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Tom Willis

Named as an officer, director or promoter on SEC Form D filings · WA · Jan 21, 2015 → May 11, 2015

1deal (issuers)
$195.1Mreported sold
63investors
3Form D filings
2015year on file
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Data last updated Oct 23, 2026, 5:45 PM ET · Courts (RECAP) last checked: Oct 24, 2026, 2:33 AM ET · SEC enforcement last checked: covered by the index scan as of Oct 24, 2026, 2:50 AM ET

The short version

Tom Willis is listed as a director on 3 SEC Form D filings by 1 issuer between Jan 2015 and May 2015: Adaptive Biotechnologies Corp (Seattle, WA — biotechnology — 2015; $195.1M reported sold to 63 investors).

What this means One deal on file with the SEC, filed May 2015. 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 Andris Zoltners (3 shared filings), Arnold Levine (3 shared filings), Chad Robins (3 shared filings), Dean Schorno (3 shared filings), John Stuelpnagel (3 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 Tom. Each name links to their own page.

The issuer belongs to the sponsor group Adaptive (2 issuers, $207.4M reported sold, 2009–2025).

What this means A sponsor group is one team that sets up a new company for each deal. Adaptive has 2 companies on file and $207.4M 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 (AK, AL, AR, AZ, CA, CT, DE, FINRA, GA, HI, ID, IL, KS, KY, LA, MA, MD, ME, MI, MO, MS, MT, NASAA, NC, ND, NH, NM, NV, OK, OR, PA, RI, SC, SD, TN, TX, VT, WA, WI, WV, WY) — 2 bankruptcy cases matching the name listed in Key records below.

What this means 2 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 3 public filings for Tom Willis and found 2 differences: 5 bankruptcy cases name the subject or team members; Same name, different state: "Tom Willis" (CA) 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 Tom Willis has not run yet — it is joining a line of 26,935 names; searches run around the clock at the hosts' allowed rate. Searched so far: 638 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

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, 2:33 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: VA (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 Tom Willis..

State securities regulators: Securities regulators searched (3,318 actions): AZ Corporation Commission Securities Division (411 actions, 2017–2026), CA DFPI (25 actions, 2007–2024; listing starts 2002 — 16 of 12,159 DFPI respondent pages read so far; sponsor-name matches are read first), DE DOJ Investor Protection Unit (257 actions, 1987–2026), TX State Securities Board (586 actions, 2006–2026), WA DFI (2,039 actions, 2001–2026) — last crawled Oct 23, 2026, 9:57 PM ET. No machine-readable public listing today for CO, FL, IA, IN, MN, NE, NJ, NY, OH, UT, VA (see docs/state-regulators.md).

3. Bankruptcies

2 cases: 2 closed (disposition not in docket feed)

Tom Willis closed
United States Bankruptcy Court, E.D. Kentucky · No. 01-51757 · Filed Jun 6, 2001 · Closed Sep 5, 2001
Role of Tom Willis: Debtor · Outcome: Case closed 2001-09-05 (disposition not included in the bulk docket feed — see docket) Docket on CourtListener ↗
same full name (a name found in 9 federal dockets); 2 people with this name in Form D filings; court in KY (not a filing state)
Tom R. Willis and Regina A. Willis closed
United States Bankruptcy Court, E.D. Tennessee · No. 3:90-bk-32614 · Filed Jul 3, 1990 · Closed May 12, 1995
Role of Tom R. Willis and Regina A. Willis: Debtor · Outcome: Case closed 1995-05-12 (disposition not included in the bulk docket feed — see docket) Docket on CourtListener ↗
same full name (a name found in 9 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, 2:33 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

2 differences found between the filings for Tom Willis (compared 3 filings on Oct 24, 2026)

Note · Apr 15, 2004 – Mar 6, 2017

5 bankruptcy cases name the subject or team members

Bankruptcy case: Neupert v. OpenMarket Inc — filed Jul 11, 2016 · Bankruptcy case: Neupert v. Summit Law Group PLLC — filed Aug 10, 2016 · Bankruptcy case: Neupert v. Datapipe Inc — filed May 23, 2016 · Bankruptcy case: Neupert v. Mblox Incorporated — filed Jul 11, 2016 · Bankruptcy case: Neupert v. Aetna Health of Washington Inc — filed Apr 15, 2004

What this means A bankruptcy filing was found. Many are old or personal and have nothing to do with the deal — but ask what it was and when it closed.

Docket · United States Bankruptcy Court, W.D. Washington ↗Peter Neupert — PartnerFacts page ↗Docket · United States Bankruptcy Court, W.D. Washington ↗Docket · United States Bankruptcy Court, W.D. Washington ↗
Sources
Note · Nov 3, 2022 – Dec 29, 2022

Same name, different state: "Tom Willis" (CA) is a separate record

This page covers filings where the address state is WA. A separate record, "Tom Willis" with address state CA, is listed on 2 filings — most recently by SonoThera, Inc. (Dec 29, 2022). The two records do not overlap in time: this page runs Jan 21, 2015 to May 11, 2015; the other runs Nov 3, 2022 to Dec 29, 2022.

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.

Tom Willis (CA) — PartnerFacts page ↗Form D · Dec 29, 2022 ↗SonoThera, Inc. — PartnerFacts page ↗Tom Willis (WA) — 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 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
May 11, 2015 D
Adaptive Biotechnologies Corp
File 021-239593
$0$0$0 (est.)None listed on this filingEDGAR ↗
Jan 22, 2015 D
Adaptive Biotechnologies Corp
File 021-232659
$0$0$0 (est.)None listed on this filingEDGAR ↗
Jan 21, 2015 D
Adaptive Biotechnologies Corp
File 021-232652
$0$0$0 (est.)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 1

Every issuer that named Tom Willis 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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Biotechnology · group: Adaptive

Adaptive Biotechnologies Corp

Seattle, WA · Jan 21, 2015 → May 11, 2015 · 3 filings
  • May 11, 2015 · D · $195,099,954 sold of $195,099,954 · 16 investors · min. No minimum reported · role: Director EDGAR ↗
  • Jan 22, 2015 · D · $93,750,000 sold of $93,750,000 · 4 investors · min. No minimum reported · role: Director EDGAR ↗
  • Jan 21, 2015 · D · $95,716,444 sold of $95,716,444 · 61 investors · min. No minimum reported · role: Director EDGAR ↗

Raised $195.1M from 63 investors (100% of the $195.1M target) as of the latest filing. Tom is listed as director on 3 filings for this deal.

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. "Similar" = offerings in the same industry claiming the same exemption, filed in the last 5 years: Biotechnology / 506(b) (3,253 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.

  • Tom Willis — CA, 2 issuers, Nov 3, 2022 → Dec 29, 2022 · no shared issuer

People around Tom 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

Chad Robins

Executive Officer, Director · 3 shared filings (1 issuer) · also on 4 other issuers

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

AL
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Person

Arnold Levine

Director · 3 shared filings (1 issuer)

Listed on the same filings as Tom Willis. Their page shows their other deals.

AZ
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Person

Andris Zoltners

Director · 3 shared filings (1 issuer)

Listed on the same filings as Tom Willis. Their page shows their other deals.

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Person

Rob Hershberg

Director · 3 shared filings (1 issuer)

Listed on the same filings as Tom Willis. Their page shows their other deals.

PN
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Person

Peter Neupert

Director · 3 shared filings (1 issuer) · also on 1 other issuer

Listed on the same filings as Tom Willis. Their page shows their other deals.

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Person

Rob Rosen

Director · 3 shared filings (1 issuer)

Listed on the same filings as Tom Willis. Their page shows their other deals.

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Person

John Stuelpnagel

Director · 3 shared filings (1 issuer)

Listed on the same filings as Tom Willis. Their page shows their other deals.

KD
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Person

Kathleen Determann

Executive Officer · 3 shared filings (1 issuer)

Listed on the same filings as Tom Willis. Their page shows their other deals.

DS
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Person

Dean Schorno

Executive Officer · 3 shared filings (1 issuer)

Listed on the same filings as Tom Willis. Their page shows their other deals.

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Person

Lee Huntsman

Director · 2 shared filings (1 issuer) · also on 5 other issuers

Lee Huntsman is on 6 issuers in total — a repeat sponsor. Their page lists every one.

CC
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Person

Chad Cohen

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

Listed on the same filings as Tom Willis. Their page shows their other deals.

The team behind the deals

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Sponsor group

Adaptive

2 issuers · 10 filings · $207.4M reported sold · 2009–2025

One team, 2 deal companies. Tom Willis 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 Tom Willis.

Same business address

2 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 Tom Willis 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 Tom Willis is listed on: none on file. No website or social profile named in Adaptive Biotechnologies Corp's SEC filings (Form C, Reg A, Form ADV; checked Oct 24, 2026). Web search for this name: #302,754 of 374,652 in line (1,318 issuers searched so far). One-tap searches: Look further ↓

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Business registries

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