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Frederick W. Smith

Named as an officer, director or promoter on SEC Form D filings · CA · Jul 21, 2014 → Jul 21, 2014

1deal (issuers)
$23Mreported sold
5investors
1Form D filing
2014year 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

Frederick W. Smith is listed as a director on 1 SEC Form D filing by 1 issuer in Jul 2014: Black Label Film Partners, LLC (Beverly Hills, CA — industry reported as "Other" — 2014; $23M reported sold to 5 investors).

What this means One deal on file with the SEC, filed Jul 2014. 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 Black Label Media, LLC (1 shared filing, management entity), Mary M. Smith (1 shared filing), Thad Luckinbill (1 shared filing) and Trent Luckinbill (1 shared filing).

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

Public records searched: federal courts (CourtListener / RECAP), SEC enforcement releases, state securities regulators (AZ, CA, DE, TX, WA) — 3 court cases matching the name, 1 SEC release, 9 bankruptcy cases matching the name listed in Key records below.

What this means 13 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 1 public filing for Frederick W. Smith and found 3 differences, 1 worth asking the sponsor about: Form D filed 136 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 Frederick W. Smith has not run yet — it is joining a line of 14,625 names; searches run around the clock at the hosts' allowed rate. Searched so far: 28 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: 3 dismissed

Frederick W. Smith v. Volkswagen Group of America, Inc. dismissed
District Court, N.D. California · No. 3:18-cv-01122 · Filed Feb 21, 2018 · Closed Mar 6, 2018 · Nature of suit: 890 Other Statutory Actions · Cause: 28:1441 Petition for Removal
Role of Frederick W. Smith: Plaintiff · Outcome: Terminated 2018-03-06 — FJC Integrated Database disposition: Voluntarily dismissed Docket on CourtListener ↗
same full name (a name found in 461 federal dockets); 4 people with this name in Form D filings; court in the person's filing state (CA)
Frederick W. Smith v. Volkswagen Group of America, Inc. dismissed
District Court, C.D. California · No. 2:18-cv-00904 · Filed Feb 5, 2018 · Closed Feb 9, 2018 · Nature of suit: 890 Other Statutory Actions · Cause: 28:1441 Notice of Removal
Role of Frederick W. Smith: Plaintiff · Outcome: Terminated 2018-02-09 — FJC Integrated Database disposition: Dismissed: other Docket on CourtListener ↗
same full name (a name found in 461 federal dockets); 4 people with this name in Form D filings; court in the person's filing state (CA)
Frederick R Smith v. Southern Pac Trans dismissed
District Court, C.D. California · No. 2:96-cv-02822 · Filed Apr 19, 1996 · Closed Sep 30, 1996 · Nature of suit: 330 Federal employers' liability
Role of Frederick R Smith: Plaintiff · Outcome: Terminated 1996-09-30 — FJC Integrated Database disposition: Dismissed: settled Docket on CourtListener ↗
same full name (a name found in 461 federal dockets); 4 people with this name in Form D filings; court in the person's filing state (CA); middle initial differs
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

1 SEC release

Frederick W. Smith Administrative proceeding
SEC · Sep 27, 1996 · Parties as named in the release: Frederick W. Smith Read the release ↗
same full name in the release title; 4 people with this name in Form D filings; the person's filing state is named in the release
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 Frederick W. Smith..

State securities regulators searched: AZ (Corporation Commission Securities Division), CA (DFPI — 16 of 12,159 DFPI respondent pages read so far; sponsor-name matches are read first), DE (DOJ Investor Protection Unit), TX (State Securities Board), WA (DFI) — last crawled Oct 23, 2026, 9:57 PM ET. Other states are not covered.

3. Bankruptcies

9 cases: 9 closed (disposition not in docket feed)

Frederick O Smith and Pamela R Smith closed
United States Bankruptcy Court, C.D. California · No. 2:09-bk-16388 · Filed Mar 20, 2009 · Closed Oct 8, 2009
Role of Frederick O Smith and Pamela R Smith: Debtor · Outcome: Case closed 2009-10-08 (disposition not included in the bulk docket feed — see docket) Docket on CourtListener ↗
same full name (a name found in 461 federal dockets); 4 people with this name in Form D filings; court in the person's filing state (CA); middle initial differs
Frederick C. Smith closed
United States Bankruptcy Court, E.D. California · No. 06-90132 · Filed Mar 28, 2006 · Closed Jul 13, 2006
Role of Frederick C. Smith: Debtor · Outcome: Case closed 2006-07-13 (disposition not included in the bulk docket feed — see docket) Docket on CourtListener ↗
same full name (a name found in 461 federal dockets); 4 people with this name in Form D filings; court in the person's filing state (CA); middle initial differs
Frederick D Smith Jr and Margo R Smith closed
United States Bankruptcy Court, C.D. California · No. 2:02-bk-17354 · Filed Mar 13, 2002 · Closed Jul 12, 2002
Role of Frederick D Smith Jr and Margo R Smith: Debtor · Outcome: Case closed 2002-07-12 (disposition not included in the bulk docket feed — see docket) Docket on CourtListener ↗
same full name (a name found in 461 federal dockets); 4 people with this name in Form D filings; court in the person's filing state (CA); middle initial differs
Frederick O Smith and Leslie Smith closed
United States Bankruptcy Court, C.D. California · No. 2:00-bk-45279 · Filed Dec 20, 2000 · Closed Oct 4, 2001
Role of Frederick O Smith and Leslie Smith: Debtor · Outcome: Case closed 2001-10-04 (disposition not included in the bulk docket feed — see docket) Docket on CourtListener ↗
same full name (a name found in 461 federal dockets); 4 people with this name in Form D filings; court in the person's filing state (CA); middle initial differs
Frederick G Smith and Patricia L Smith closed
United States Bankruptcy Court, C.D. California · No. 6:99-bk-19380 · Filed May 28, 1999 · Closed Sep 16, 1999
Role of Frederick G Smith and Patricia L Smith: Debtor · Outcome: Case closed 1999-09-16 (disposition not included in the bulk docket feed — see docket) Docket on CourtListener ↗
same full name (a name found in 461 federal dockets); 4 people with this name in Form D filings; court in the person's filing state (CA); middle initial differs
Frederick P Smith Jr and Barbara K Smith closed
United States Bankruptcy Court, C.D. California · No. 6:99-bk-10249 · Filed Jan 7, 1999 · Closed Dec 8, 2003
Role of Frederick P Smith Jr and Barbara K Smith: Debtor · Outcome: Case closed 2003-12-08 (disposition not included in the bulk docket feed — see docket) Docket on CourtListener ↗
same full name (a name found in 461 federal dockets); 4 people with this name in Form D filings; court in the person's filing state (CA); middle initial differs
Frederick A. Smith closed
United States Bankruptcy Court, N.D. California · No. 98-56591 · Filed Aug 17, 1998 · Closed Nov 30, 1998
Role of Frederick A. Smith: Debtor · Outcome: Case closed 1998-11-30 (disposition not included in the bulk docket feed — see docket) Docket on CourtListener ↗
same full name (a name found in 461 federal dockets); 4 people with this name in Form D filings; court in the person's filing state (CA); middle initial differs
Frederick Smith closed
United States Bankruptcy Court, S.D. California · No. 91-00703 · Filed Jan 23, 1991 · Closed Jul 11, 1994
Role of Frederick Smith: Debtor · Outcome: Case closed 1994-07-11 (disposition not included in the bulk docket feed — see docket) Docket on CourtListener ↗
same full name (a name found in 461 federal dockets); 4 people with this name in Form D filings; court in the person's filing state (CA)
Frederick W. Smith closed
United States Bankruptcy Court, S.D. California · No. 89-04293 · Filed Jun 6, 1989 · Closed Nov 22, 1989
Role of Frederick W. Smith: Debtor · Outcome: Case closed 1989-11-22 (disposition not included in the bulk docket feed — see docket) Docket on CourtListener ↗
same full name (a name found in 461 federal dockets); 4 people with this name in Form D filings; court in the person's filing state (CA)
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 Frederick W. Smith — 1 worth asking about (compared 1 filing on Oct 24, 2026)

Worth asking · Mar 7, 2014 – Jul 21, 2014

Form D filed 136 days after the first sale — Black Label Film Partners, LLC

The filing says the first sale was Mar 7, 2014. The Form D was filed Jul 21, 2014 — 136 days later. The rule: a Form D is generally due within 15 days after the first sale, so this one is 121 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 · Jul 21, 2014 ↗Black Label Film Partners, LLC — PartnerFacts page ↗
Sources
Note · Mar 7, 2014 – Jul 21, 2014

No amendment in the last 12 months on an offering that may still be open — Black Label Film Partners, LLC (latest filing Jul 21, 2014)

The latest filing for this offering is dated Jul 21, 2014 (first sale Mar 7, 2014). It reports $23,000,000 sold of $50,000,000 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 21, 2014 ↗Black Label Film Partners, LLC — PartnerFacts page ↗
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Note · May 19, 2016

Same name, different state: "Frederick Smith" (VA) is a separate record

This page covers filings where the address state is CA. A separate record, "Frederick Smith" with address state VA, is listed on 1 filing — most recently by LiveSafe, Inc. (May 19, 2016). The two records do not overlap in time: this page has one filing dated Jul 21, 2014; the other has one filing dated May 19, 2016.

What this means Could be the same person who moved, or two people with the same name. We keep them apart until a filing ties them together. Check both pages before you decide.

Frederick Smith (VA) — PartnerFacts page ↗Form D · May 19, 2016 ↗LiveSafe, Inc. — PartnerFacts page ↗Frederick W. Smith (CA) — this page ↗
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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
Jul 21, 2014 D
Black Label Film Partners, LLC
File 021-221417
$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 Frederick W. Smith 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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Black Label Film Partners, LLC

Beverly Hills, CA · Jul 21, 2014
  • Jul 21, 2014 · D · $23,000,000 sold of $50,000,000 · 5 investors · min. $250,000 · role: Director (Director of the Manager) EDGAR ↗

Raised $23M from 5 investors (46% of the $50M target) as of the latest filing. Frederick 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 / 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.

Other pages with the same name (3)

Separate person records under the same name, not combined with this page. Each line says whether it shares an issuer with this record.

People around Frederick 4

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

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Management entity

Black Label Media, LLC

Director · 1 shared filing (1 issuer)

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

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Person

Mary M. Smith

Director · 1 shared filing (1 issuer)

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

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Person

Thad Luckinbill

Director · 1 shared filing (1 issuer)

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

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Person

Trent Luckinbill

Director · 1 shared filing (1 issuer)

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

The team behind the deals

Same business address

16 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 Frederick W. 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 Frederick W. Smith is listed on: none on file. No website or social profile named in Black Label Film Partners, LLC's SEC filings (Form C, Reg A, Form ADV; checked Oct 24, 2026). Web search for this name: #316,017 of 374,652 in line (14 issuers searched so far). One-tap searches: Look further ↓

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