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Thomas R Brugger

Named as an officer, director or promoter on SEC Form D filings · PA · Aug 9, 2012 → Oct 4, 2012

2deals (issuers)
$128.1Mreported sold
57investors
4Form D filings
2012year 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: not yet

The short version

Thomas R Brugger is listed as an executive officer on 4 SEC Form D filings by 2 issuers between Mar 2010 and Oct 2012: Customers Bancorp, Inc. (Wyomissing, PA — commercial banking — 2011–2012; $85M reported sold to 32 investors) and New Century Bank (Phoenixville, PA — commercial banking — 2010; $43.1M reported sold to 25 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 $128.1M sold in total.

Listed alongside Daniel K Rothermel (4 shared filings), Jay S Sidhu (4 shared filings), Richard A Ehst (4 shared filings), Steven J Zuckerman (4 shared filings), T. Lawrence Way (4 shared filings) and 6 others.

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

Public records searched: federal courts (CourtListener / RECAP), state securities regulators (AZ, CA, DE, TX, WA) — 11 court cases matching the name, 6 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 17 records came back, including 1 court case still open — open cases can take years and cost money. 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.

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Key records

Five things investors ask first. Items still in human review are counted, not shown.

1. Lawsuits

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

Brugger v. C.R. Bard, Inc. open
District Court, S.D. Ohio · No. 2:23-cv-01555 · Filed May 8, 2023
Role of Brugger: Plaintiff · Outcome: Pending — no termination date on the docket (bulk snapshot 2026-09-30) Docket on CourtListener ↗
same rare surname (4 people in Form D filings, 32 federal dockets); surname only in the caption; court in OH (not a filing state)
Brugger v. Travelers Personal Insurance Company closed
District Court, W.D. New York · No. 1:20-cv-01002 · Filed Jul 31, 2020 · Closed Dec 7, 2020
Role of Brugger: Plaintiff · Outcome: Terminated 2020-12-07 (disposition not included in the bulk docket feed — see docket) Docket on CourtListener ↗
same rare surname (4 people in Form D filings, 32 federal dockets); surname only in the caption; court in NY (not a filing state)
Brugger v. C.R. Bard, Inc. closed
District Court, D. South Carolina · No. 3:17-cv-00228 · Filed Jan 24, 2017 · Closed Aug 6, 2018 · Nature of suit: 367 Health care / pharm
Role of Brugger: Plaintiff · Outcome: Terminated 2018-08-06 — FJC Integrated Database disposition: Multi-district litigation transfer Docket on CourtListener ↗
same rare surname (4 people in Form D filings, 32 federal dockets); surname only in the caption; court in SC (not a filing state)
First Mutual Group, LP v. Brugger dismissed
District Court, S.D. Florida · No. 0:14-cv-62519 · Filed Nov 5, 2014 · Closed May 4, 2015 · Nature of suit: 290 Other real property actions
Role of Brugger: Defendant · Outcome: Terminated 2015-05-04 — FJC Integrated Database disposition: Voluntarily dismissed Docket on CourtListener ↗
same rare surname (4 people in Form D filings, 32 federal dockets); surname only in the caption; court in FL (not a filing state)
Brugger v. Integrity Surveillance Solutions, Inc. closed
District Court, E.D. Michigan · No. 2:14-cv-11399 · Filed Apr 7, 2014 · Closed Aug 11, 2014 · Nature of suit: 480 Consumer Credit · Cause: 15:1681 Fair Credit Reporting Act
Role of Brugger: Plaintiff · Outcome: Terminated 2014-08-11 (disposition not included in the bulk docket feed — see docket) Docket on CourtListener ↗
same rare surname (4 people in Form D filings, 32 federal dockets); surname only in the caption; court in MI (not a filing state)
JBCP-24 LLC v. Brugger dismissed
District Court, S.D. New York · No. 1:09-cv-10051 · Filed Dec 8, 2009 · Closed Jun 18, 2010 · Nature of suit: 190 Other contract actions
Role of Brugger: Defendant · Outcome: Terminated 2010-06-18 — FJC Integrated Database disposition: Voluntarily dismissed Docket on CourtListener ↗
same rare surname (4 people in Form D filings, 32 federal dockets); surname only in the caption; court in NY (not a filing state)
BRUGGER, JOHN A. v. ALLIANT ENERGY CORP. judgment
District Court, W.D. Wisconsin · No. 3:03-cv-00242 · Filed May 14, 2003 · Closed Aug 13, 2003 · Nature of suit: 850 Securities/Commodities · Cause: No cause code entered
Role of BRUGGER, JOHN A.: Plaintiff · Outcome: Terminated 2003-08-13 — FJC Integrated Database disposition: Judgment on motion before trial; judgment for defendant Docket on CourtListener ↗
same rare surname (4 people in Form D filings, 32 federal dockets); different first name (john); court in WI (not a filing state)
Brugger v. Marriott Int'l, Inc. dismissed
District Court, M.D. Florida · No. 8:02-cv-01859 · Filed Oct 11, 2002 · Closed Oct 6, 2003 · Nature of suit: 791 Employee Retirement Income Security Act
Role of Brugger: Plaintiff · Outcome: Terminated 2003-10-06 — FJC Integrated Database disposition: Dismissed: settled Docket on CourtListener ↗
same rare surname (4 people in Form D filings, 32 federal dockets); surname only in the caption; court in FL (not a filing state)
XICIS Corporation v. Brugger judgment
District Court, M.D. Pennsylvania · No. 3:99-cv-00996 · Filed Jun 14, 1999 · Closed Nov 3, 1999 · Nature of suit: 370 Other fraud
Role of Brugger: Defendant · Outcome: Terminated 1999-11-03 — FJC Integrated Database disposition: Judgment on motion before trial; judgment for plaintiff Docket on CourtListener ↗
same rare surname (4 people in Form D filings, 32 federal dockets); surname only in the caption; court in the person's filing state (PA)
Brugger v. Pillsbury Co judgment
District Court, N.D. Illinois · No. 3:94-cv-50290 · Filed Sep 9, 1994 · Closed May 21, 1996 · Nature of suit: 890 Other statutory actions
Role of Brugger: Plaintiff · Outcome: Terminated 1996-05-21 — FJC Integrated Database disposition: Judgment on motion before trial; judgment for defendant Docket on CourtListener ↗
same rare surname (4 people in Form D filings, 32 federal dockets); surname only in the caption; court in IL (not a filing state)
BRUGGER, PETER v. Q-L INVESTMENTS, INC., IND dismissed
District Court, N.D. Texas · No. · Filed Sep 1, 1987 · Closed Mar 28, 1989 · Nature of suit: 850 Securities, Commodities, Exchange
Role of BRUGGER, PETER: Plaintiff · Outcome: Terminated 1989-03-28 — FJC Integrated Database disposition: Dismissed: settled Docket on CourtListener ↗
same rare surname (4 people in Form D filings, 32 federal dockets); different first name (peter); court in TX (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; live RECAP re-check pending. State courts: not yet searched. PACER: not searched. · 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 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

Not yet searched — search queued

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. — not yet searched.

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

6 cases: 6 closed (disposition not in docket feed)

Julio Alberto Hernandez and Shavuan Michele Brugger closed
United States Bankruptcy Court, D. Colorado · No. 16-13971 · Filed Apr 25, 2016 · Closed Nov 16, 2016
Role of Julio Alberto Hernandez and Shavuan Michele Brugger: Debtor · Outcome: Case closed 2016-11-16 (disposition not included in the bulk docket feed — see docket) Docket on CourtListener ↗
same rare surname (4 people in Form D filings, 32 federal dockets); different first name (michele); court in CO (not a filing state)
Thomas J Brugger closed
United States Bankruptcy Court, D. New Jersey · No. 11-15320 · Filed Feb 24, 2011 · Closed Jul 19, 2012
Role of Thomas J Brugger: Debtor · Outcome: Case closed 2012-07-19 (disposition not included in the bulk docket feed — see docket) Docket on CourtListener ↗
same rare surname (4 people in Form D filings, 32 federal dockets); first name matches; court in NJ (not a filing state); middle initial differs
Thomas Michael Brugger closed
United States Bankruptcy Court, D. Kansas · No. 09-20961 · Filed Apr 2, 2009 · Closed Jul 8, 2009
Role of Thomas Michael Brugger: Debtor · Outcome: Case closed 2009-07-08 (disposition not included in the bulk docket feed — see docket) Docket on CourtListener ↗
same rare surname (4 people in Form D filings, 32 federal dockets); different first name (michael); court in KS (not a filing state)
Brugger Corporation v. Schaeffer closed
United States Bankruptcy Court, N.D. California · No. 09-03054 · Filed Mar 27, 2009 · Closed Mar 13, 2012
Role of Brugger Corporation: Plaintiff · Outcome: Case closed 2012-03-13 (disposition not included in the bulk docket feed — see docket) Docket on CourtListener ↗
same rare surname (4 people in Form D filings, 32 federal dockets); surname only in the caption; court in CA (not a filing state)
Thomas G. Brugger closed
United States Bankruptcy Court, S.D. Florida. · No. 01-42160 · Filed Nov 15, 2001 · Closed Mar 16, 2006
Role of Thomas G. Brugger: Debtor · Outcome: Case closed 2006-03-16 (disposition not included in the bulk docket feed — see docket) Docket on CourtListener ↗
same rare surname (4 people in Form D filings, 32 federal dockets); first name matches; court in FL (not a filing state); middle initial differs
Thomas J. Brugger closed
United States Bankruptcy Court, D. New Jersey · No. 91-23899 · Filed Jun 7, 1991 · Closed Nov 26, 1991
Role of Thomas J. Brugger: Debtor · Outcome: Case closed 1991-11-26 (disposition not included in the bulk docket feed — see docket) Docket on CourtListener ↗
same rare surname (4 people in Form D filings, 32 federal dockets); first name matches; court in NJ (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 yet searched. 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 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

2 of 4 offerings report sales commissions totalling $5,330,433; 0 report finder's fees; 0 report proceeds to related persons. (includes amounts the issuer reported as estimates)

Offering (latest filing)Sales commissionsFinder's feesTo insidersPaid to sell itSource
Oct 4, 2012 D
Customers Bancorp, Inc.
File 021-185033
$4,350,000$0$0FBR Capital Markets & Co. BrokerCheck CRD 25027 ↗EDGAR ↗
Aug 9, 2012 D
Customers Bancorp, Inc.
File 021-182477
$0$0$0 (est.)Commerce Street Capital, LLC BrokerCheck CRD 143797 ↗EDGAR ↗
Oct 12, 2011 D
Customers Bancorp, Inc.
File 021-167105
$0$0$0None listed on this filingEDGAR ↗
Mar 1, 2010 D
New Century Bank
File 021-139135
$980,433$0$0Stifel Nicolaus & Company, Incorporated BrokerCheck CRD 793 ↗
Macquarie Capital (USA) Inc. BrokerCheck CRD 36368 ↗
EDGAR ↗
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 2

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

Commercial Banking

Customers Bancorp, Inc.

Wyomissing, PA · Oct 12, 2011 → Oct 4, 2012 · 3 filings
  • Oct 4, 2012 · D · $85,000,006 sold of $85,000,006 · 32 investors · min. No minimum reported · role: Executive Officer EDGAR ↗
  • Aug 9, 2012 · D · $1,060,000 sold of $25,000,000 · 3 investors · min. $250,000 · role: Executive Officer EDGAR ↗
  • Oct 12, 2011 · D · $12,999,994 sold of $12,999,994 · 1 investors · min. $12,999,994 · role: Executive Officer EDGAR ↗

Raised $85M from 32 investors (100% of the $85M target) as of the latest filing. Thomas is listed as executive officer on 3 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.

Commercial Banking

New Century Bank

Phoenixville, PA · Mar 1, 2010
  • Mar 1, 2010 · D · $43,134,433 sold of $50,000,000 · 25 investors · min. $42,800 · role: Executive Officer EDGAR ↗

Raised $43.1M from 25 investors (86% of the $50M target) as of the latest filing. Thomas 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 Thomas 11

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

Person

Richard A Ehst

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

Listed on the same filings as Thomas R Brugger. Their page shows their other deals.

Person

T. Lawrence Way

Director · 4 shared filings (2 issuers)

Listed on the same filings as Thomas R Brugger. Their page shows their other deals.

Person

Steven J Zuckerman

Director · 4 shared filings (2 issuers)

Listed on the same filings as Thomas R Brugger. Their page shows their other deals.

Person

Daniel K Rothermel

Director · 4 shared filings (2 issuers)

Listed on the same filings as Thomas R Brugger. Their page shows their other deals.

Person

Jay S Sidhu

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

Listed on the same filings as Thomas R Brugger. Their page shows their other deals.

Person

Warren Taylor

Executive Officer · 3 shared filings (1 issuer)

Listed on the same filings as Thomas R Brugger. Their page shows their other deals.

Person

John R Miller

Director · 3 shared filings (1 issuer)

Listed on the same filings as Thomas R Brugger. Their page shows their other deals.

Person

Glenn Hedde

Executive Officer · 3 shared filings (1 issuer)

Listed on the same filings as Thomas R Brugger. Their page shows their other deals.

Person

Kenneth B Mumma

Director · 1 shared filing (1 issuer)

Listed on the same filings as Thomas R Brugger. Their page shows their other deals.

Person

John J Sickler

Director · 1 shared filing (1 issuer)

Listed on the same filings as Thomas R Brugger. Their page shows their other deals.

Person

Bhanu Choudhrie

Director · 1 shared filing (1 issuer)

Listed on the same filings as Thomas R Brugger. Their page shows their other deals.

Registrations and other filings

Adviser registration (Form ADV)

Not yet searched. Sources to be searched: SEC Investment Adviser Information Reports — Form ADV data for SEC-registered advisers and exempt reporting advisers (file dated 2026-10-02); SEC Investment Adviser Public Disclosure (IAPD) firm search — registered and exempt reporting advisers · Search queued. Results are added automatically; check back later.

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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