuer)

Listed on the same filings as Booker Smith. Their page shows their other deals.

LN
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Person

Lloyd Nathan

Director · 1 shared filing (1 issuer)

Listed on the same filings as Booker Smith. Their page shows their other deals.

ES
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Person

Eric Scheyer

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

Listed on the same filings as Booker Smith. Their page shows their other deals.

JR
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Person

Jason Reese

Executive Officer, Director · 1 shared filing (1 issuer) · also on 2 other issuers

Listed on the same filings as Booker Smith. Their page shows their other deals.

The team behind the deals

Sponsor group

Great Elm

14 issuers · 46 filings · $471.9M reported sold · 2011–2026

One team, 14 deal companies. Booker Smith 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 Booker Smith.

Same business address

51 other issuers file from the same address (first 50 shown)

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

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 Booker Smith 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 Booker Smith is listed on: none on file. No website or social profile named in Great Elm Group, Inc.'s SEC filings (Form C, Reg A, Form ADV; checked Oct 24, 2026). Web search for this name: #61,493 of 374,652 in line (1,325 issuers searched so far). One-tap searches: Look further ↓

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