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John E. Balkcom

Named as an officer, director or promoter on SEC Form D filings · MI · Nov 17, 2009 → Nov 17, 2009

1deal (issuers)
$225Kreported sold
3investors
1Form D filing
2009year on file
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Data last updated Oct 23, 2026, 5:45 PM ET · Courts (RECAP) last checked: Oct 24, 2026, 2:20 AM ET · SEC enforcement last checked: covered by the index scan as of Oct 24, 2026, 2:50 AM ET

The short version

John E. Balkcom is listed as a director on 1 SEC Form D filing by 1 issuer in Nov 2009: MedDirect Inc. (Grand Rapids, MI — industry reported as "Other" — 2009; $225K reported sold to 3 investors).

What this means One deal on file with the SEC, filed Nov 2009. 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 Breaux Castleman (1 shared filing), C.A. Lance Piccolo (1 shared filing), Eric Becker (1 shared filing), Gregory VandenBosch (1 shared filing), Kenneth D. Bloem (1 shared filing) and 1 others.

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.

The issuer belongs to the sponsor group Meddirect (2 issuers, $20.2M reported sold, 2009–2025).

What this means A sponsor group is one team that sets up a new company for each deal. Meddirect has 2 companies on file and $20.2M 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 (AZ, CA, DE, TX, WA) — 6 court cases matching the name, 10 bankruptcy cases matching the name listed in Key records below.

What this means 16 records came back, including 2 court cases 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 John E. Balkcom and found 1 difference: No amendment in the last 12 months on an offering that may still be open.

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 E. Balkcom has not run yet — it is joining a line of 13,647 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

6 cases: 2 open, 1 closed (disposition not in docket feed), 3 dismissed

Balkcom v. The Travelers Indemnity Company open
District Court, N.D. Georgia · No. 1:26-cv-01030 · Filed Feb 23, 2026
Role of Balkcom: Plaintiff · Outcome: Open — no termination date on the docket (bulk snapshot 2026-09-30) Docket on CourtListener ↗
same rare surname (4 people in Form D filings, 23 federal dockets); surname only in the caption; court in GA (not a filing state)
Cheryl Balkcom v. Target Corporation closed
District Court, C.D. California · No. 2:25-cv-01992 · Filed Mar 6, 2025 · Closed Apr 11, 2025
Role of Cheryl Balkcom: Plaintiff · Outcome: Terminated 2025-04-11 (disposition not included in the bulk docket feed — see docket) Docket on CourtListener ↗
same rare surname (4 people in Form D filings, 23 federal dockets); different first name (cheryl); court in CA (not a filing state)
Balkcom v. Transamerica Life Insurance Company open
District Court, N.D. Georgia · No. 1:24-cv-05911 · Filed Dec 23, 2024
Role of Balkcom: Plaintiff · Outcome: Open — no termination date on the docket (bulk snapshot 2026-09-30) Docket on CourtListener ↗
same rare surname (4 people in Form D filings, 23 federal dockets); surname only in the caption; court in GA (not a filing state)
Balkcom v. Abbott Laboratories dismissed
District Court, N.D. Illinois · No. 1:18-cv-04880 · Filed Jul 17, 2018 · Closed Aug 7, 2018 · Nature of suit: 190 Contract: Other · Cause: 28:1332 Diversity-Declaratory Judgement
Role of Balkcom: Plaintiff · Outcome: Terminated 2018-08-07 — FJC Integrated Database disposition: Dismissed: settled Docket on CourtListener ↗
same rare surname (4 people in Form D filings, 23 federal dockets); surname only in the caption; court in IL (not a filing state)
Balkcom v. Unifund CCR Partners dismissed
District Court, N.D. Illinois · No. 1:13-cv-01005 · Filed Feb 7, 2013 · Closed Aug 6, 2013 · Nature of suit: 480 Consumer credit
Role of Balkcom: Plaintiff · Outcome: Terminated 2013-08-06 — FJC Integrated Database disposition: Dismissed: settled Docket on CourtListener ↗
same rare surname (4 people in Form D filings, 23 federal dockets); surname only in the caption; court in IL (not a filing state)
Balkcom v. LVNV Funding, LLC dismissed
District Court, N.D. Illinois · No. 1:10-cv-05656 · Filed Sep 7, 2010 · Closed Nov 30, 2010 · Nature of suit: 480 Consumer credit
Role of Balkcom: Plaintiff · Outcome: Terminated 2010-11-30 — FJC Integrated Database disposition: Dismissed: settled Docket on CourtListener ↗
same rare surname (4 people in Form D filings, 23 federal dockets); surname only in the caption; court in IL (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, 2:20 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: AZ, CA, DE, TX, WA (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 John E. Balkcom..

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

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

Ebone' Balkcom as Administrator of the Estate v. The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A. closed
United States Bankruptcy Court, M.D. Georgia · No. 22-07006 · Filed Jul 13, 2022 · Closed Dec 21, 2022
Role of Ebone' Balkcom as Administrator of the Estate: Plaintiff · Outcome: Case closed 2022-12-21 (disposition not included in the bulk docket feed — see docket) Docket on CourtListener ↗
same rare surname (4 people in Form D filings, 23 federal dockets); different first name (ebone); court in GA (not a filing state)
A-L Financial Corp. v. BALKCOM closed
United States Bankruptcy Court, D. Arizona · No. 2:16-ap-00229 · Filed May 10, 2016 · Closed May 31, 2016
Role of BALKCOM: Defendant · Outcome: Case closed 2016-05-31 (disposition not included in the bulk docket feed — see docket) Docket on CourtListener ↗
same rare surname (4 people in Form D filings, 23 federal dockets); surname only in the caption; court in AR (not a filing state)
John Christopher Balkcom and Angela Marie Balkcom closed
United States Bankruptcy Court, M.D. Georgia · No. 09-50664 · Filed Feb 28, 2009 · Closed Mar 13, 2014
Role of John Christopher Balkcom and Angela Marie Balkcom: Debtor · Outcome: Case closed 2014-03-13 (disposition not included in the bulk docket feed — see docket) Docket on CourtListener ↗
same rare surname (4 people in Form D filings, 23 federal dockets); different first name (christopher); court in GA (not a filing state)
John R Balkcom closed
United States Bankruptcy Court, M.D. Florida · No. 6:05-bk-10880 · Filed Sep 20, 2005 · Closed Apr 4, 2006
Role of John R Balkcom: Debtor · Outcome: Case closed 2006-04-04 (disposition not included in the bulk docket feed — see docket) Docket on CourtListener ↗
same rare surname (4 people in Form D filings, 23 federal dockets); first name matches; court in FL (not a filing state); middle initial differs
John R. Balkcom closed
United States Bankruptcy Court, M.D. Florida · No. 6:93-bk-05996 · Filed Dec 8, 1993 · Closed Apr 12, 1994
Role of John R. Balkcom: Debtor · Outcome: Case closed 1994-04-12 (disposition not included in the bulk docket feed — see docket) Docket on CourtListener ↗
same rare surname (4 people in Form D filings, 23 federal dockets); first name matches; court in FL (not a filing state); middle initial differs
Askins v. Balkcom & Company, C.P.A., P.A. closed
United States Bankruptcy Court, D. New Mexico · No. 93-01370 · Filed Dec 2, 1993 · Closed Mar 24, 1994
Role of Balkcom & Company, C.P.A., P.A.: Defendant · Outcome: Case closed 1994-03-24 (disposition not included in the bulk docket feed — see docket) Docket on CourtListener ↗
same rare surname (4 people in Form D filings, 23 federal dockets); surname only in the caption; court in NM (not a filing state)
James Richard Balkcom and Deborah Balkcom closed
United States Bankruptcy Court, M.D. Georgia · No. 91-51380 · Filed Apr 17, 1991 · Closed Jul 23, 1991
Role of James Richard Balkcom and Deborah Balkcom: Debtor · Outcome: Case closed 1991-07-23 (disposition not included in the bulk docket feed — see docket) Docket on CourtListener ↗
same rare surname (4 people in Form D filings, 23 federal dockets); different first name (richard); court in GA (not a filing state)
James Karry Balkcom and Sherrill Darlene Balkcom closed
United States Bankruptcy Court, M.D. Florida · No. 3:89-bk-03717 · Filed Nov 28, 1989 · Closed Sep 13, 1990
Role of James Karry Balkcom and Sherrill Darlene Balkcom: Debtor · Outcome: Case closed 1990-09-13 (disposition not included in the bulk docket feed — see docket) Docket on CourtListener ↗
same rare surname (4 people in Form D filings, 23 federal dockets); different first name (karry); court in FL (not a filing state)
James L. Balkcom closed
United States Bankruptcy Court, M.D. Alabama · No. 89-04065 · Filed Nov 7, 1989 · Closed Apr 5, 1990
Role of James L. Balkcom: Debtor · Outcome: Case closed 1990-04-05 (disposition not included in the bulk docket feed — see docket) Docket on CourtListener ↗
same rare surname (4 people in Form D filings, 23 federal dockets); different first name (james); court in AL (not a filing state)
James I. Balkcom and Barbara A. Balkcom closed
United States Bankruptcy Court, M.D. Florida · No. 3:87-bk-00840 · Filed Jun 2, 1987 · Closed Feb 3, 1992
Role of James I. Balkcom and Barbara A. Balkcom: Debtor · Outcome: Case closed 1992-02-03 (disposition not included in the bulk docket feed — see docket) Docket on CourtListener ↗
same rare surname (4 people in Form D filings, 23 federal dockets); different first name (james); court in FL (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, 2:20 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

1 difference found between the filings for John E. Balkcom (compared 1 filing on Oct 24, 2026)

Note · Nov 3, 2009 – Nov 17, 2009

No amendment in the last 12 months on an offering that may still be open — MedDirect Inc. (latest filing Nov 17, 2009)

The latest filing for this offering is dated Nov 17, 2009 (first sale Nov 3, 2009). It reports $225,000 sold of $700,000 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 · Nov 17, 2009 ↗MedDirect 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
Nov 17, 2009 D
MedDirect Inc.
File 021-136198
$0$0$0
Proceeds of the Offering will be used to fund the Issuer's business operations.
None 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 John E. Balkcom 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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Other · group: Meddirect

MedDirect Inc.

Grand Rapids, MI · Nov 17, 2009
  • Nov 17, 2009 · D · $225,000 sold of $700,000 · 3 investors · min. $25,000 · role: Director EDGAR ↗

Raised $225K from 3 investors (32% of the $700K target) as of the latest filing. John 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.

People around John 6

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

GV
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Person

Gregory VandenBosch

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

Listed on the same filings as John E. Balkcom. Their page shows their other deals.

EB
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Person

Eric Becker

Executive Officer · 1 shared filing (1 issuer)

Listed on the same filings as John E. Balkcom. Their page shows their other deals.

CP
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Person

C.A. Lance Piccolo

Director · 1 shared filing (1 issuer)

Listed on the same filings as John E. Balkcom. Their page shows their other deals.

KB
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Person

Kenneth D. Bloem

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

Listed on the same filings as John E. Balkcom. Their page shows their other deals.

BC
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Person

Breaux Castleman

Director · 1 shared filing (1 issuer)

Listed on the same filings as John E. Balkcom. Their page shows their other deals.

SG
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Person

Spencer D. Galloway

Executive Officer · 1 shared filing (1 issuer)

Listed on the same filings as John E. Balkcom. Their page shows their other deals.

The team behind the deals

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Sponsor group

Meddirect

2 issuers · 12 filings · $20.2M reported sold · 2009–2025

One team, 2 deal companies. John E. Balkcom 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 John E. Balkcom.

Same business address

1 other issuer 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 John E. Balkcom 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 John E. Balkcom is listed on: none on file. No website or social profile named in MedDirect Inc.'s SEC filings (Form C, Reg A, Form ADV; checked Oct 24, 2026). Web search for this name: #367,910 of 374,652 in line (14 issuers searched so far). One-tap searches: Look further ↓

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