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William Lerner

Named as an officer, director or promoter on SEC Form D filings · NY, PA · Sep 13, 2013 → Dec 28, 2016

4deals (issuers)
$18.1Mreported sold
131investors
4Form D filings
2013–2016years on file

Data last updated Oct 23, 2026, 5:45 PM ET · Courts (RECAP) last checked: Oct 24, 2026, 2:29 AM ET · SEC enforcement last checked: covered by the index scan as of Oct 24, 2026, 2:50 AM ET

The short version

William Lerner is listed as an executive officer and director on 4 SEC Form D filings by 4 issuers between Sep 2013 and Dec 2016: NAM Special Situations Fund I, LLC (New York, NY — pooled investment fund — 2016; $9.31M reported sold to 86 investors), NATIONAL HOLDINGS CORP (New York, NY — investment banking — 2013; $8.84M reported sold to 45 investors), NAM Special Situations Fund III, LLC (Magic Leap Series 1) (New York, NY — pooled investment fund — 2016) and NAM Special Situations Fund II, LLC (Palantir Series 1) (New York, NY — pooled investment fund — 2016).

What this means A repeat sponsor — 4 separate companies raised money with this person listed as executive officer and director, over about 3 years. Across those companies the filings report $18.1M sold in total.

Listed alongside David Levine (3 shared filings), NAM Special Situations Management, LLC (2 shared filings, management entity), National Asset Management, Inc. (2 shared filings, management entity), Alan B. Levin (1 shared filing), Frank S. Plimpton (1 shared filing) and 7 others.

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

All 4 issuers belong to the sponsor group Innovation (97 issuers, $2.67B reported sold, 2009–2026).

What this means A sponsor group is one team that sets up a new company for each deal. Innovation has 97 companies on file and $2.67B 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 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 4 public filings for William Lerner and found 3 differences: No amendment in the last 12 months on an offering that may still be open; Address moved from New York, NY to Boca Raton, FL; 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 William Lerner has not run yet — it is joining a line of 7,712 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

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, 2:29 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 William Lerner..

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

4 cases: 4 closed (disposition not in docket feed)

William Lerner and Sherry Lerner closed
United States Bankruptcy Court, W.D. Texas · No. 11-53905 · Filed Nov 2, 2011 · Closed Feb 13, 2012
Role of William Lerner and Sherry Lerner: Debtor · Outcome: Case closed 2012-02-13 (disposition not included in the bulk docket feed — see docket) Docket on CourtListener ↗
same full name (a name found in 4 federal dockets); court in TX (not a filing state)
William H. Lerner, III closed
United States Bankruptcy Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · No. 04-34210 · Filed Oct 21, 2004 · Closed Mar 1, 2005
Role of William H. Lerner, III: Debtor · Outcome: Case closed 2005-03-01 (disposition not included in the bulk docket feed — see docket) Docket on CourtListener ↗
same full name (a name found in 4 federal dockets); court in the person's filing state (PA)
William R Lerner and Sherry L. Lerner closed
United States Bankruptcy Court, W.D. Texas · No. 03-54429 · Filed Aug 8, 2003 · Closed Nov 21, 2003
Role of William R Lerner and Sherry L. Lerner: Debtor · Outcome: Case closed 2003-11-21 (disposition not included in the bulk docket feed — see docket) Docket on CourtListener ↗
same full name (a name found in 4 federal dockets); court in TX (not a filing state)
William J. Lerner and Lois A. Lerner closed
United States Bankruptcy Court, M.D. Florida · No. 6:97-bk-06137 · Filed Jul 30, 1997 · Closed Apr 17, 1998
Role of William J. Lerner and Lois A. Lerner: Debtor · Outcome: Case closed 1998-04-17 (disposition not included in the bulk docket feed — see docket) Docket on CourtListener ↗
same full name (a name found in 4 federal dockets); court in FL (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, 2:29 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

3 differences found between the filings for William Lerner (compared 4 filings on Oct 24, 2026)

Note · Apr 19, 2016 – Jul 26, 2016

No amendment in the last 12 months on an offering that may still be open — NAM Special Situations Fund I, LLC (latest filing Jul 26, 2016)

The latest filing for this offering is dated Jul 26, 2016 (first sale Apr 19, 2016). It reports $9,310,000 sold of $1,000,000,000 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 · May 2, 2016 – Jul 26, 2016

Address moved from New York, NY to Boca Raton, FL — NAM Special Situations Fund I, LLC

The people listed on the May 2, 2016 filing give New York, NY; on the Jul 26, 2016 filing they give Boca Raton, FL.

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.

Sources
Note · Sep 13, 2013 – Dec 28, 2016

William Lerner is listed with 2 different address states: NY, PA

NY on 3 filings (Sep 13, 2013 to Dec 28, 2016); PA on 1 filing (Jul 26, 2016).

What this means The address on a Form D is usually the company's, not the person's home, so this often just reflects different companies. It can also mean a move. Nothing wrong by itself.

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

4 of 4 offerings report sales commissions totalling $4,789,750; 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
Dec 28, 2016 D
NAM Special Situations Fund III, LLC (Magic Leap Series 1)
File 021-277191
$2,500,000 (est.)$0$0 (est.)National Securities Corporation BrokerCheck CRD 7569 ↗EDGAR ↗
Nov 29, 2016 D
NAM Special Situations Fund II, LLC (Palantir Series 1)
File 021-275279
$1,200,000 (est.)$0$0 (est.)National Securities Corporation BrokerCheck CRD 7569 ↗EDGAR ↗
Jul 26, 2016 D/A
NAM Special Situations Fund I, LLC
File 021-262419
$931,000$0 (est.)$0National Securities Corporation BrokerCheck CRD 7569 ↗EDGAR ↗
Sep 13, 2013 D
NATIONAL HOLDINGS CORP
File 021-202860
$158,750 (est.)$0$0
In the ordinary course of business, the issuer may use some of the proceeds of the offering to pay salaries to certain of its executive officers and directors.
National Securitites Corporation BrokerCheck CRD 7569 ↗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 4

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

Pooled Investment Fund · group: Innovation

NAM Special Situations Fund III, LLC (Magic Leap Series 1)

New York, NY · Dec 28, 2016
  • Dec 28, 2016 · D · $0 sold of $25,000,000 · 0 investors · min. No minimum reported · role: Executive Officer EDGAR ↗

No sales reported yet as of the latest filing. William 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: Pooled Investment Fund / 506(b) (83,801 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.

Pooled Investment Fund · group: Innovation

NAM Special Situations Fund II, LLC (Palantir Series 1)

New York, NY · Nov 29, 2016
  • Nov 29, 2016 · D · $0 sold of Indefinite · 0 investors · min. No minimum reported · role: Executive Officer EDGAR ↗

No sales reported yet as of the latest filing. William 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: Pooled Investment Fund / 506(b) (83,801 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.

Pooled Investment Fund · group: Innovation

NAM Special Situations Fund I, LLC

New York, NY · Jul 26, 2016
  • Jul 26, 2016 · D/A · $9,310,000 sold of $1,000,000,000 · 86 investors · min. No minimum reported · role: Executive Officer (Authorized signatory of National Asset Management, Inc., the Managing Member of the Manager.) EDGAR ↗

Raised $9.31M from 86 investors (1% of the $1B target) as of the latest filing. William 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: Pooled Investment Fund / 506(b) (83,801 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.

Investment Banking · group: Innovation

NATIONAL HOLDINGS CORP

New York, NY · Sep 13, 2013
  • Sep 13, 2013 · D · $3,174,989 sold of $3,174,989 · 14 investors · min. No minimum reported · role: Director EDGAR ↗

Raised $8.84M from 45 investors (100% of the $3.17M target) as of the latest filing. William 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 William 12

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

Management entity

National Asset Management, Inc.

Executive Officer · 2 shared filings (2 issuers) · also on 54 other issuers

National Asset Management, Inc. is on 56 issuers in total — a repeat sponsor. Their page lists every one.

Management entity

NAM Special Situations Management, LLC

Executive Officer · 2 shared filings (2 issuers) · also on 11 other issuers

NAM Special Situations Management, LLC is on 13 issuers in total — a repeat sponsor. Their page lists every one.

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Person

David Levine

Executive Officer · 3 shared filings (3 issuers) · also on 55 other issuers

David Levine is on 58 issuers in total — a repeat sponsor. Their page lists every one.

LS
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Person

Leonard J. Sokolow

Director · 1 shared filing (1 issuer) · also on 11 other issuers

Leonard J. Sokolow is on 12 issuers in total — a repeat sponsor. Their page lists every one.

AL
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Person

Alan B. Levin

Executive Officer · 1 shared filing (1 issuer) · also on 8 other issuers

Alan B. Levin is on 9 issuers in total — a repeat sponsor. Their page lists every one.

MG
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Person

Mark Goldwasser

Executive Officer, Director · 1 shared filing (1 issuer) · also on 39 other issuers

Mark Goldwasser is on 40 issuers in total — a repeat sponsor. Their page lists every one.

MK
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Person

Mark D. Klein

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

Mark D. Klein is on 10 issuers in total — a repeat sponsor. Their page lists every one.

FP
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Person

Frank S. Plimpton

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

Listed on the same filings as William Lerner. Their page shows their other deals.

PZ
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Person

Peter Zurkow

Director · 1 shared filing (1 issuer)

Listed on the same filings as William Lerner. Their page shows their other deals.

FP
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Person

Frederic B. Powers, III

Director · 1 shared filing (1 issuer)

Listed on the same filings as William Lerner. Their page shows their other deals.

SG
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Person

Salvatore Guardina

Director · 1 shared filing (1 issuer)

Listed on the same filings as William Lerner. Their page shows their other deals.

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Person

Robert Fagenson

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

Listed on the same filings as William Lerner. Their page shows their other deals.

The team behind the deals

Sponsor group

Innovation

97 issuers · 181 filings · $2.67B reported sold · 2009–2026

One team, 97 deal companies. William Lerner is listed on 4 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 William Lerner.

Same business address

31 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 4 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 William Lerner 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 4 issuers this person is listed on — nothing matched.

Public profiles and social

Websites and social links of the issuers William Lerner is listed on: none on file. No website or social profile named in NAM Special Situations Fund I, LLC's SEC filings (Form C, Reg A, Form ADV; checked Oct 24, 2026). Web search for this name: #285,306 of 374,652 in line (14 issuers searched so far). One-tap searches: Look further ↓

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