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Stephen E. Cummings

Named as an officer, director or promoter on SEC Form D filings · NY · Aug 8, 2012 → Aug 8, 2012

1deal (issuers)
$7.5Mreported sold
1investors
1Form D filing
2012year on file
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Data last updated Oct 23, 2026, 5:45 PM ET · Courts (RECAP) last checked: Oct 24, 2026, 2:26 AM ET · SEC enforcement last checked: covered by the index scan as of Oct 24, 2026, 2:50 AM ET

The short version

Stephen E. Cummings is listed as a director on 1 SEC Form D filing by 1 issuer in Aug 2012: NORTHSTAR REALTY FINANCE CORP. (New York, NY — commercial — 2012; $7.5M reported sold to 1 investors).

What this means One deal on file with the SEC, filed Aug 2012. 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 Albert Tylis (1 shared filing), Daniel R. Gilbert (1 shared filing), David T. Hamamoto (1 shared filing), Debra A. Hess (1 shared filing), Judith A. Hannaway (1 shared filing) and 6 others.

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

The issuer belongs to the sponsor group Northstar (5 issuers, $50.3M reported sold, 2009–2017).

What this means A sponsor group is one team that sets up a new company for each deal. Northstar has 5 companies on file and $50.3M 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) — 1 court case matching the name, 3 bankruptcy cases matching the name listed in Key records below.

What this means 4 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 Stephen E. Cummings and found 1 difference: Same name, different state: "Stephen Cummings" (IL) is a separate record.

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 Stephen E. Cummings has not run yet — it is joining a line of 17,095 names; searches run around the clock at the hosts' allowed rate. Searched so far: 28 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

1 case: 1 closed (disposition not in docket feed)

Lightstorm Entertainment, Inc. v. Stephen Cummings closed
District Court, C.D. California · No. 2:20-cv-08044 · Filed Sep 2, 2020 · Closed Apr 27, 2021 · Nature of suit: Other Statutory Actions · Cause: 28:1331 Fed. Question
Role of Stephen Cummings: Defendant · Outcome: Terminated 2021-04-27 (disposition not included in the bulk docket feed — see docket) Docket on CourtListener ↗
same full name (a name found in 41 federal dockets); 2 people with this name in Form D filings; court in CA (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, 2:26 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 Stephen E. Cummings..

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

3 cases: 1 open, 2 closed (disposition not in docket feed)

Jessica Cummings and Stephen Cummings open
United States Bankruptcy Court, M.D. Florida · No. 6:26-bk-04228 · Filed Jun 5, 2026
Role of Stephen Cummings: Debtor · Outcome: Open — no termination date on the docket (bulk snapshot 2026-09-30) Docket on CourtListener ↗
same full name (a name found in 41 federal dockets); 2 people with this name in Form D filings; court in FL (not a filing state)
Stephen R. Cummings closed
United States Bankruptcy Court, W.D. New York · No. 1-01-12841 · Filed May 7, 2001 · Closed Aug 21, 2001
Role of Stephen R. Cummings: Debtor · Outcome: Case closed 2001-08-21 (disposition not included in the bulk docket feed — see docket) Docket on CourtListener ↗
same full name (a name found in 41 federal dockets); 2 people with this name in Form D filings; court in the person's filing state (NY); middle initial differs
Stephen E. Cummings and Patricia D. Cummings closed
United States Bankruptcy Court, E.D. Tennessee · No. 1:90-bk-12726 · Filed Jul 18, 1990 · Closed Feb 12, 1991
Role of Stephen E. Cummings and Patricia D. Cummings: Debtor · Outcome: Case closed 1991-02-12 (disposition not included in the bulk docket feed — see docket) Docket on CourtListener ↗
same full name (a name found in 41 federal dockets); 2 people with this name in Form D filings; court in TN (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, 2:26 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 Stephen E. Cummings (compared 1 filing on Oct 24, 2026)

Note · Jun 3, 2013 – Aug 6, 2021

Same name, different state: "Stephen Cummings" (IL) is a separate record

This page covers filings where the address state is NY. A separate record, "Stephen Cummings" with address state IL, is listed on 10 filings — most recently by Aon Diversifying Alternatives Portfolio Fund Ltd. (Aug 6, 2021). The two records do not overlap in time: this page has one filing dated Aug 8, 2012; the other runs Jun 3, 2013 to Aug 6, 2021.

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.

Stephen Cummings (IL) — PartnerFacts page ↗Form D/A · Aug 6, 2021 ↗Aon Diversifying Alternatives Portfolio Fund Ltd. — PartnerFacts page ↗Stephen E. Cummings (NY) — this page ↗
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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

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
Aug 8, 2012 D
NORTHSTAR REALTY FINANCE CORP.
File 021-182397
$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 Stephen E. Cummings on a Form D, newest first. A Form D is the notice a company files after it starts selling a private investment.

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Commercial · group: Northstar

NORTHSTAR REALTY FINANCE CORP.

New York, NY · Aug 8, 2012
  • Aug 8, 2012 · D · $7,500,000 sold of $7,500,000 · 1 investors · min. No minimum reported · role: Director EDGAR ↗

Raised $7.5M from 1 investor (100% of the $7.5M target) as of the latest filing. Stephen is listed as director.

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.

  • Stephen Cummings — IL, 1 issuer, Jun 3, 2013 → Aug 6, 2021 · no shared issuer

People around Stephen 11

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

Albert Tylis

Executive Officer · 1 shared filing (1 issuer) · also on 4 other issuers

Albert Tylis is on 5 issuers in total — a repeat sponsor. Their page lists every one.

DG
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Person

Daniel R. Gilbert

Executive Officer · 1 shared filing (1 issuer) · also on 6 other issuers

Daniel R. Gilbert is on 7 issuers in total — a repeat sponsor. Their page lists every one.

DH
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Person

David T. Hamamoto

Executive Officer, Director · 1 shared filing (1 issuer) · also on 6 other issuers

David T. Hamamoto is on 7 issuers in total — a repeat sponsor. Their page lists every one.

RL
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Person

Ronald J. Lieberman

Executive Officer · 1 shared filing (1 issuer) · also on 3 other issuers

Listed on the same filings as Stephen E. Cummings. Their page shows their other deals.

DH
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Person

Debra A. Hess

Executive Officer · 1 shared filing (1 issuer) · also on 3 other issuers

Listed on the same filings as Stephen E. Cummings. Their page shows their other deals.

WM
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Person

Wesley Denny Minami

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

Listed on the same filings as Stephen E. Cummings. Their page shows their other deals.

SS
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Person

Sridhar Sambamurthy

Director · 1 shared filing (1 issuer)

Listed on the same filings as Stephen E. Cummings. Their page shows their other deals.

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Person

Judith A. Hannaway

Director · 1 shared filing (1 issuer)

Listed on the same filings as Stephen E. Cummings. Their page shows their other deals.

OJ
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Person

Oscar Junquera

Director · 1 shared filing (1 issuer)

Listed on the same filings as Stephen E. Cummings. Their page shows their other deals.

PB
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Person

Preston Butcher

Director · 1 shared filing (1 issuer)

Listed on the same filings as Stephen E. Cummings. Their page shows their other deals.

LP
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Person

Louis J. Paglia

Director · 1 shared filing (1 issuer)

Listed on the same filings as Stephen E. Cummings. Their page shows their other deals.

The team behind the deals

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Sponsor group

Northstar

5 issuers · 12 filings · $50.3M reported sold · 2009–2017

One team, 5 deal companies. Stephen E. Cummings 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 Stephen E. Cummings.

Same business address

49 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 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 Stephen E. Cummings 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 Stephen E. Cummings is listed on: none on file. No website or social profile named in NORTHSTAR REALTY FINANCE CORP.'s SEC filings (Form C, Reg A, Form ADV; checked Oct 24, 2026). Web search for this name: #339,674 of 374,652 in line (14 issuers searched so far). One-tap searches: Look further ↓

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