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Sam Carl Smith

Named as an officer, director or promoter on SEC Form D filings · TX · Mar 17, 2020 → Aug 28, 2025

3deals (issuers)
$1.32Mreported sold
11investors
4Form D filings
2020–2025years on file

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

The short version

Sam Carl Smith is listed as an executive officer and director on 4 SEC Form D filings by 3 issuers between Jan 2020 and Aug 2025: Schlesinger Group Holdings, LLC (Iselin, NJ — business services — 2020; $1.25M reported sold to 9 investors), SILVERTON ENERGY, INC. (Dallas, TX — oil and gas — 2023–2025; $50K reported sold to 1 investors) and UNITED ENERGY CORP /NV/ (Addison, TX — oil and gas — 2020; $20K reported sold to 1 investors).

What this means A repeat sponsor — 3 separate companies raised money with this person listed as executive officer and director, over about 5 years. Across those companies the filings report $1.32M sold in total.

Listed alongside DIANE HESSAN (1 shared filing), ERIC GROSGOGEAT (1 shared filing), HOWARD SCHLESINGER (1 shared filing), James Jackson (1 shared filing), MICHAEL J. SULLIVAN, JR. (1 shared filing) and 2 others.

What this means These are the other officers, directors or promoters the companies named on the same forms — the team around Sam. 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) — 13 bankruptcy cases matching the name listed in Key records below.

What this means 13 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 4 public filings for Sam Carl Smith and found 6 differences: No amendment in the last 12 months on an offering that may still be open; Sam Carl Smith 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 Sam Carl Smith has not run yet — it is joining a line of 8,170 names; searches run around the clock at the hosts' allowed rate. Searched so far: 27 names.

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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, 2:45 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 Sam Carl Smith..

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

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

Sam Smith, III open
United States Bankruptcy Court, N.D. Illinois · No. 25-18614 · Filed Dec 4, 2025
Role of Sam Smith, III: Debtor · Outcome: Open — no termination date on the docket (bulk snapshot 2026-09-30) Docket on CourtListener ↗
same full name (a name found in 56 federal dockets); 2 people with this name in Form D filings; court in IL (not a filing state)
Sam Smith, Jr. closed
United States Bankruptcy Court, W.D. Louisiana · No. 15-11717 · Filed Sep 16, 2015 · Closed Mar 10, 2016
Role of Sam Smith, Jr.: Debtor · Outcome: Case closed 2016-03-10 (disposition not included in the bulk docket feed — see docket) Docket on CourtListener ↗
same full name (a name found in 56 federal dockets); 2 people with this name in Form D filings; court in LA (not a filing state)
Sam Smith, Jr. closed
United States Bankruptcy Court, W.D. Louisiana · No. 12-10681 · Filed Mar 19, 2012 · Closed Apr 7, 2015
Role of Sam Smith, Jr.: Debtor · Outcome: Case closed 2015-04-07 (disposition not included in the bulk docket feed — see docket) Docket on CourtListener ↗
same full name (a name found in 56 federal dockets); 2 people with this name in Form D filings; court in LA (not a filing state)
Sam Smith closed
United States Bankruptcy Court, W.D. Louisiana · No. 11-31082 · Filed Jun 16, 2011 · Closed Dec 13, 2013
Role of Sam Smith: Debtor · Outcome: Case closed 2013-12-13 (disposition not included in the bulk docket feed — see docket) Docket on CourtListener ↗
same full name (a name found in 56 federal dockets); 2 people with this name in Form D filings; court in LA (not a filing state)
Sam Smith closed
United States Bankruptcy Court, D. New Jersey · No. 05-34156 · Filed Jul 27, 2005 · Closed Dec 1, 2005
Role of Sam Smith: Debtor · Outcome: Case closed 2005-12-01 (disposition not included in the bulk docket feed — see docket) Docket on CourtListener ↗
same full name (a name found in 56 federal dockets); 2 people with this name in Form D filings; court in the person's filing state (NJ)
Sam Smith, Jr. and Mary Alice Smith closed
United States Bankruptcy Court, N.D. Ohio · No. 03-61640 · Filed Apr 4, 2003 · Closed Oct 13, 2006
Role of Sam Smith, Jr.: Debtor · Outcome: Case closed 2006-10-13 (disposition not included in the bulk docket feed — see docket) Docket on CourtListener ↗
same full name (a name found in 56 federal dockets); 2 people with this name in Form D filings; court in OH (not a filing state)
Sam D. Smith and Karol S. Smith closed
United States Bankruptcy Court, E.D. Texas · No. 02-43947 · Filed Jul 12, 2002 · Closed Apr 13, 2006
Role of Sam D. Smith and Karol S. Smith: Debtor · Outcome: Case closed 2006-04-13 (disposition not included in the bulk docket feed — see docket) Docket on CourtListener ↗
same full name (a name found in 56 federal dockets); 2 people with this name in Form D filings; court in the person's filing state (TX); middle initial differs
Sam Smith closed
United States Bankruptcy Court, E.D. Arkansas · No. 5:02-bk-11883 · Filed Feb 19, 2002 · Closed Jul 8, 2002
Role of Sam Smith: Debtor · Outcome: Case closed 2002-07-08 (disposition not included in the bulk docket feed — see docket) Docket on CourtListener ↗
same full name (a name found in 56 federal dockets); 2 people with this name in Form D filings; court in AR (not a filing state)
Sam Smith closed
United States Bankruptcy Court, W.D. Louisiana · No. 97-32203 · Filed Oct 27, 1997 · Closed Sep 24, 1998
Role of Sam Smith: Debtor · Outcome: Case closed 1998-09-24 (disposition not included in the bulk docket feed — see docket) Docket on CourtListener ↗
same full name (a name found in 56 federal dockets); 2 people with this name in Form D filings; court in LA (not a filing state)
Sam Smith closed
United States Bankruptcy Court, M.D. Alabama · No. 96-01262 · Filed Mar 22, 1996 · Closed Jan 31, 2001
Role of Sam Smith: Debtor · Outcome: Case closed 2001-01-31 (disposition not included in the bulk docket feed — see docket) Docket on CourtListener ↗
same full name (a name found in 56 federal dockets); 2 people with this name in Form D filings; court in AL (not a filing state)
Sam C. Smith and Janet M. Smith closed
United States Bankruptcy Court, E.D. Missouri · No. 95-48049 · Filed Dec 22, 1995 · Closed Apr 23, 1996
Role of Sam C. Smith and Janet M. Smith: Debtor · Outcome: Case closed 1996-04-23 (disposition not included in the bulk docket feed — see docket) Docket on CourtListener ↗
same full name (a name found in 56 federal dockets); 2 people with this name in Form D filings; court in MO (not a filing state)
Sam Smith closed
United States Bankruptcy Court, W.D. Louisiana · No. 92-11399 · Filed May 11, 1992 · Closed Jan 30, 1997
Role of Sam Smith: Debtor · Outcome: Case closed 1997-01-30 (disposition not included in the bulk docket feed — see docket) Docket on CourtListener ↗
same full name (a name found in 56 federal dockets); 2 people with this name in Form D filings; court in LA (not a filing state)
Sam Smith closed
United States Bankruptcy Court, M.D. Alabama · No. 87-03089 · Filed Dec 3, 1987 · Closed Apr 27, 1988
Role of Sam Smith: Debtor · Outcome: Case closed 1988-04-27 (disposition not included in the bulk docket feed — see docket) Docket on CourtListener ↗
same full name (a name found in 56 federal dockets); 2 people with this name in Form D filings; court in AL (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, 2:45 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

6 differences found between the filings for Sam Carl Smith (compared 4 filings on Oct 24, 2026)

Note · Aug 18, 2025 – Aug 28, 2025

No amendment in the last 12 months on an offering that may still be open — SILVERTON ENERGY, INC. (latest filing Aug 28, 2025)

The latest filing for this offering is dated Aug 28, 2025 (first sale Aug 18, 2025). It reports $30,000 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
Note · Aug 30, 2023 – Sep 6, 2023

No amendment in the last 12 months on an offering that may still be open — SILVERTON ENERGY, INC. (latest filing Sep 6, 2023)

The latest filing for this offering is dated Sep 6, 2023 (first sale Aug 30, 2023). It reports $50,000 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
Note · Mar 12, 2020 – Mar 17, 2020

No amendment in the last 12 months on an offering that may still be open — UNITED ENERGY CORP /NV/ (latest filing Mar 17, 2020)

The latest filing for this offering is dated Mar 17, 2020 (first sale Mar 12, 2020). It reports $20,000 sold of $5,000,000 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
Note · Jan 27, 2020 – Mar 17, 2020

Sam Carl Smith is written 2 different ways on the filings

listed as "SAM Smith" on 2 filings (from Jan 27, 2020), and "Sam Carl Smith" on 2 filings (from Mar 17, 2020).

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 · Dec 28, 2017

Same name, different state: "Sam Smith" (CT) is a separate record

This page covers filings where the address state is TX. A separate record, "Sam Smith" with address state CT, is listed on 1 filing — most recently by CSAT Solutions Holdings LLC (Dec 28, 2017). The two records do not overlap in time: this page runs Mar 17, 2020 to Aug 28, 2025; the other has one filing dated Dec 28, 2017.

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 · Sep 6, 2023 – Aug 28, 2025

Address moved from Plano, TX to Wylie, TX — SILVERTON ENERGY, INC.

The people listed on the Sep 6, 2023 filing give Plano, TX; on the Aug 28, 2025 filing they give Wylie, TX.

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.

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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 4 offerings report sales commissions; 0 report finder's fees; 3 report proceeds to related persons totalling $810,000. (includes amounts the issuer reported as estimates)

Offering (latest filing)Sales commissionsFinder's feesTo insidersPaid to sell itSource
Aug 28, 2025 D
SILVERTON ENERGY, INC.
File 021-556182
$0$0$160,000 (est.)None no CRD number reportedEDGAR ↗
Sep 6, 2023 D
SILVERTON ENERGY, INC.
File 021-491437
$0$0$150,000 (est.)None no CRD number reportedEDGAR ↗
Mar 17, 2020 D
UNITED ENERGY CORP /NV/
File 021-363009
$0$0$500,000 (est.)
This estimate is part of the Board of Directors Compensation Package.
None listed on this filingEDGAR ↗
Jan 27, 2020 D
Schlesinger Group Holdings, LLC
File 021-358963
$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 3

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

Oil and Gas

SILVERTON ENERGY, INC.

Dallas, TX · Sep 6, 2023 → Aug 28, 2025 · 2 filings
  • Aug 28, 2025 · D · $30,000 sold of $2,000,000 · 1 investors · min. $10,000 · role: Executive Officer EDGAR ↗
  • Sep 6, 2023 · D · $50,000 sold of $2,000,000 · 0 investors · min. $10,000 · role: Executive Officer EDGAR ↗

Raised $50K from 1 investor (3% of the $2M target) as of the latest filing. Sam is listed as executive officer 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: Oil and Gas / 506(c) (529 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.

Oil and Gas

UNITED ENERGY CORP /NV/

Addison, TX · Mar 17, 2020
  • Mar 17, 2020 · D · $20,000 sold of $5,000,000 · 1 investors · min. $2,500 · role: Executive Officer EDGAR ↗

Raised $20K from 1 investor (0% of the $5M target) as of the latest filing. Sam 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. "Similar" = offerings in the same industry claiming the same exemption, filed in the last 5 years: Oil and Gas / 506(c) (529 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.

Business Services

Schlesinger Group Holdings, LLC

Iselin, NJ · Jan 27, 2020
  • Jan 27, 2020 · D · $1,250,000 sold of $1,250,000 · 9 investors · min. No minimum reported · role: Director EDGAR ↗

Raised $1.25M from 9 investors (100% of the $1.25M target) as of the latest filing. Sam 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. "Similar" = offerings in the same industry claiming the same exemption, filed in the last 5 years: Business Services / 506(b) (965 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 (1)

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

  • Sam Smith — CT, 1 issuer, Dec 28, 2017 → Dec 28, 2017 · no shared issuer

People around Sam 7

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

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Person

James Jackson

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

Listed on the same filings as Sam Carl Smith. Their page shows their other deals.

TM
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Person

TOM MCKELVEY

Director · 1 shared filing (1 issuer) · also on 9 other issuers

TOM MCKELVEY is on 10 issuers in total — a repeat sponsor. Their page lists every one.

DH
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Person

DIANE HESSAN

Director · 1 shared filing (1 issuer)

Listed on the same filings as Sam Carl Smith. Their page shows their other deals.

EG
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Person

ERIC GROSGOGEAT

Director · 1 shared filing (1 issuer)

Listed on the same filings as Sam Carl Smith. Their page shows their other deals.

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Person

STEVEN A. SCHLESINGER

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

Listed on the same filings as Sam Carl Smith. Their page shows their other deals.

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Person

HOWARD SCHLESINGER

Executive Officer · 1 shared filing (1 issuer)

Listed on the same filings as Sam Carl Smith. Their page shows their other deals.

MS
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Person

MICHAEL J. SULLIVAN, JR.

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

Listed on the same filings as Sam Carl Smith. Their page shows their other deals.

The team behind the deals

Same business address

44 other issuers 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 3 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 Sam Carl Smith 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 3 issuers this person is listed on — nothing matched.

Public profiles and social

Websites and social links of the issuers Sam Carl Smith is listed on: none on file. No website or social profile named in Schlesinger Group Holdings, LLC's SEC filings (Form C, Reg A, Form ADV; checked Oct 24, 2026). Web search for this name: #222,029 of 374,652 in line (14 issuers searched so far). One-tap searches: Look further ↓

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