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JOHN J. WALLER

Named as an officer, director or promoter on SEC Form D filings · IL · Oct 22, 2009 → Oct 22, 2009

1deal (issuers)
$15Mreported sold
136investors
2Form D filings
2009year on file

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 J. WALLER is listed as a director on 2 SEC Form D filings by 1 issuer between Oct 2009 and Jun 2018: SIGNATURE BANCORPORATION, INC. (Rosemont, IL — commercial banking — 2009–2018; $15M reported sold to 136 investors).

What this means One deal on file with the SEC. 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 BRYAN DUNCAN (2 shared filings), GEORGE N. COCHRAN (2 shared filings), JOHN T. MCENROE (2 shared filings), KEVIN P. BASTUGA (2 shared filings), LEONARD S. CARONIA (2 shared filings) and 3 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.

Public records searched: federal courts (CourtListener / RECAP), SEC enforcement releases, state securities regulators (AZ, CA, DE, TX, WA) — 2 bankruptcy cases matching the name listed in Key records below.

What this means 2 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 J. WALLER and found 4 differences: Form D filed 22 days after the first sale; JOHN J. WALLER is written 2 different ways on the filings; 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 J. WALLER has not run yet — it is joining a line of 19,538 names; searches run around the clock at the hosts' allowed rate. Searched so far: 32 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, 2:20 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: 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 J. WALLER..

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

2 cases: 2 closed (disposition not in docket feed)

John E Waller closed
United States Bankruptcy Court, C.D. Illinois · No. 04-80702 · Filed Feb 20, 2004 · Closed Jun 4, 2004
Role of John E Waller: Debtor · Outcome: Case closed 2004-06-04 (disposition not included in the bulk docket feed — see docket) Docket on CourtListener ↗
same full name (a name found in 107 federal dockets); 5 people with this name in Form D filings; court in the person's filing state (IL); middle initial differs
John C Waller closed
United States Bankruptcy Court, N.D. Illinois · No. 90-23697 · Filed Dec 19, 1990 · Closed Jun 14, 1991
Role of John C Waller: Debtor · Outcome: Case closed 1991-06-14 (disposition not included in the bulk docket feed — see docket) Docket on CourtListener ↗
same full name (a name found in 107 federal dockets); 5 people with this name in Form D filings; court in the person's filing state (IL); 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, 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

4 differences found between the filings for JOHN J. WALLER (compared 2 filings on Oct 24, 2026)

Note · Sep 30, 2009 – Oct 22, 2009

Form D filed 22 days after the first sale — SIGNATURE BANCORPORATION, INC.

The filing says the first sale was Sep 30, 2009. The Form D was filed Oct 22, 2009 — 22 days later. The rule: a Form D is generally due within 15 days after the first sale, so this one is 7 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.

Sources
Note · Oct 22, 2009 – Jun 13, 2018

JOHN J. WALLER is written 2 different ways on the filings

listed as "John J. Waller" on the Oct 22, 2009 filing, and "John Waller" on the Jun 13, 2018 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 · Apr 24, 2018 – Sep 19, 2023

Same name, different state: "John Waller" (CA) is a separate record

This page covers filings where the address state is IL. A separate record, "John Waller" with address state CA, is listed on 4 filings — most recently by Deepcast, Inc. (Sep 19, 2023). The two records do not overlap in time: this page has one filing dated Oct 22, 2009; the other runs Apr 24, 2018 to Sep 19, 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 · Oct 22, 2009 – Jun 13, 2018

Address moved from Chicago, IL to Rosemont, IL — SIGNATURE BANCORPORATION, INC.

The people listed on the Oct 22, 2009 filing give Chicago, IL; on the Jun 13, 2018 filing they give Rosemont, IL.

What this means Businesses move; this just shows the two places and dates. If you were told one city and the forms say another, ask which is current.

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

1 of 2 offerings reports sales commissions totalling $300,000; 0 report finder's fees; 0 report proceeds to related persons.

Offering (latest filing)Sales commissionsFinder's feesTo insidersPaid to sell itSource
Jun 13, 2018 D
SIGNATURE BANCORPORATION, INC.
File 021-314473
$300,000$0$0SANDLER O'NEILL & PARTNERS, L.P. BrokerCheck CRD 23328 ↗EDGAR ↗
Oct 22, 2009 D
SIGNATURE BANCORPORATION, INC.
File 021-135530
$0$0$0None listed on this filingEDGAR ↗
How this is counted

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

Commercial Banking

SIGNATURE BANCORPORATION, INC.

Rosemont, IL · Oct 22, 2009 → Jun 13, 2018 · 2 filings
  • Jun 13, 2018 · D · $15,000,000 sold of $15,000,000 · 8 investors · min. No minimum reported · role: Director EDGAR ↗
  • Oct 22, 2009 · D · $9,099,900 sold of $9,099,900 · 136 investors · min. $100,000 · role: Director EDGAR ↗

Raised $15M from 136 investors (100% of the $15M target) as of the latest filing. John is listed as director on 2 filings for this deal.

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 (4)

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

  • John Waller — CA, 4 issuers, Apr 24, 2018 → Sep 19, 2023 · no shared issuer
  • John Christopher Waller — United Kingdom (as filed: X0), 1 issuer, Jan 26, 2012 → Jan 26, 2012 · no shared issuer
  • John W. Waller — CT, 1 issuer, Aug 21, 2017 → Aug 21, 2017 · no shared issuer
  • John G Waller — CA, 1 issuer, Dec 6, 2022 → Dec 6, 2022 · no shared issuer

People around John 8

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

LC
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Person

LEONARD S. CARONIA

Executive Officer, Director · 2 shared filings (1 issuer)

Listed on the same filings as John J. Waller. Their page shows their other deals.

GC
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Person

GEORGE N. COCHRAN

Director · 2 shared filings (1 issuer)

Listed on the same filings as John J. Waller. Their page shows their other deals.

JM
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Person

JOHN T. MCENROE

Executive Officer, Director · 2 shared filings (1 issuer)

Listed on the same filings as John J. Waller. Their page shows their other deals.

KB
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Person

KEVIN P. BASTUGA

Director, Executive Officer · 2 shared filings (1 issuer)

Listed on the same filings as John J. Waller. Their page shows their other deals.

MR
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Person

MICHAEL G. O'ROURKE

Executive Officer, Director · 2 shared filings (1 issuer)

Listed on the same filings as John J. Waller. Their page shows their other deals.

BD
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Person

BRYAN DUNCAN

Director, Executive Officer · 2 shared filings (1 issuer) · also on 1 other issuer

Listed on the same filings as John J. Waller. Their page shows their other deals.

KW
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Person

KELLY R. WILHEIM

Director · 1 shared filing (1 issuer)

Listed on the same filings as John J. Waller. Their page shows their other deals.

LH
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Person

LOUIS A. HOLUB

Director · 1 shared filing (1 issuer)

Listed on the same filings as John J. Waller. Their page shows their other deals.

The team behind the deals

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 J. WALLER 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 J. Waller is listed on: none on file. No website or social profile named in SIGNATURE BANCORPORATION, INC.'s SEC filings (Form C, Reg A, Form ADV; checked Oct 24, 2026). Web search for this name: #253,508 of 374,652 in line (53 issuers searched so far). One-tap searches: Look further ↓

Look further

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