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John C. Eads

Named as an officer, director or promoter on SEC Form D filings · TX · Dec 23, 2016 → Dec 23, 2016

2deals (issuers)
$29Mreported sold
11investors
2Form D filings
2016year on file

Data last updated Oct 23, 2026, 5:45 PM ET · Courts (RECAP) last checked: Oct 24, 2026, 3:05 AM ET · SEC enforcement last checked: covered by the index scan as of Oct 24, 2026, 2:50 AM ET

The short version

John C. Eads is listed as an executive officer on 2 SEC Form D filings by 2 issuers in Dec 2016: Sierra EF, LP (Houston, TX — oil and gas — 2016; $25M reported sold to 5 investors) and Sierra EF Partners, LP (Houston, TX — oil and gas — 2016; $4M reported sold to 6 investors).

What this means 2 separate companies raised money with this person listed as executive officer. Across those companies the filings report $29M sold in total.

Listed alongside Brett Crandall (1 shared filing), Larry Tharp (1 shared filing) and Robert S. Fabris (1 shared filing).

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

All 2 issuers belong to the sponsor group Sierra (2 issuers, $29M reported sold, 2016).

What this means A sponsor group is one team that sets up a new company for each deal. Sierra has 2 companies on file and $29M 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, CO, CT, DC, DE, FINRA, FL, GA, HI, ID, IL, KS, KY, LA, MA, MD, ME, MI, MO, MS, MT, NASAA, NC, ND, NH, NM, NV, NY, OH, OK, OR, PA, RI, SC, SD, TN, TX, UT, VT, WA, WI, WV, WY) — 10 bankruptcy cases matching the name listed in Key records below.

What this means 10 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 2 public filings for John C. Eads and found 3 differences, 1 worth asking the sponsor about: Bankruptcy case: John C. Eads and Clara M. Eads; 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 John C. Eads has not run yet — it is joining a line of 50,568 names; searches run around the clock at the hosts' allowed rate. Searched so far: 641 names.

Community comments are quoted as written by their authors. Sources searched: Bing (site:reddit.com / site:biggerpockets.com) and Reddit's own search, plus DuckDuckGo/Brave/BiggerPockets search when they are answering.

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, 3:05 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

None found in sources searched — SEC enforcement releases (index scan as of Oct 24, 2026, 2:50 AM ET) · state securities regulators: 48 regulators (FINRA, NASAA, 37 states) — crawled Oct 24, 2026, 8:48 AM ET

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 John C. Eads..

State securities regulators: Securities regulators searched (64,910 actions): FINRA (38,350 actions, 1995–2026), NASAA (31 actions, 2000–2026; listing starts 1997), AK Division of Banking and Securities (273 actions, 1971–2025), AL Securities Commission (880 actions, 2001–2026), AR Securities Department (1,305 actions, 1998–2026), 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), CO Division of Securities (731 actions, 2001–2026; older years from the Internet Archive (snapshot of 2026-05-02)), CT Department of Banking Securities Division (940 actions, 2006–2026; older years from the Internet Archive (snapshot of 2026-04-22)), DC DISB Securities Bureau (25 actions, 2012–2026), DE DOJ Investor Protection Unit (257 actions, 1987–2026), FL Office of Financial Regulation (49 actions, 2018–2026), GA Secretary of State Securities Division (65 actions, 2015–2026; listing starts 2012), HI DCCA Securities Enforcement Branch (26 actions, 2012–2026), ID Department of Finance Securities Bureau (663 actions, 1994–2026), IL Secretary of State Securities Department (4,122 actions, 2003–2023), KS Insurance Department Securities Division (58 actions), KY Department of Financial Institutions (342 actions, 2005–2026), LA Office of Financial Institutions Securities Division (13 actions, 2010–2025; listing starts 2008), MA Secretary of the Commonwealth Securities Division (125 actions, 2012–2025; live site blocks automated access — loaded from the Internet Archive snapshot of 2026-02-04), MD Attorney General Securities Division (1,054 actions, 2004–2026), ME Office of Securities (539 actions, 2000–2026), MI LARA Corporations, Securities & Commercial Licensing Bureau (201 actions), MO Secretary of State Securities Division (919 actions, 1998–2026), MS Secretary of State Securities Division (209 actions, 1995–2026), MT Commissioner of Securities and Insurance (597 actions, 2000–2026), NC Secretary of State Securities Division (265 actions, 2004–2024), ND Securities Department (711 actions, 1990–2026; the regulator no longer publishes this list live — loaded from the Internet Archive snapshot of 2026-01-06), NH Bureau of Securities Regulation (402 actions, 2002–2026), NM Regulation and Licensing Department Securities Division (90 actions, 2010–2025), NV Secretary of State Securities Division (118 actions, 2018–2026), NY Attorney General Investor Protection Bureau (44 actions, 2012–2026), OH Division of Securities (327 actions, 1993–2006), OK Department of Securities (2,531 actions, 1998–2026), OR Division of Financial Regulation (589 actions, 1988–2026), PA Department of Banking and Securities (1,448 actions, 2008–2024; the regulator no longer publishes this list live — loaded from the Internet Archive snapshot of 2024-08-09), RI DBR Securities Division (98 actions, 2005–2025), SC Attorney General Securities Division (540 actions, 2006–2026), SD Division of Insurance – Securities Regulation (106 actions, 2017–2026), TN Department of Commerce and Insurance Securities Division (405 actions, 1992–2026), TX State Securities Board (936 actions, 1999–2026), UT Division of Securities (772 actions, 2000–2026; older years from the Internet Archive (snapshot of 2010-05-27)), VT DFR Securities Division (137 actions, 2010–2026), WA DFI (2,039 actions, 2001–2026), WI DFI Division of Securities (1,072 actions, 1998–2026), WV Securities Commission (State Auditor) (64 actions), WY Secretary of State Compliance Division (6 actions, 2016–2024) — last crawled Oct 24, 2026, 8:48 AM ET. No machine-readable public listing today for IA, IN, MN, NE, NJ, VA (see docs/state-regulators.md).

3. Bankruptcies

10 cases: 10 closed (disposition not in docket feed)

John C. Eads and Clara M. Eads closed
United States Bankruptcy Court, E.D. Texas · No. 10-10540 · Filed Aug 27, 2010 · Closed Dec 11, 2015
Role of John C. Eads and Clara M. Eads: Debtor · Outcome: Case closed 2015-12-11 (disposition not included in the bulk docket feed — see docket) Docket on CourtListener ↗
same full name (a name found in 22 federal dockets); 2 people with this name in Form D filings; court in the person's filing state (TX)
John P. Eads closed
United States Bankruptcy Court, W.D. Tennessee · No. 09-12510 · Filed Jun 22, 2009 · Closed Jan 11, 2013
Role of John P. Eads: Debtor · Outcome: Case closed 2013-01-11 (disposition not included in the bulk docket feed — see docket) Docket on CourtListener ↗
same full name (a name found in 22 federal dockets); 2 people with this name in Form D filings; court in TN (not a filing state); middle initial differs
John B. Eads closed
United States Bankruptcy Court, M.D. Florida · No. 8:03-bk-05893 · Filed Mar 25, 2003 · Closed Mar 31, 2008
Role of John B. Eads: Debtor · Outcome: Case closed 2008-03-31 (disposition not included in the bulk docket feed — see docket) Docket on CourtListener ↗
same full name (a name found in 22 federal dockets); 2 people with this name in Form D filings; court in FL (not a filing state); middle initial differs
John B. Eads closed
United States Bankruptcy Court, M.D. Florida · No. 8:02-bk-08622 · Filed May 2, 2002 · Closed Aug 25, 2003
Role of John B. Eads: Debtor · Outcome: Case closed 2003-08-25 (disposition not included in the bulk docket feed — see docket) Docket on CourtListener ↗
same full name (a name found in 22 federal dockets); 2 people with this name in Form D filings; court in FL (not a filing state); middle initial differs
John B. Eads closed
United States Bankruptcy Court, M.D. Florida · No. 8:99-bk-17761 · Filed Nov 3, 1999 · Closed Sep 11, 2002
Role of John B. Eads: Debtor · Outcome: Case closed 2002-09-11 (disposition not included in the bulk docket feed — see docket) Docket on CourtListener ↗
same full name (a name found in 22 federal dockets); 2 people with this name in Form D filings; court in FL (not a filing state); middle initial differs
John B. Eads closed
United States Bankruptcy Court, M.D. Florida · No. 8:99-bk-11728 · Filed Jul 19, 1999 · Closed May 23, 2001
Role of John B. Eads: Debtor · Outcome: Case closed 2001-05-23 (disposition not included in the bulk docket feed — see docket) Docket on CourtListener ↗
same full name (a name found in 22 federal dockets); 2 people with this name in Form D filings; court in FL (not a filing state); middle initial differs
John Eads and Carolyn Eads closed
United States Bankruptcy Court, W.D. Louisiana · No. 99-20116 · Filed Feb 4, 1999 · Closed Jul 16, 1999
Role of John Eads and Carolyn Eads: Debtor · Outcome: Case closed 1999-07-16 (disposition not included in the bulk docket feed — see docket) Docket on CourtListener ↗
same full name (a name found in 22 federal dockets); 2 people with this name in Form D filings; court in LA (not a filing state); middle initial differs
John H. Eads closed
United States Bankruptcy Court, D. South Carolina · No. 97-10195 · Filed Nov 28, 1997 · Closed Dec 15, 2000
Role of John H. Eads: Debtor · Outcome: Case closed 2000-12-15 (disposition not included in the bulk docket feed — see docket) Docket on CourtListener ↗
same full name (a name found in 22 federal dockets); 2 people with this name in Form D filings; court in SC (not a filing state); middle initial differs
John Eads closed
United States Bankruptcy Court, S.D. Ohio · No. 1:96-bk-11469 · Filed Mar 28, 1996 · Closed Oct 23, 1996
Role of John Eads: Debtor · Outcome: Case closed 1996-10-23 (disposition not included in the bulk docket feed — see docket) Docket on CourtListener ↗
same full name (a name found in 22 federal dockets); 2 people with this name in Form D filings; court in OH (not a filing state)
John W Eads and Jessie M Eads closed
United States Bankruptcy Court, N.D. Illinois · No. 87-05223 · Filed Apr 8, 1987 · Closed Oct 15, 1987
Role of John W Eads and Jessie M Eads: Debtor · Outcome: Case closed 1987-10-15 (disposition not included in the bulk docket feed — see docket) Docket on CourtListener ↗
same full name (a name found in 22 federal dockets); 2 people with this name in Form D filings; court in IL (not a filing state); middle initial differs
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, 3:05 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 John C. Eads — 1 worth asking about (compared 2 filings on Oct 24, 2026)

Worth asking · Aug 27, 2010 – Dec 11, 2015

Bankruptcy case: John C. Eads and Clara M. Eads — filed Aug 27, 2010

United States Bankruptcy Court, E.D. Texas docket "John C. Eads and Clara M. Eads" filed Aug 27, 2010, closed Dec 11, 2015. John C. Eads is listed as Debtor ("John C. Eads and Clara M. Eads"). Our match estimate: 44%.

What this means A bankruptcy filing was found. Many are old or personal and have nothing to do with the deal — but ask what it was and when it closed.

Sources
Note · Dec 23, 2016

John C. Eads is written 2 different ways on the filings

listed as "John Eads" on the Dec 23, 2016 filing, and "John C. Eads" on the Dec 23, 2016 filing.

What this means Same person, written differently — a middle name or suffix left off, or spelled another way. It is normal, but check that the full legal name matches your subscription documents.

Sources
Note · Oct 28, 2013

Same name, different state: "John Eads" (NY) is a separate record

This page covers filings where the address state is TX. A separate record, "John Eads" with address state NY, is listed on 1 filing — most recently by Cureatr Inc. (Oct 28, 2013). The two records do not overlap in time: this page has one filing dated Dec 23, 2016; the other has one filing dated Oct 28, 2013.

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 2 offerings — 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 23, 2016 D
Sierra EF, LP
File 021-276996
$0$0$0None listed on this filingEDGAR ↗
Dec 23, 2016 D
Sierra EF Partners, LP
File 021-276999
$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 2

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

Oil and Gas · group: Sierra

Sierra EF Partners, LP

Houston, TX · Dec 23, 2016
  • Dec 23, 2016 · D · $4,000,000 sold of $4,000,000 · 6 investors · min. No minimum reported · role: Executive Officer (Sole Member of the General Partner of the Issuer) EDGAR ↗

Raised $4M from 6 investors (100% of the $4M target) as of the latest filing. John 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: Oil and Gas / 506(b) (1,000 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.

Oil and Gas · group: Sierra

Sierra EF, LP

Houston, TX · Dec 23, 2016
  • Dec 23, 2016 · D · $25,000,000 sold of $25,000,000 · 5 investors · min. No minimum reported · role: Executive Officer (Chief Financial Officer of the General Partner of the Issuer) EDGAR ↗

Raised $25M from 5 investors (100% of the $25M target) as of the latest filing. John 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: Oil and Gas / 506(b) (1,000 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 (1)

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

  • John Eads — NY, 1 issuer, Oct 28, 2013 → Oct 28, 2013 · no shared issuer

People around John 3

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

LT
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Person

Larry Tharp

Director · 1 shared filing (1 issuer)

Listed on the same filings as John C. Eads. Their page shows their other deals.

RF
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Person

Robert S. Fabris

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

Listed on the same filings as John C. Eads. Their page shows their other deals.

BC
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Person

Brett Crandall

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

Listed on the same filings as John C. Eads. Their page shows their other deals.

The team behind the deals

Sponsor group

Sierra

2 issuers · 2 filings · $29M reported sold · 2016–2016

One team, 2 deal companies. John C. Eads is listed on 2 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 John C. Eads.

Same business address

8 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

Business registration (state registry / Secretary of State)

Individuals are not matched to business registrations — registries list companies, and a name alone is not enough to tie a person to one. Officers and managers appear by name inside each matched company's record on the issuer pages. Registries searched: AL (Alabama Secretary of State — Business Entity Records (arc-sos.state.al.us), searched by issuer name, data as of Oct 24, 2026); CO (Colorado Secretary of State — Business Entities in Colorado (data.colorado.gov), data as of Oct 23, 2026); CT (Connecticut Secretary of the State — Business Registry (data.ct.gov), data as of Oct 24, 2026); FL (Florida Department of State, Division of Corporations — quarterly corporate data file (Sunbiz), data as of Oct 7, 2026); NY (New York Department of State — Corporations and Other Entities (data.ny.gov: All Filings + Active Corporations), data as of Oct 20, 2026); OR (Oregon Secretary of State — Active Businesses, All (data.oregon.gov), data as of Oct 20, 2026); PA (Pennsylvania Department of State — Registered Businesses, Current (data.pa.gov), data as of Oct 6, 2026); TX (Texas Comptroller — Active Franchise Taxpayers incl. Secretary of State file data (data.texas.gov), data as of Oct 24, 2026). Registries of other states have not been searched: many publish no bulk file and require a CAPTCHA or bot challenge on their search page, which we do not bypass (Delaware, for example, offers no public bulk file).

Adviser registration (Form ADV)

None of the 2 issuers 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 John C. Eads 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 2 issuers this person is listed on — nothing matched.

Public profiles and social

Websites and social links of the issuers John C. Eads is listed on: none on file. No website or social profile named in Sierra EF, LP's SEC filings (Form C, Reg A, Form ADV; checked Oct 24, 2026). Web search for this name: #278,123 of 374,652 in line (1,386 issuers searched so far). One-tap searches: Look further ↓

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