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Lawrence Appell

Named as an officer, director or promoter on SEC Form D filings · AZ · Nov 8, 2011 → Nov 14, 2011

1deal (issuers)
$1.23Mreported sold
15investors
2Form D filings
2011year on file
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Data last updated Oct 23, 2026, 5:45 PM ET · Courts (RECAP) last checked: Oct 24, 2026, 2:25 AM ET · SEC enforcement last checked: covered by the index scan as of Oct 24, 2026, 2:50 AM ET

The short version

Lawrence Appell is listed as an executive officer on 2 SEC Form D filings by 1 issuer in Nov 2011: Fitness Partners, LLC (Scottsdale, AZ — other health care — 2011; $1.23M reported sold to 15 investors).

What this means One deal on file with the SEC, filed Nov 2011. A Form D is the notice a company files after it starts selling a private investment — it is a notice, not an approval.

No other person or management entity is listed on the same filings.

What this means The filings name this person alone — no co-officers, directors or promoters were listed.

The issuer belongs to the sponsor group Midwest Shooting Center (13 issuers, $15.6M reported sold, 2011–2022).

What this means A sponsor group is one team that sets up a new company for each deal. Midwest Shooting Center has 13 companies on file and $15.6M 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) — 12 court cases matching the name, 4 bankruptcy cases matching the name listed in Key records below.

What this means 16 records came back, including 3 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 2 public filings for Lawrence Appell and found 3 differences, 1 worth asking the sponsor about: Investor count went down between 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 Lawrence Appell has not run yet — it is joining a line of 8,463 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

12 cases: 3 open, 4 closed (disposition not in docket feed), 4 dismissed, 1 judgment

Appell v. Royal Oak Enterprises, LLC open
District Court, E.D. Missouri · No. 1:25-cv-00101 · Filed Jun 5, 2025
Role of Appell: Plaintiff · Outcome: Open — no termination date on the docket (bulk snapshot 2026-09-30) Docket on CourtListener ↗
same rare surname (2 people in Form D filings, 34 federal dockets); surname only in the caption; court in MO (not a filing state)
Appell v. Royal Oak Enterprises, LLC open
District Court, E.D. Missouri · No. 4:25-cv-00823 · Filed Jun 5, 2025
Role of Appell: Plaintiff · Outcome: Open — no termination date on the docket (bulk snapshot 2026-09-30) Docket on CourtListener ↗
same rare surname (2 people in Form D filings, 34 federal dockets); surname only in the caption; court in MO (not a filing state)
Appell v. Royal Oak Enterprises, LLC closed
District Court, E.D. Missouri · No. 4:25-cv-00824 · Filed Jun 5, 2025 · Closed Jun 5, 2025
Role of Appell: Plaintiff · Outcome: Terminated 2025-06-05 (disposition not included in the bulk docket feed — see docket) Docket on CourtListener ↗
same rare surname (2 people in Form D filings, 34 federal dockets); surname only in the caption; court in MO (not a filing state)
APPELL v. LIFECELL CORPORATION open
District Court, D. New Jersey · No. 2:24-cv-06613 · Filed May 31, 2024
Role of APPELL: Plaintiff · Outcome: Open — no termination date on the docket (bulk snapshot 2026-09-30) Docket on CourtListener ↗
same rare surname (2 people in Form D filings, 34 federal dockets); surname only in the caption; court in NJ (not a filing state)
Appell v. Ethicon, Inc closed
District Court, N.D. Georgia · No. 1:21-cv-03085 · Filed Jul 30, 2021 · Closed Mar 5, 2024
Role of Appell: Plaintiff · Outcome: Terminated 2024-03-05 (disposition not included in the bulk docket feed — see docket) Docket on CourtListener ↗
same rare surname (2 people in Form D filings, 34 federal dockets); surname only in the caption; court in GA (not a filing state)
APPELL v. ETHICON, INC closed
District Court, D. New Jersey · No. 3:21-cv-11286 · Filed May 17, 2021 · Closed Jul 30, 2021
Role of APPELL: Plaintiff · Outcome: Terminated 2021-07-30 (disposition not included in the bulk docket feed — see docket) Docket on CourtListener ↗
same rare surname (2 people in Form D filings, 34 federal dockets); surname only in the caption; court in NJ (not a filing state)
APPELL v. HARTFORD INSURANCE COMPANY OF THE MIDWEST closed
District Court, S.D. Florida · No. 2:20-cv-14317 · Filed Sep 11, 2020 · Closed Jan 12, 2021
Role of APPELL: Plaintiff · Outcome: Terminated 2021-01-12 (disposition not included in the bulk docket feed — see docket) Docket on CourtListener ↗
same rare surname (2 people in Form D filings, 34 federal dockets); surname only in the caption; court in FL (not a filing state)
Appell v. Lightstyles, Ltd. dismissed
District Court, S.D. West Virginia · No. 3:07-cv-00956 · Filed Dec 21, 2007 · Closed Mar 24, 2008 · Nature of suit: 190 Other contract actions
Role of Appell: Plaintiff · Outcome: Terminated 2008-03-24 — FJC Integrated Database disposition: Dismissed: settled Docket on CourtListener ↗
same rare surname (2 people in Form D filings, 34 federal dockets); surname only in the caption; court in WV (not a filing state)
Appell v. Blue Cross Blue Shield of Alabama, Inc. dismissed
District Court, N.D. Alabama · No. 2:07-cv-01773 · Filed Sep 27, 2007 · Closed Oct 25, 2007 · Nature of suit: 791 Employee Retirement Income Security Act
Role of Appell: Plaintiff · Outcome: Terminated 2007-10-25 — FJC Integrated Database disposition: Dismissed: other Docket on CourtListener ↗
same rare surname (2 people in Form D filings, 34 federal dockets); surname only in the caption; court in AL (not a filing state)
Appell v. L.A.M. & Associates dismissed
District Court, D. Vermont · No. 1:98-cv-00070 · Filed Feb 27, 1998 · Closed Jun 9, 1998 · Nature of suit: 190 Other contract actions
Role of Appell: Plaintiff · Outcome: Terminated 1998-06-09 — FJC Integrated Database disposition: Dismissed: lack of jurisdiction Docket on CourtListener ↗
same rare surname (2 people in Form D filings, 34 federal dockets); surname only in the caption; court in VT (not a filing state)
Appell v. NYNEX Corporation dismissed
District Court, D. Vermont · No. 2:97-cv-00270 · Filed Aug 15, 1997 · Closed Mar 12, 1998 · Nature of suit: 410 Antitrust
Role of Appell: Plaintiff · Outcome: Terminated 1998-03-12 — FJC Integrated Database disposition: Dismissed: other Docket on CourtListener ↗
same rare surname (2 people in Form D filings, 34 federal dockets); surname only in the caption; court in VT (not a filing state)
Midstates Resources v. Appell judgment
District Court, D. Massachusetts · No. 1:96-cv-10413 · Filed Feb 29, 1996 · Closed May 24, 1996 · Nature of suit: 140 Negotiable instruments
Role of Appell: Defendant · Outcome: Terminated 1996-05-24 — FJC Integrated Database disposition: Judgment on default; judgment for plaintiff Docket on CourtListener ↗
same rare surname (2 people in Form D filings, 34 federal dockets); surname only in the caption; court in MA (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, 2:25 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 Lawrence Appell..

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

4 cases: 1 open, 3 closed (disposition not in docket feed)

Channel Partners Capital LLC v. Appell open
United States Bankruptcy Court, M.D. Florida · No. 6:25-ap-00160 · Filed Sep 8, 2025
Role of Appell: Defendant · Outcome: Open — no termination date on the docket (bulk snapshot 2026-09-30) Docket on CourtListener ↗
same rare surname (2 people in Form D filings, 34 federal dockets); surname only in the caption; court in FL (not a filing state)
McKinley Machinery, Inc. and Brohl&Appell closed
United States Bankruptcy Court, N.D. Ohio · No. 05-10588 · Filed Jan 18, 2005 · Closed May 27, 2009
Role of McKinley Machinery, Inc. and Brohl&Appell: Debtor · Outcome: Case closed 2009-05-27 (disposition not included in the bulk docket feed — see docket) Docket on CourtListener ↗
same rare surname (2 people in Form D filings, 34 federal dockets); surname only in the caption; court in OH (not a filing state)
Richard C. Breeden, Esq. v. Appell closed
United States Bankruptcy Court, N.D. New York · No. 98-54362 · Filed Mar 26, 1998 · Closed Jul 6, 2000
Role of Appell: Defendant · Outcome: Case closed 2000-07-06 (disposition not included in the bulk docket feed — see docket) Docket on CourtListener ↗
same rare surname (2 people in Form D filings, 34 federal dockets); surname only in the caption; court in NY (not a filing state)
Imperial Plaza Partnership v. Appell closed
United States Bankruptcy Court, D. New Jersey · No. 94-3210 · Filed May 10, 1994 · Closed Mar 7, 1995
Role of Appell: Defendant · Outcome: Case closed 1995-03-07 (disposition not included in the bulk docket feed — see docket) Docket on CourtListener ↗
same rare surname (2 people in Form D filings, 34 federal dockets); surname only in the caption; court in NJ (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, 2:25 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 Lawrence Appell — 1 worth asking about (compared 2 filings on Oct 24, 2026)

Worth asking · Nov 8, 2011 – Nov 14, 2011

Investor count went down between filings — Fitness Partners, LLC

The Nov 8, 2011 filing reports 15 investors; the Nov 14, 2011 Form D/A reports 14 investors.

What this means Investor counts normally only grow. A smaller number can mean investors left or were refunded, or a count was corrected. Ask the sponsor what happened.

Form D (earlier) · Nov 8, 2011 ↗Form D/A (later) · Nov 14, 2011 ↗Fitness Partners, LLC — PartnerFacts page ↗
Sources
Note · Oct 24, 2011 – Nov 14, 2011

No amendment in the last 12 months on an offering that may still be open — Fitness Partners, LLC (latest filing Nov 14, 2011)

The latest filing for this offering is dated Nov 14, 2011 (first sale Oct 24, 2011). It reports $1,230,000 sold of an indefinite amount 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/A · Nov 14, 2011 ↗Fitness Partners, LLC — PartnerFacts page ↗
Sources
Note · Jun 27, 2019

Same name, different state: "Lawrence Appell" (FL) is a separate record

This page covers filings where the address state is AZ. A separate record, "Lawrence Appell" with address state FL, is listed on 4 filings — most recently by Fitness Partners Holdings PA OZ, LLC (Jun 27, 2019). The two records do not overlap in time: this page runs Nov 8, 2011 to Nov 14, 2011; the other has one filing dated Jun 27, 2019.

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.

Lawrence Appell (FL) — PartnerFacts page ↗Form D/A · Jun 27, 2019 ↗Fitness Partners Holdings PA OZ, LLC — PartnerFacts page ↗Lawrence Appell (AZ) — this 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

0 of 1 offering report sales commissions; 0 report finder's fees; 1 reports proceeds to related persons totalling $72,000. (includes amounts the issuer reported as estimates)

Offering (latest filing)Sales commissionsFinder's feesTo insidersPaid to sell itSource
Nov 14, 2011 D/A
Fitness Partners, LLC
File 021-168398
$0$0$72,000 (est.)None 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 Lawrence Appell on a Form D, newest first. A Form D is the notice a company files after it starts selling a private investment.

FP
Other Health Care · group: Midwest Shooting Center

Fitness Partners, LLC

Scottsdale, AZ · Nov 8, 2011 → Nov 14, 2011 · 2 filings
  • Nov 14, 2011 · D/A · $1,230,000 sold of Indefinite · 14 investors · min. $10,000 · role: Executive Officer EDGAR ↗
  • Nov 8, 2011 · D · $1,230,000 sold of Indefinite · 15 investors · min. $10,000 · role: Executive Officer EDGAR ↗

Raised $1.23M from 15 investors as of the latest filing. Lawrence is listed as executive officer on 2 filings for this deal.

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.

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.

  • Lawrence Appell — FL, 3 issuers, Jun 27, 2019 → Jun 27, 2019 · no shared issuer

People around Lawrence 0

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

No other person or management entity is named on the same filings.

The team behind the deals

MS
Sponsor group

Midwest Shooting Center

13 issuers · 15 filings · $15.6M reported sold · 2011–2022

One team, 13 deal companies. Lawrence Appell 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 Lawrence Appell.

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 Lawrence Appell 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 Lawrence Appell is listed on: none on file. No website or social profile named in Fitness Partners, LLC's SEC filings (Form C, Reg A, Form ADV; checked Oct 24, 2026). Web search for this name: #348,037 of 374,652 in line (14 issuers searched so far). One-tap searches: Look further ↓

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Business registries

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