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Michael A. Abate

Named as an officer, director or promoter on SEC Form D filings · NJ · Dec 2, 2009 → Dec 2, 2009

2deals (issuers)
$2.88Mreported sold
12investors
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

Michael A. Abate is listed as an executive officer on 2 SEC Form D filings by 2 issuers between Dec 2009 and Oct 2011: Urban Brands, Inc. (Secaucus, NJ — retailing — 2009; $2.5M reported sold to 5 investors) and Ashley Stewart Holdings, Inc. (Secaucus, NJ — retailing — 2011; $385K reported sold to 7 investors).

What this means 2 separate companies raised money with this person listed as executive officer, over about 2 years. Across those companies the filings report $2.88M sold in total.

Listed alongside David Brown (2 shared filings, management entity), Dean C. Kehler (2 shared filings), Beth Nottingham (1 shared filing), Beth Stivers (1 shared filing), Cosmo LaForgia (1 shared filing) and 16 others.

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

All 2 issuers belong to the sponsor group Ashley Stewart (3 issuers, $3.08M reported sold, 2009–2016).

What this means A sponsor group is one team that sets up a new company for each deal. Ashley Stewart has 3 companies on file and $3.08M 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 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 2 public filings for Michael A. Abate and found 1 difference: Michael A. Abate is written 2 different ways on the filings.

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 Michael A. Abate has not run yet — it is joining a line of 3,141 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, 2:20 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 Michael A. Abate..

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

12 cases: 1 open, 11 closed (disposition not in docket feed)

Michael A. Abate open
United States Bankruptcy Court, D. Connecticut · No. 25-30663 · Filed Jul 12, 2025
Role of Michael A. Abate: Debtor · Outcome: Open — no termination date on the docket (bulk snapshot 2026-09-30) Docket on CourtListener ↗
same full name (a name found in 14 federal dockets); court in CT (not a filing state)
Michael A. Abate, Jr. closed
United States Bankruptcy Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · No. 15-13578 · Filed May 21, 2015 · Closed Oct 8, 2015
Role of Michael A. Abate, Jr.: Debtor · Outcome: Case closed 2015-10-08 (disposition not included in the bulk docket feed — see docket) Docket on CourtListener ↗
same full name (a name found in 14 federal dockets); court in PA (not a filing state)
Michael A. Abate, Jr. closed
United States Bankruptcy Court, N.D. Ohio · No. 09-10610 · Filed Jan 29, 2009 · Closed Jun 26, 2009
Role of Michael A. Abate, Jr.: Debtor · Outcome: Case closed 2009-06-26 (disposition not included in the bulk docket feed — see docket) Docket on CourtListener ↗
same full name (a name found in 14 federal dockets); court in OH (not a filing state)
Michael Abate closed
United States Bankruptcy Court, D. Massachusetts · No. 04-11284 · Filed Feb 22, 2004 · Closed Jun 14, 2004
Role of Michael Abate: Debtor · Outcome: Case closed 2004-06-14 (disposition not included in the bulk docket feed — see docket) Docket on CourtListener ↗
same full name (a name found in 14 federal dockets); court in MA (not a filing state)
Michael J. Abate closed
United States Bankruptcy Court, W.D. Louisiana · No. 02-20210 · Filed Mar 1, 2002 · Closed Jun 17, 2002
Role of Michael J. Abate: Debtor · Outcome: Case closed 2002-06-17 (disposition not included in the bulk docket feed — see docket) Docket on CourtListener ↗
same full name (a name found in 14 federal dockets); court in LA (not a filing state); middle initial differs
Michael J. Abate and Amanda B. Abate closed
United States Bankruptcy Court, N.D. Ohio · No. 01-20686 · Filed Oct 31, 2001 · Closed Jan 13, 2003
Role of Michael J. Abate and Amanda B. Abate: Debtor · Outcome: Case closed 2003-01-13 (disposition not included in the bulk docket feed — see docket) Docket on CourtListener ↗
same full name (a name found in 14 federal dockets); court in OH (not a filing state); middle initial differs
Michael J. Abate closed
United States Bankruptcy Court, M.D. Pennsylvania · No. 5:01-bk-03000 · Filed Jul 16, 2001 · Closed Sep 5, 2003
Role of Michael J. Abate: Debtor · Outcome: Case closed 2003-09-05 (disposition not included in the bulk docket feed — see docket) Docket on CourtListener ↗
same full name (a name found in 14 federal dockets); court in PA (not a filing state); middle initial differs
Michael Abate and Delia Abate closed
United States Bankruptcy Court, D. Massachusetts · No. 98-17992 · Filed Aug 14, 1998 · Closed Oct 4, 1999
Role of Michael Abate and Delia Abate: Debtor · Outcome: Case closed 1999-10-04 (disposition not included in the bulk docket feed — see docket) Docket on CourtListener ↗
same full name (a name found in 14 federal dockets); court in MA (not a filing state)
Michael A. Abate closed
United States Bankruptcy Court, D. Massachusetts · No. 97-15688 · Filed Jun 12, 1997 · Closed Sep 22, 1997
Role of Michael A. Abate: Debtor · Outcome: Case closed 1997-09-22 (disposition not included in the bulk docket feed — see docket) Docket on CourtListener ↗
same full name (a name found in 14 federal dockets); court in MA (not a filing state)
Michael F Abate and Linda M Abate closed
United States Bankruptcy Court, N.D. Illinois · No. 97-14863 · Filed May 14, 1997 · Closed Sep 12, 1997
Role of Michael F Abate and Linda M Abate: Debtor · Outcome: Case closed 1997-09-12 (disposition not included in the bulk docket feed — see docket) Docket on CourtListener ↗
same full name (a name found in 14 federal dockets); court in IL (not a filing state); middle initial differs
Michael Abate closed
United States Bankruptcy Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · No. 88-13364 · Filed Sep 28, 1988 · Closed Feb 17, 1989
Role of Michael Abate: Debtor · Outcome: Case closed 1989-02-17 (disposition not included in the bulk docket feed — see docket) Docket on CourtListener ↗
same full name (a name found in 14 federal dockets); court in PA (not a filing state)
Michael S. Abate closed
United States Bankruptcy Court, N.D. New York · No. 86-10438 · Filed Mar 26, 1986 · Closed Nov 10, 1987
Role of Michael S. Abate: Debtor · Outcome: Case closed 1987-11-10 (disposition not included in the bulk docket feed — see docket) Docket on CourtListener ↗
same full name (a name found in 14 federal dockets); court in NY (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, 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 Michael A. Abate (compared 2 filings on Oct 24, 2026)

Note · Dec 2, 2009 – Oct 12, 2011

Michael A. Abate is written 2 different ways on the filings

listed as "Michael A. Abate" on the Dec 2, 2009 filing, and "Michael Abate" on the Oct 12, 2011 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
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
Oct 12, 2011 D
Ashley Stewart Holdings, Inc.
File 021-167058
$0$0$0None listed on this filingEDGAR ↗
Dec 2, 2009 D
Urban Brands, Inc.
File 021-136561
$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 Michael A. Abate on a Form D, newest first. A Form D is the notice a company files after it starts selling a private investment.

Retailing · group: Ashley Stewart

Ashley Stewart Holdings, Inc.

Secaucus, NJ · Oct 12, 2011
  • Oct 12, 2011 · D · $384,993 sold of $384,993 · 7 investors · min. No minimum reported · role: Executive Officer EDGAR ↗

Raised $385K from 7 investors (100% of the $385K target) as of the latest filing. Michael 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.

Retailing · group: Ashley Stewart

Urban Brands, Inc.

Secaucus, NJ · Dec 2, 2009
  • Dec 2, 2009 · D · $2,500,000 sold of $2,500,000 · 5 investors · min. No minimum reported · role: Executive Officer EDGAR ↗

Raised $2.5M from 5 investors (100% of the $2.5M target) as of the latest filing. Michael 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.

People around Michael 21

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

Management entity

David Brown

Executive Officer · 2 shared filings (2 issuers)

Listed on the same filings as Michael A. Abate. Their page shows their other deals.

DK
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Person

Dean C. Kehler

Director · 2 shared filings (2 issuers) · also on 2 other issuers

Listed on the same filings as Michael A. Abate. Their page shows their other deals.

SN
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Person

Steve Newman

Executive Officer · 1 shared filing (1 issuer)

Listed on the same filings as Michael A. Abate. Their page shows their other deals.

DT
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Person

Darryl B. Thompson

Director · 1 shared filing (1 issuer)

Listed on the same filings as Michael A. Abate. Their page shows their other deals.

WP
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Person

William P. Phoenix

Director · 1 shared filing (1 issuer)

Listed on the same filings as Michael A. Abate. Their page shows their other deals.

EF
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Person

Edward Finkelstein

Director · 1 shared filing (1 issuer)

Listed on the same filings as Michael A. Abate. Their page shows their other deals.

BS
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Person

Beth Stivers

Executive Officer · 1 shared filing (1 issuer)

Listed on the same filings as Michael A. Abate. Their page shows their other deals.

LW
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Person

Laura A. Weil

Executive Officer · 1 shared filing (1 issuer)

Listed on the same filings as Michael A. Abate. Their page shows their other deals.

SH
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Person

Scott M. Hurd

Executive Officer · 1 shared filing (1 issuer)

Listed on the same filings as Michael A. Abate. Their page shows their other deals.

JG
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Person

Joi S. Gordon

Director · 1 shared filing (1 issuer)

Listed on the same filings as Michael A. Abate. Their page shows their other deals.

MC
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Person

M. Cecilia Clancy

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

Listed on the same filings as Michael A. Abate. Their page shows their other deals.

KG
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Person

Kristen T. Gaskins

Executive Officer · 1 shared filing (1 issuer)

Listed on the same filings as Michael A. Abate. Their page shows their other deals.

JR
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Person

James Rhee

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

Listed on the same filings as Michael A. Abate. Their page shows their other deals.

BN
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Person

Beth Nottingham

Executive Officer · 1 shared filing (1 issuer)

Listed on the same filings as Michael A. Abate. Their page shows their other deals.

CL
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Person

Cosmo LaForgia

Executive Officer · 1 shared filing (1 issuer)

Listed on the same filings as Michael A. Abate. Their page shows their other deals.

JG
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Person

James Giantomenico

Executive Officer · 1 shared filing (1 issuer)

Listed on the same filings as Michael A. Abate. Their page shows their other deals.

PS
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Person

Paul Shandlay

Executive Officer · 1 shared filing (1 issuer)

Listed on the same filings as Michael A. Abate. Their page shows their other deals.

HG
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Person

Hovig Garabedian

Executive Officer · 1 shared filing (1 issuer)

Listed on the same filings as Michael A. Abate. Their page shows their other deals.

JC
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Person

John Chan

Executive Officer · 1 shared filing (1 issuer)

Listed on the same filings as Michael A. Abate. Their page shows their other deals.

SS
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Person

Scott Strasser

Director · 1 shared filing (1 issuer)

Listed on the same filings as Michael A. Abate. Their page shows their other deals.

MK
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Person

Matthew Kahn

Director · 1 shared filing (1 issuer)

Listed on the same filings as Michael A. Abate. Their page shows their other deals.

The team behind the deals

Sponsor group

Ashley Stewart

3 issuers · 3 filings · $3.08M reported sold · 2009–2016

One team, 3 deal companies. Michael A. Abate 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 Michael A. Abate.

Registrations and other filings

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 Michael A. Abate 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 Michael A. Abate is listed on: none on file. No website or social profile named in Urban Brands, Inc.'s SEC filings (Form C, Reg A, Form ADV; checked Oct 24, 2026). Web search for this name: #367,569 of 374,652 in line (14 issuers searched so far). One-tap searches: Look further ↓

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