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James Brown

Named as an officer, director or promoter on SEC Form D filings · MA · Dec 19, 2024 → Dec 19, 2024

1deal (issuers)
$100Mreported sold
13investors
1Form D filing
2024year on file

Data last updated Oct 23, 2026, 5:45 PM ET · Courts (RECAP) last checked: Oct 24, 2026, 2:57 AM ET · SEC enforcement last checked: covered by the index scan as of Oct 24, 2026, 2:50 AM ET

The short version

James Brown is listed as an executive officer on 1 SEC Form D filing by 1 issuer in Dec 2024: BERKSHIRE HILLS BANCORP INC (Boston, MA — commercial banking — 2024; $100M reported sold to 13 investors).

What this means One deal on file with the SEC, filed Dec 2024. 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 Brett Brbovic (1 shared filing), David M Brunelle (1 shared filing), Eric S Rosengren (1 shared filing), Gregory D Lindenmuth (1 shared filing), Jeffrey W Kip (1 shared filing) and 10 others.

What this means These are the other officers, directors or promoters the companies named on the same forms — the team around James. 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) — 7 SEC releases, 5 bankruptcy cases matching the name listed in Key records below.

What this means 12 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 James Brown and found 5 differences: Same name, different state: "James Brown" (CO) is a separate record; Same name, different state: "James Brown" (CA) is a separate record; 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 James Brown has not run yet — it is joining a line of 11,828 names; searches run around the clock at the hosts' allowed rate. Searched so far: 27 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

None found in sources searched — federal courts (CourtListener / RECAP), checked Oct 24, 2026

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, 2:57 AM ET.

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

7 SEC releases

James P. Brown Administrative proceeding
SEC · Dec 1, 2005 · Parties as named in the release: James P. Brown Read the release ↗
same full name in the release title; 28 people with this name in Form D filings; the person's filing state is not named
Adelphia Communications Corporation, John J. Rigas, Timothy J. Rigas, Michael J. Rigas, James P. Rigas, James R. Brown, and Michael C. Mulcahey Litigation release
SEC · Nov 14, 2002 · Parties as named in the release: Adelphia Communications Corporation, John J. Rigas, Timothy J. Rigas, Michael J. Rigas, James P. Rigas, James R. Brown, and Michael C. Mulcahey Read the release ↗
same full name in the release title; 28 people with this name in Form D filings; the person's filing state is not named
James Brown, Pinnacle Capital Advisors, and Austin Tanner Litigation release
SEC · Apr 17, 2001 · Parties as named in the release: James Brown, Pinnacle Capital Advisors, and Austin Tanner Read the release ↗
same full name in the release title; 28 people with this name in Form D filings; the person's filing state is not named
Sunset Investment Group, Inc., James Brown, Pinnacle Capital Advisors, and Austin Tanner Litigation release
SEC · Feb 28, 2001 · Parties as named in the release: Sunset Investment Group, Inc., James Brown, Pinnacle Capital Advisors, and Austin Tanner Read the release ↗
same full name in the release title; 28 people with this name in Form D filings; the person's filing state is not named
James P. Brown Administrative proceeding
SEC · Aug 5, 1997 · Parties as named in the release: James P. Brown Read the release ↗
same full name in the release title; 28 people with this name in Form D filings; the person's filing state is not named
Policy Management Systems Corporation, George Larry Wilson, Robert L. Gresham, James P. Brown, David T. Bailey and Bernard C. Mazon Litigation release
SEC · Jul 23, 1997 · Parties as named in the release: Policy Management Systems Corporation, George Larry Wilson, Robert L. Gresham, James P. Brown, David T. Bailey and Bernard C. Mazon Read the release ↗
same full name in the release title; 28 people with this name in Form D filings; the person's filing state is not named
Advanced Medical Products, Inc., Clarence P. Groff and James H. Brown Administrative proceeding
SEC · Sep 5, 1996 · Parties as named in the release: Advanced Medical Products, Inc., Clarence P. Groff and James H. Brown Read the release ↗
same full name in the release title; 28 people with this name in Form D filings; the person's filing state is not named
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 James Brown..

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

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

James B. Brown closed
United States Bankruptcy Court, D. Massachusetts · No. 22-40515 · Filed Jul 13, 2022 · Closed Nov 9, 2022
Role of James B. Brown: Debtor · Outcome: Case closed 2022-11-09 (disposition not included in the bulk docket feed — see docket) Docket on CourtListener ↗
same full name (a name found in 5136 federal dockets); 28 people with this name in Form D filings; court in the person's filing state (MA)
James E. Brown and Lena M. Brown closed
United States Bankruptcy Court, D. Massachusetts · No. 18-13535 · Filed Sep 19, 2018 · Closed Jan 2, 2019
Role of James E. Brown and Lena M. Brown: Debtor · Outcome: Case closed 2019-01-02 (disposition not included in the bulk docket feed — see docket) Docket on CourtListener ↗
same full name (a name found in 5136 federal dockets); 28 people with this name in Form D filings; court in the person's filing state (MA)
James M. Brown, Jr. and Karen L. Brown closed
United States Bankruptcy Court, D. Massachusetts · No. 18-11574 · Filed Apr 30, 2018 · Closed Dec 3, 2018
Role of James M. Brown, Jr.: Debtor · Outcome: Case closed 2018-12-03 (disposition not included in the bulk docket feed — see docket) Docket on CourtListener ↗
same full name (a name found in 5136 federal dockets); 28 people with this name in Form D filings; court in the person's filing state (MA)
James W. Brown closed
United States Bankruptcy Court, D. Massachusetts · No. 17-30757 · Filed Sep 6, 2017 · Closed Jan 12, 2018
Role of James W. Brown: Debtor · Outcome: Case closed 2018-01-12 (disposition not included in the bulk docket feed — see docket) Docket on CourtListener ↗
same full name (a name found in 5136 federal dockets); 28 people with this name in Form D filings; court in the person's filing state (MA)
James J. Brown and Cornelia Brown open
United States Bankruptcy Court, D. Massachusetts · No. 17-41505 · Filed Aug 17, 2017
Role of James J. Brown and Cornelia Brown: Debtor · Outcome: Open — no termination date on the docket (bulk snapshot 2026-09-30) Docket on CourtListener ↗
same full name (a name found in 5136 federal dockets); 28 people with this name in Form D filings; court in the person's filing state (MA)
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, 2:57 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

5 differences found between the filings for James Brown (compared 1 filing on Oct 24, 2026)

Note · Aug 10, 2016 – Dec 15, 2025

Same name, different state: "James Brown" (CO) is a separate record

This page covers filings where the address state is MA. A separate record, "James Brown" with address state CO, is listed on 6 filings — most recently by Proof Technology, Inc. (Dec 15, 2025). Both records have filings in the same period (Dec 19, 2024).

What this means Two records with one name were active at the same time. That can be one person listing different company addresses, or two different people. We keep them apart until a filing ties them together. Check both pages before you decide.

Sources
Note · Dec 21, 2011 – Jan 10, 2023

Same name, different state: "James Brown" (CA) is a separate record

This page covers filings where the address state is MA. A separate record, "James Brown" with address state CA, is listed on 7 filings — most recently by CROP GUARD, INC. (Jan 10, 2023). The two records do not overlap in time: this page has one filing dated Dec 19, 2024; the other runs Dec 21, 2011 to Jan 10, 2023.

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.

Sources
Note · Jul 16, 2010 – Dec 19, 2018

Same name, different state: "James Brown" (NY) is a separate record

This page covers filings where the address state is MA. A separate record, "James Brown" with address state NY, is listed on 8 filings — most recently by Rhythm Fund X, LLC (Dec 19, 2018). The two records do not overlap in time: this page has one filing dated Dec 19, 2024; the other runs Jul 16, 2010 to Dec 19, 2018.

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.

Sources
Note · Nov 24, 2015 – Feb 5, 2018

Same name, different state: "James R. C. Brown" (A0) is a separate record

This page covers filings where the address state is MA. A separate record, "James R. C. Brown" with address state A0, is listed on 4 filings — most recently by Arcadius (SW) Energy Capital, LP (Feb 5, 2018). The two records do not overlap in time: this page has one filing dated Dec 19, 2024; the other runs Nov 24, 2015 to Feb 5, 2018.

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.

Sources
Note · Apr 8, 2009 – Jul 16, 2010

Same name, different state: "James D Brown" (NC) is a separate record

This page covers filings where the address state is MA. A separate record, "James D Brown" with address state NC, is listed on 6 filings — most recently by Expo Holdings Inc (Jul 16, 2010). The two records do not overlap in time: this page has one filing dated Dec 19, 2024; the other runs Apr 8, 2009 to Jul 16, 2010.

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.

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
Dec 19, 2024 D
BERKSHIRE HILLS BANCORP INC
File 021-532811
$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 James Brown on a Form D, newest first. A Form D is the notice a company files after it starts selling a private investment.

Commercial Banking

BERKSHIRE HILLS BANCORP INC

Boston, MA · Dec 19, 2024
  • Dec 19, 2024 · D · $100,000,000 sold of $100,000,000 · 13 investors · min. No minimum reported · role: Executive Officer EDGAR ↗

Raised $100M from 13 investors (100% of the $100M target) as of the latest filing. James 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. "Similar" = offerings in the same industry claiming the same exemption, filed in the last 5 years: Commercial Banking / 506(b) (624 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 (20)

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

  • James Brown — CO, 4 issuers, Aug 10, 2016 → Dec 15, 2025 · no shared issuer
  • James Brown — NY, 4 issuers, Jul 16, 2010 → Dec 19, 2018 · no shared issuer
  • James Brown — TX, 4 issuers, Oct 20, 2010 → Jun 29, 2023 · no shared issuer
  • James Brown — CA, 3 issuers, Dec 21, 2011 → Jan 10, 2023 · no shared issuer
  • James Brown — Ontario, Canada (as filed: A6), 3 issuers, Aug 12, 2010 → Apr 20, 2022 · no shared issuer
  • James Gerard Brown — IN, NY, NE, 3 issuers, May 22, 2013 → May 22, 2013 · no shared issuer
  • James M. Brown, Jr. — ND, 3 issuers, Nov 12, 2013 → Jul 23, 2018 · no shared issuer
  • James Stuart Brown — Australia (as filed: C3), Indonesia (as filed: K8), 2 issuers, Oct 18, 2017 → Feb 27, 2019 · no shared issuer
  • James F. Brown — TX, 2 issuers, Jan 27, 2010 → Sep 3, 2014 · no shared issuer
  • James Logan Brown — TX, 2 issuers, Dec 5, 2014 → Jun 12, 2017 · no shared issuer
  • James R. C. Brown — Alberta, Canada (as filed: A0), 1 issuer, Nov 24, 2015 → Feb 5, 2018 · no shared issuer
  • James D Brown — NC, 1 issuer, Apr 8, 2009 → Jul 16, 2010 · no shared issuer
  • James E Brown IV MD — SC, 1 issuer, Feb 22, 2011 → Jun 8, 2015 · no shared issuer
  • JAMES J BROWN — PA, 1 issuer, May 21, 2015 → Sep 14, 2021 · no shared issuer
  • James Brown — NJ, 1 issuer, Apr 9, 2012 → Apr 9, 2012 · no shared issuer
  • James A. Brown — OH, 1 issuer, Mar 27, 2015 → Mar 27, 2015 · no shared issuer
  • James Brown — IL, 1 issuer, Feb 25, 2016 → Feb 25, 2016 · no shared issuer
  • James Brown — OK, 1 issuer, May 26, 2016 → Jun 10, 2019 · no shared issuer
  • James Brown — Alberta, Canada (as filed: A0), 1 issuer, Oct 28, 2008 → Oct 28, 2008 · no shared issuer
  • James E Brown — TX, 1 issuer, Apr 19, 2011 → Apr 19, 2011 · no shared issuer

People around James 15

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

SG
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Sean A. Gray

Executive Officer · 1 shared filing (1 issuer)

Listed on the same filings as James Brown. Their page shows their other deals.

MC
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Person

Mary Anne Callahan

Director · 1 shared filing (1 issuer)

Listed on the same filings as James Brown. Their page shows their other deals.

NM
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Person

Nitin J. Mhatre

Executive Officer, Director · 1 shared filing (1 issuer)

Listed on the same filings as James Brown. Their page shows their other deals.

LM
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Person

Laurie Norton Moffatt

Director · 1 shared filing (1 issuer)

Listed on the same filings as James Brown. Their page shows their other deals.

GL
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Person

Gregory D Lindenmuth

Executive Officer · 1 shared filing (1 issuer)

Listed on the same filings as James Brown. Their page shows their other deals.

MD
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Person

Mihir Desai

Director · 1 shared filing (1 issuer)

Listed on the same filings as James Brown. Their page shows their other deals.

SM
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Person

Sylvia Maxfield

Director · 1 shared filing (1 issuer)

Listed on the same filings as James Brown. Their page shows their other deals.

JK
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Person

Jeffrey W Kip

Director · 1 shared filing (1 issuer)

Listed on the same filings as James Brown. Their page shows their other deals.

KP
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Person

Karyn Polito

Director · 1 shared filing (1 issuer)

Listed on the same filings as James Brown. Their page shows their other deals.

NC
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Person

Nina A Charnley

Director · 1 shared filing (1 issuer)

Listed on the same filings as James Brown. Their page shows their other deals.

WP
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Person

Wm. Gordon Prescott

Executive Officer · 1 shared filing (1 issuer)

Listed on the same filings as James Brown. Their page shows their other deals.

ER
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Person

Eric S Rosengren

Director · 1 shared filing (1 issuer)

Listed on the same filings as James Brown. Their page shows their other deals.

DB
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Person

David M Brunelle

Director · 1 shared filing (1 issuer)

Listed on the same filings as James Brown. Their page shows their other deals.

BB
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Person

Brett Brbovic

Executive Officer · 1 shared filing (1 issuer)

Listed on the same filings as James Brown. Their page shows their other deals.

WH
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Person

William H Hughes III

Director · 1 shared filing (1 issuer)

Listed on the same filings as James Brown. Their page shows their other deals.

The team behind the deals

Same business address

26 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 James Brown 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 James Brown is listed on: none on file. No website or social profile named in BERKSHIRE HILLS BANCORP INC's SEC filings (Form C, Reg A, Form ADV; checked Oct 24, 2026). Web search for this name: #83,489 of 374,652 in line (14 issuers searched so far). One-tap searches: Look further ↓

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