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Michael A. Smith

Named as an officer, director or promoter on SEC Form D filings · TX · Dec 23, 2011 → Jan 4, 2016

3deals (issuers)
$57.5Mreported sold
187investors
5Form D filings
2011–2016years on file

Data last updated Oct 23, 2026, 5:45 PM ET · Courts (RECAP) last checked: Oct 24, 2026, 2:23 AM ET · SEC enforcement last checked: not yet

The short version

Michael A. Smith is listed as an executive officer and promoter on 5 SEC Form D filings by 3 issuers between Dec 2011 and Jan 2016: Streettalk Advisors Premier Fund, L.P. (Houston, TX — pooled investment fund — 2011–2012; $43.2M reported sold to 124 investors), STA Specialized Fund, L.P. (Houston, TX — pooled investment fund — 2011–2012; $8.5M reported sold to 43 investors) and STA Real Estate Fund 1, LP (Houston, TX — pooled investment fund — 2016; $5.8M reported sold to 20 investors).

What this means A repeat sponsor — 3 separate companies raised money with this person listed as executive officer and promoter, over about 5 years. Across those companies the filings report $57.5M sold in total.

Listed alongside Lance E. Roberts (4 shared filings), Luke Patterson (1 shared filing) and STA Real Estate Company, LLC (1 shared filing, management entity).

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 3 issuers belong to the sponsor group Sta (3 issuers, $57.5M reported sold, 2011–2016).

What this means A sponsor group is one team that sets up a new company for each deal. Sta has 3 companies on file and $57.5M reported sold in total — the group page shows the whole track record in one place.

Public records searched: federal courts (CourtListener / RECAP), state securities regulators (AZ, CA, DE, TX, WA) — 6 SEC releases, 1 state regulator order, 4 bankruptcy cases matching the name listed in Key records below. Not yet searched: SEC enforcement releases (search queued; results are added automatically).

What this means 11 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.

What the community is saying

Nothing found on Reddit, BiggerPockets or community forums for high-net-worth investors (searched Oct 24, 2026) — search queued; this line updates when it has run.

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

What was searched

Sources searched: CourtListener bulk data (RECAP dockets as of 2026-09-30; recall-first rule 10-24) — federal district + bankruptcy courts; live RECAP re-check pending. State courts: not yet searched. PACER: not searched. · Last checked Oct 24, 2026, 2:23 AM ET.

State courts: not yet searched. 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

6 SEC releases; 1 state regulator order

Michael Smith and Douglas Joshua Dalton Litigation release
SEC · Apr 1, 2026 · Parties as named in the release: Michael Smith and Douglas Joshua Dalton Read the release ↗
same full name in the release title; 55 people with this name in Form D filings; the person's filing state is not named
James Wallace Nall, III, Michael Hale Smith, Michael Dwaine Smith, Robert Walter Smith and Walter Vice Tutt Litigation release
SEC · Sep 21, 2021 · Parties as named in the release: James Wallace Nall, III, Michael Hale Smith, Michael Dwaine Smith, Robert Walter Smith and Walter Vice Tutt Read the release ↗
person name, middle initial differs; common name
Michael D. Smith Administrative proceeding
SEC · Apr 29, 2009 · Parties as named in the release: Michael D. Smith Read the release ↗
same full name in the release title; 55 people with this name in Form D filings; the person's filing state is not named; middle initial differs
Michael K. Smith Administrative proceeding
SEC · Dec 4, 2007 · Parties as named in the release: Michael K. Smith Read the release ↗
same full name in the release title; 55 people with this name in Form D filings; the person's filing state is not named; middle initial differs
Order (type not printed in the list entry; see the order) TX · Texas State Securities Board (TSSB)
Order date Mar 22, 2007 · Regulator: Texas State Securities Board (TSSB) · ENF-07-CDO-1627 · Parties (regulator's caption): Target Oil & Gas Corporation; Michael Smith; Ray Neal; and mark Irwin
Outcome: not stated in the index entry we read; see the order. Order / docket ↗ Regulator's list ↗
same full name in the order; 55 people with this name in Form D filings; regulator in the person's filing state (TX)
Gary Bell, Joseph Grendys, Anthony Holohan, and Michael Smith; Carl A. Allen; Donald Childers; John Crowder; Chris Jakubek; John King; Steve LeBarron; Patrick Penderghast; Frank Riggio; and Richard Vecchia Litigation release
SEC · Jan 22, 2007 · Parties as named in the release: Gary Bell, Joseph Grendys, Anthony Holohan, and Michael Smith; Carl A. Allen; Donald Childers; John Crowder; Chris Jakubek; John King; Steve LeBarron; Patrick Penderghast; Frank Riggio; and Richard Vecchia Read the release ↗
same full name in the release title; 55 people with this name in Form D filings; the person's filing state is not named
Michael W. Smith Administrative proceeding
SEC · Oct 20, 2004 · Parties as named in the release: Michael W. Smith Read the release ↗
same full name in the release title; 55 people with this name in Form D filings; the person's filing state is not named; middle initial differs
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. — matched Oct 23, 2026, 7:05 PM ET from the sec.gov index; a name search for this subject has not completed yet.

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: not yet searched.

SEC search queued. Results are added automatically.

3. Bankruptcies

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

Michael T. Smith open
United States Bankruptcy Court, W.D. Texas · No. 26-50995 · Filed Apr 15, 2026
Role of Michael T. Smith: Debtor · Outcome: Pending — no termination date on the docket (bulk snapshot 2026-09-30) Docket on CourtListener ↗
same full name (a name found in 7052 federal dockets); 55 people with this name in Form D filings; court in the person's filing state (TX); middle initial differs
Michael L Smith open
United States Bankruptcy Court, E.D. Texas · No. 26-60096 · Filed Feb 13, 2026
Role of Michael L Smith: Debtor · Outcome: Pending — no termination date on the docket (bulk snapshot 2026-09-30) Docket on CourtListener ↗
same full name (a name found in 7052 federal dockets); 55 people with this name in Form D filings; court in the person's filing state (TX); middle initial differs
Michael Smith open
United States Bankruptcy Court, N.D. Texas · No. 25-32277 · Filed Jun 20, 2025
Role of Michael Smith: Debtor · Outcome: Pending — no termination date on the docket (bulk snapshot 2026-09-30) Docket on CourtListener ↗
same full name (a name found in 7052 federal dockets); 55 people with this name in Form D filings; court in the person's filing state (TX)
Michael Smith and Allison Campbell-Smith closed
United States Bankruptcy Court, N.D. Texas · No. 21-41372 · Filed Jun 9, 2021 · Closed Jan 23, 2023
Role of Michael Smith and Allison Campbell-Smith: Debtor · Outcome: Case closed 2023-01-23 (disposition not included in the bulk docket feed — see docket) Docket on CourtListener ↗
same full name (a name found in 7052 federal dockets); 55 people with this name in Form D filings; court in the person's filing state (TX); middle initial differs
What was searched

Sources searched: Federal bankruptcy courts via CourtListener / RECAP archive (federal district courts, federal bankruptcy courts). State courts: not yet searched. PACER: not searched (RECAP only). · Last checked Oct 24, 2026, 2:23 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 yet searched. 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

Not made for individual people — comparisons cover issuers and sponsor groups

5. Money to insiders

None reported on 3 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
Jan 4, 2016 D
STA Real Estate Fund 1, LP
File 021-254395
$0$0$0
Issuer's confidential offering materials fully discuss management fees.
None listed on this filingEDGAR ↗
Dec 19, 2012 D/A
STA Specialized Fund, L.P.
File 021-170681
$0$0$0 (est.)
Issuer's confidential offering materials discuss management fees nad performance allocations.
None listed on this filingEDGAR ↗
Dec 19, 2012 D/A
Streettalk Advisors Premier Fund, L.P.
File 021-170682
$0$0$0 (est.)
Issuer's confidential offering materials discuss management fees and performance allocations.
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 3

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

Pooled Investment Fund · group: Sta

STA Real Estate Fund 1, LP

Houston, TX · Jan 4, 2016
  • Jan 4, 2016 · D · $5,800,000 sold of $10,000,000 · 20 investors · min. $50,000 · role: Executive Officer, Promoter (Manager of Issuer's general partner) EDGAR ↗

Raised $5.8M from 20 investors (58% of the $10M target) as of the latest filing. Michael is listed as executive officer, promoter.

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: Pooled Investment Fund / 506(b) (83,801 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.

Pooled Investment Fund · group: Sta

Streettalk Advisors Premier Fund, L.P.

Houston, TX · Dec 23, 2011 → Dec 19, 2012 · 2 filings
  • Dec 19, 2012 · D/A · $43,208,611 sold of Indefinite · 124 investors · min. $250,000 · role: Executive Officer, Promoter ("Manager of Streettalk Advisors, LLC, Issuer's general partner (""General Partner"")") EDGAR ↗
  • Dec 23, 2011 · D · $43,208,611 sold of Indefinite · 124 investors · min. $250,000 · role: Executive Officer, Promoter ("Manager of Streettalk Advisors, LLC, Issuer's general partner (""General Partner"")") EDGAR ↗

Raised $43.2M from 124 investors as of the latest filing. Michael is listed as executive officer, promoter 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.

Pooled Investment Fund · group: Sta

STA Specialized Fund, L.P.

Houston, TX · Dec 23, 2011 → Dec 19, 2012 · 2 filings
  • Dec 19, 2012 · D/A · $8,499,000 sold of Indefinite · 41 investors · min. $50,000 · role: Executive Officer, Promoter ("Manager of Streettalk Management, LLC general partner of STA General Partner, L.P., Issuer's general partner (""General Partners"")") EDGAR ↗
  • Dec 23, 2011 · D · $7,299,000 sold of Indefinite · 43 investors · min. $50,000 · role: Executive Officer, Promoter ("Manager of Streettalk Management, LLC general partner of STA General Partner, L.P., Issuer's general partner (""General Partners"")") EDGAR ↗

Raised $8.5M from 43 investors as of the latest filing. Michael is listed as executive officer, promoter 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.

Other pages with the same name (20)

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

  • Michael Smith — NY, 23 issuers, Aug 24, 2012 → Jul 29, 2025 · no shared issuer
  • Michael L. Smith — NY, 21 issuers, Mar 12, 2020 → Oct 15, 2026 · no shared issuer
  • Michael Smith — CA, 17 issuers, May 28, 2009 → Jun 18, 2026 · no shared issuer
  • Michael Smith — OH, 11 issuers, Jan 17, 2020 → Mar 12, 2024 · no shared issuer
  • Michael Thomas Smith — NY, 8 issuers, Jan 3, 2019 → Feb 1, 2021 · no shared issuer
  • Michael Thomas Smith — Singapore (as filed: U0), 6 issuers, Feb 2, 2018 → Feb 9, 2018 · no shared issuer
  • Michael Smith — IL, KY, 5 issuers, Oct 17, 2016 → Jul 17, 2023 · no shared issuer
  • Michael Smith — SC, 4 issuers, Aug 10, 2010 → Nov 20, 2015 · no shared issuer
  • Michael Smith — OR, 4 issuers, Feb 3, 2012 → Oct 21, 2024 · no shared issuer
  • Michael L. Smith — CA, 4 issuers, Dec 16, 2010 → Oct 31, 2014 · no shared issuer
  • Michael B. Smith — CO, 3 issuers, Mar 15, 2010 → Jun 10, 2013 · no shared issuer
  • Michael Smith — GA, VA, 3 issuers, Aug 31, 2011 → Jan 22, 2020 · no shared issuer
  • Michael Stephen Smith — NY, 3 issuers, Feb 28, 2013 → Feb 9, 2023 · no shared issuer
  • Michael Smith — MA, 3 issuers, Dec 29, 2011 → Apr 28, 2016 · no shared issuer
  • Michael Smith — FL, 3 issuers, Jun 22, 2017 → Apr 27, 2018 · no shared issuer
  • Michael Smith — TX, 2 issuers, Mar 23, 2011 → Sep 7, 2012 · no shared issuer
  • Michael L. Smith — CO, 2 issuers, Nov 8, 2011 → Nov 7, 2012 · no shared issuer
  • Michael E Smith II — TX, 2 issuers, Oct 6, 2011 → Oct 11, 2012 · no shared issuer
  • Michael Smith — CO, 2 issuers, Aug 3, 2017 → Jun 8, 2021 · no shared issuer
  • Michael Glover Smith — IL, 2 issuers, Aug 9, 2018 → Jun 6, 2019 · no shared issuer

People around Michael 3

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

Management entity

STA Real Estate Company, LLC

Promoter · 1 shared filing (1 issuer)

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

Person

Lance E. Roberts

Executive Officer, Promoter · 4 shared filings (2 issuers)

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

Person

Luke Patterson

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

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

The team behind the deals

Sponsor group

Sta

3 issuers · 5 filings · $57.5M reported sold · 2011–2016

One team, 3 deal companies. Michael A. Smith is listed on 3 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. Smith.

Registrations and other filings

Adviser registration (Form ADV)

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Other offering types (Regulation A and Regulation Crowdfunding)

None found in sources searched.

Sources 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 · Last checked Oct 23, 2026, 8:41 PM ET.

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