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Paul Gratton

Named as an officer, director or promoter on SEC Form D filings · KY · Apr 15, 2011 → Apr 15, 2011

1deal (issuers)
$1.51Mreported sold
22investors
1Form D filing
2011year on file

Data last updated Oct 23, 2026, 5:45 PM ET · Courts (RECAP) last checked: Oct 24, 2026, 2:24 AM ET · SEC enforcement last checked: covered by the index scan as of Oct 24, 2026, 2:50 AM ET

The short version

Paul Gratton is listed as a director on 1 SEC Form D filing by 1 issuer in Apr 2011: Wind Energy Corp (Elizabethtown, KY — other energy — 2011; $1.51M reported sold to 22 investors).

What this means One deal on file with the SEC, filed Apr 2011. 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 Arthur Klebanoff (1 shared filing), Bill Frohoff (1 shared filing), Gregory Thomson (1 shared filing), Jack Phillips (1 shared filing), James R. Fugitte (1 shared filing) and 3 others.

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

The issuer belongs to the sponsor group Ever After (112 issuers, $192.3M reported sold, 2009–2026).

What this means A sponsor group is one team that sets up a new company for each deal. Ever After has 112 companies on file and $192.3M 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) — 4 court cases matching the name, 7 bankruptcy cases matching the name listed in Key records below.

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.

We compared 1 public filing for Paul Gratton 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 Paul Gratton has not run yet — it is joining a line of 6,889 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

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

Gratton v. DePuy Orthopaedics, Inc. dismissed
District Court, N.D. Ohio · No. 1:13-dp-20489 · Filed Apr 30, 2013 · Closed Feb 19, 2016 · Nature of suit: 367 Health care / pharm
Role of Gratton: Plaintiff · Outcome: Terminated 2016-02-19 — FJC Integrated Database disposition: Dismissed: settled Docket on CourtListener ↗
same rare surname (4 people in Form D filings, 35 federal dockets); surname only in the caption; court in OH (not a filing state)
Gratton v. Premiere Credit of North America, LLC dismissed
District Court, N.D. California · No. 3:12-cv-05525 · Filed Oct 26, 2012 · Closed Jan 2, 2013 · Nature of suit: 480 Consumer Credit · Cause: 15:1692 Fair Debt Collection Act
Role of Gratton: Plaintiff · Outcome: Terminated 2013-01-02 — FJC Integrated Database disposition: Voluntarily dismissed Docket on CourtListener ↗
same rare surname (4 people in Form D filings, 35 federal dockets); surname only in the caption; court in CA (not a filing state)
Gratton v. Secretary of Health & Human Services, The closed
District Court, N.D. Alabama · No. 2:06-cv-01185 · Filed Jun 16, 2006 · Closed Aug 21, 2007 · Nature of suit: 864 S.S.I.D.
Role of Gratton: Plaintiff · Outcome: Terminated 2007-08-21 — FJC Integrated Database disposition: Appeal affirmed (magistrate judge) Docket on CourtListener ↗
same rare surname (4 people in Form D filings, 35 federal dockets); surname only in the caption; court in AL (not a filing state)
Gratton v. Prudential Insurance dismissed
District Court, N.D. Georgia · No. 1:02-cv-00074 · Filed Jan 9, 2002 · Closed May 12, 2004 · Nature of suit: 190 Other contract actions
Role of Gratton: Plaintiff · Outcome: Terminated 2004-05-12 — FJC Integrated Database disposition: Dismissed: settled Docket on CourtListener ↗
same rare surname (4 people in Form D filings, 35 federal dockets); surname only in the caption; court in GA (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, 2:24 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 Paul Gratton..

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

7 cases: 7 closed (disposition not in docket feed)

Gratton v. Freedom Cycles Motor Co., LLC. closed
United States Bankruptcy Court, M.D. Florida · No. 8:17-ap-00142 · Filed Feb 17, 2017 · Closed Apr 20, 2017
Role of Gratton: Plaintiff · Outcome: Case closed 2017-04-20 (disposition not included in the bulk docket feed — see docket) Docket on CourtListener ↗
same rare surname (4 people in Form D filings, 35 federal dockets); surname only in the caption; court in FL (not a filing state)
Gratton v. CitiFinancial Company (DE) closed
United States Bankruptcy Court, N.D. New York · No. 03-90363 · Filed Nov 24, 2003 · Closed May 19, 2004
Role of Gratton: Plaintiff · Outcome: Case closed 2004-05-19 (disposition not included in the bulk docket feed — see docket) Docket on CourtListener ↗
same rare surname (4 people in Form D filings, 35 federal dockets); surname only in the caption; court in NY (not a filing state)
Chase Manhattan Bank v. Gratton closed
United States Bankruptcy Court, D. New Jersey · No. 98-3280 · Filed Jun 9, 1998 · Closed Dec 28, 1998
Role of Gratton: Defendant · Outcome: Case closed 1998-12-28 (disposition not included in the bulk docket feed — see docket) Docket on CourtListener ↗
same rare surname (4 people in Form D filings, 35 federal dockets); surname only in the caption; court in NJ (not a filing state)
Providian Bancorp v. Gratton closed
United States Bankruptcy Court, N.D. Iowa · No. 97-09242 · Filed Dec 4, 1997 · Closed Mar 19, 1998
Role of Gratton: Defendant · Outcome: Case closed 1998-03-19 (disposition not included in the bulk docket feed — see docket) Docket on CourtListener ↗
same rare surname (4 people in Form D filings, 35 federal dockets); surname only in the caption; court in IA (not a filing state)
Beneficial NY, Inc. v. Gratton closed
United States Bankruptcy Court, N.D. New York · No. 97-91378 · Filed Jul 21, 1997 · Closed Apr 23, 1998
Role of Gratton: Defendant · Outcome: Case closed 1998-04-23 (disposition not included in the bulk docket feed — see docket) Docket on CourtListener ↗
same rare surname (4 people in Form D filings, 35 federal dockets); surname only in the caption; court in NY (not a filing state)
GRATTON v. ULTIMATE AUTO COLLISION, INC. closed
United States Bankruptcy Court, N.D. Alabama · No. 94-00325 · Filed Sep 21, 1994 · Closed Mar 6, 1995
Role of GRATTON: Plaintiff · Outcome: Case closed 1995-03-06 (disposition not included in the bulk docket feed — see docket) Docket on CourtListener ↗
same rare surname (4 people in Form D filings, 35 federal dockets); surname only in the caption; court in AL (not a filing state)
Gratton Thomas Taylor, Jr. and Deborah Richardson Taylor closed
United States Bankruptcy Court, W.D. Kentucky · No. 86-40452 · Filed Aug 25, 1986 · Closed Jan 28, 1987
Role of Gratton Thomas Taylor, Jr. and Deborah Richardson Taylor: Debtor · Outcome: Case closed 1987-01-28 (disposition not included in the bulk docket feed — see docket) Docket on CourtListener ↗
same rare surname (4 people in Form D filings, 35 federal dockets); surname only in the caption; court in the person's filing state (KY)
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, 2:24 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 Paul Gratton (compared 1 filing on Oct 24, 2026)

Note · Mar 31, 2011 – Apr 15, 2011

No amendment in the last 12 months on an offering that may still be open — Wind Energy Corp (latest filing Apr 15, 2011)

The latest filing for this offering is dated Apr 15, 2011 (first sale Mar 31, 2011). It reports $1,505,400 sold of $2,000,000 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.

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
Apr 15, 2011 D
Wind Energy Corp
File 021-158478
$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 1

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

Other Energy · group: Ever After

Wind Energy Corp

Elizabethtown, KY · Apr 15, 2011
  • Apr 15, 2011 · D · $1,505,400 sold of $2,000,000 · 22 investors · min. $10,000 · role: Director EDGAR ↗

Raised $1.51M from 22 investors (75% of the $2M target) as of the latest filing. Paul is listed as director.

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 Paul 8

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

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Gregory Thomson

Director · 1 shared filing (1 issuer)

Listed on the same filings as Paul Gratton. Their page shows their other deals.

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Person

James R. Fugitte

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

Listed on the same filings as Paul Gratton. Their page shows their other deals.

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Person

Arthur Klebanoff

Director · 1 shared filing (1 issuer)

Listed on the same filings as Paul Gratton. Their page shows their other deals.

JP
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Person

Jack Phillips

Executive Officer · 1 shared filing (1 issuer)

Listed on the same filings as Paul Gratton. Their page shows their other deals.

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Person

Sean Brown

Executive Officer · 1 shared filing (1 issuer)

Listed on the same filings as Paul Gratton. Their page shows their other deals.

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Person

Bill Frohoff

Director · 1 shared filing (1 issuer)

Listed on the same filings as Paul Gratton. Their page shows their other deals.

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Person

Thomas W. Colbert

Executive Officer · 1 shared filing (1 issuer)

Listed on the same filings as Paul Gratton. Their page shows their other deals.

TG
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Person

Tracy Goss

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

Listed on the same filings as Paul Gratton. Their page shows their other deals.

The team behind the deals

Sponsor group

Ever After

112 issuers · 141 filings · $192.3M reported sold · 2009–2026

One team, 112 deal companies. Paul Gratton 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 Paul Gratton.

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 Paul Gratton 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 Paul Gratton is listed on: none on file. No website or social profile named in Wind Energy Corp's SEC filings (Form C, Reg A, Form ADV; checked Oct 24, 2026). Web search for this name: #353,561 of 374,652 in line (14 issuers searched so far). One-tap searches: Look further ↓

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