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Brian Tobal

Named as an officer, director or promoter on SEC Form D filings · NY · Oct 19, 2020 → Oct 19, 2020

1deal (issuers)
$8.1Mreported sold
13investors
1Form D filing
2020year on file
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Data last updated Oct 23, 2026, 5:45 PM ET · Courts (RECAP) last checked: Oct 24, 2026, 2:48 AM ET · SEC enforcement last checked: covered by the index scan as of Oct 24, 2026, 2:50 AM ET

The short version

Brian Tobal is listed as an executive officer, director, and promoter on 1 SEC Form D filing by 1 issuer in Oct 2020: New Class, Inc. (New York, NY — industry reported as "Other" — 2020; $8.1M reported sold to 13 investors).

What this means One deal on file with the SEC, filed Oct 2020. 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 Chris Palk (1 shared filing) and Joseph Connor (1 shared filing).

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

Public records searched: federal courts (CourtListener / RECAP), SEC enforcement releases, state securities regulators (AR, AZ, CA, CT, DE, FINRA, GA, HI, ID, LA, ME, MO, MS, MT, NASAA, NC, NH, NM, OR, RI, TX, WA) — 4 court cases matching the name, 1 bankruptcy case 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.

We compared 1 public filing for Brian Tobal and found 3 differences: 4 court cases name Brian Tobal; Form D filed 17 days after the first sale; 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 Brian Tobal has not run yet — it is joining a line of 21,731 names; searches run around the clock at the hosts' allowed rate. Searched so far: 363 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

4 cases: 1 open, 2 dismissed, 1 closed (disposition not in docket feed)

Tobal v. Long Island Railroad Company open
District Court, S.D. New York · No. 1:26-cv-01019 · Filed Feb 5, 2026 · Nature of suit: Federal Employer's Liability · Cause: 45:51 Railways: Fed. Employer's Liability Act
Role of Tobal: Plaintiff · Outcome: Open — no termination date on the docket (bulk snapshot 2026-09-30) Docket on CourtListener ↗
same rare surname (1 person in Form D filings, 5 federal dockets); surname only in the caption; court in the person's filing state (NY)
TOBAL v. KOHLS CORPORATION dismissed
District Court, D. New Jersey · No. 3:16-cv-08990 · Filed Dec 4, 2016 · Closed Apr 13, 2017 · Nature of suit: 890 Other Statutory Actions · Cause: 47:227(b)(3) Telephone Consumer Protection Act of 1991
Role of TOBAL: Plaintiff · Outcome: Terminated 2017-04-13 — FJC Integrated Database disposition: Voluntarily dismissed Docket on CourtListener ↗
same rare surname (1 person in Form D filings, 5 federal dockets); surname only in the caption; court in NJ (not a filing state)
TOBAL v. ALDRIDGE PITE, LLP dismissed
District Court, S.D. Florida · No. 9:16-cv-80019 · Filed Jan 5, 2016 · Closed May 11, 2016 · Nature of suit: 480 Consumer Credit · Cause: 15:1692 Fair Debt Collection Act
Role of TOBAL: Plaintiff · Outcome: Terminated 2016-05-11 — FJC Integrated Database disposition: Dismissed: other Docket on CourtListener ↗
same rare surname (1 person in Form D filings, 5 federal dockets); surname only in the caption; court in FL (not a filing state)
TOBAL v. ALDRIDGE PITE, LLP closed
District Court, D. New Jersey · No. 3:15-cv-07784 · Filed Oct 29, 2015 · Closed Jan 5, 2016 · Nature of suit: 480 Consumer credit · Cause: 15:1692 Fair Debt Collection Act
Role of TOBAL: Plaintiff · Outcome: Terminated 2016-01-05 — FJC Integrated Database disposition: Transfer to another district Docket on CourtListener ↗
same rare surname (1 person in Form D filings, 5 federal dockets); surname only in the caption; court in NJ (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, 2:48 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: NV (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 Brian Tobal..

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), DE DOJ Investor Protection Unit (257 actions, 1987–2026), TX State Securities Board (586 actions, 2006–2026), WA DFI (2,039 actions, 2001–2026) — 16 of 12,159 DFPI respondent pages read so far; sponsor-name matches are read first — last crawled Oct 23, 2026, 9:57 PM ET. No machine-readable public listing today for IA, IN, KS, MI, NE, NV (see docs/state-regulators.md).

3. Bankruptcies

1 case: 1 closed (disposition not in docket feed)

Carlos Tobal-Herrera closed
United States Bankruptcy Court, S.D. New York · No. 18-13576 · Filed Nov 17, 2018 · Closed Feb 27, 2019
Role of Carlos Tobal-Herrera: Debtor · Outcome: Case closed 2019-02-27 (disposition not included in the bulk docket feed — see docket) Docket on CourtListener ↗
same rare surname (1 person in Form D filings, 5 federal dockets); different first name (carlos); court in the person's filing state (NY)
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, 2:48 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 Brian Tobal (compared 1 filing on Oct 24, 2026)

Note · Oct 29, 2015 – Feb 5, 2026

4 court cases name Brian Tobal

By role: plaintiff in 4. Newest: "Tobal v. Long Island Railroad Company" (District Court, S.D. New York, Feb 5, 2026); "TOBAL v. KOHLS CORPORATION" (District Court, D. New Jersey, Dec 4, 2016); "TOBAL v. ALDRIDGE PITE, LLP" (District Court, S.D. Florida, Jan 5, 2016). Some of these are name matches with a match estimate below 95% — check each docket.

What this means Several court cases name this subject. Some are routine business suits. Ask what each was about and how it ended.

Docket · Tobal v. Long Island Railroad Company ↗Docket · TOBAL v. KOHLS CORPORATION ↗Docket · TOBAL v. ALDRIDGE PITE, LLP ↗Docket · TOBAL v. ALDRIDGE PITE, LLP ↗
Sources
Note · Oct 2, 2020 – Oct 19, 2020

Form D filed 17 days after the first sale — New Class, Inc.

The filing says the first sale was Oct 2, 2020. The Form D was filed Oct 19, 2020 — 17 days later. The rule: a Form D is generally due within 15 days after the first sale, so this one is 2 days past that.

What this means A late notice is common and carries no penalty by itself. It is worth asking the sponsor why the paperwork lagged.

Form D · Oct 19, 2020 ↗New Class, Inc. — PartnerFacts page ↗
Sources
Note · Oct 2, 2020 – Oct 19, 2020

No amendment in the last 12 months on an offering that may still be open — New Class, Inc. (latest filing Oct 19, 2020)

The latest filing for this offering is dated Oct 19, 2020 (first sale Oct 2, 2020). It reports $8,101,570 sold of $8,219,661 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 · Oct 19, 2020 ↗New Class, Inc. — 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

None reported on 1 offering — no sales commissions, finder's fees or proceeds to insiders

Per-offering detail
Offering (latest filing)Sales commissionsFinder's feesTo insidersPaid to sell itSource
Oct 19, 2020 D
New Class, Inc.
File 021-378217
$0$0$0None listed on this filingEDGAR ↗

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 Brian Tobal on a Form D, newest first. A Form D is the notice a company files after it starts selling a private investment.

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New Class, Inc.

New York, NY · Oct 19, 2020
  • Oct 19, 2020 · D · $8,101,570 sold of $8,219,661 · 13 investors · min. No minimum reported · role: Executive Officer, Director, Promoter EDGAR ↗

Raised $8.1M from 13 investors (99% of the $8.22M target) as of the latest filing. Brian is listed as executive officer, director, 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: Other / 506(b) (18,678 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 Brian 2

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

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Person

Joseph Connor

Director · 1 shared filing (1 issuer)

Listed on the same filings as Brian Tobal. Their page shows their other deals.

CP
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Person

Chris Palk

Director · 1 shared filing (1 issuer)

Listed on the same filings as Brian Tobal. Their page shows their other deals.

The team behind the deals

Same business address

28 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

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 Brian Tobal 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 Brian Tobal is listed on: none on file. No website or social profile named in New Class, Inc.'s SEC filings (Form C, Reg A, Form ADV; checked Oct 24, 2026). Web search for this name: #207,889 of 374,652 in line (564 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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