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William M. Freeman

Named as an officer, director or promoter on SEC Form D filings · NY · Aug 14, 2015 → Aug 14, 2015

1deal (issuers)

$1.46Breported sold

69investors

1Form D filing

2015year on file

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Data last updated Oct 23, 2026, 5:45 PM ET · Courts (RECAP) last checked: Oct 24, 2026, 2:34 AM ET · SEC enforcement last checked: not yet

The short version

William M. Freeman is listed as a director on 1 SEC Form D filing by 1 issuer in Aug 2015: CIT GROUP INC (New York, NY — commercial banking — 2015; $1.46B reported sold to 69 investors).

What this means One deal on file with the SEC, filed Aug 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 Alan Frank (1 shared filing), Andrew T. Brandman (1 shared filing), C. Jeffrey Knittel (1 shared filing), Carol Hayles (1 shared filing), David M. Moffett (1 shared filing) and 18 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.

Public records searched: federal courts (CourtListener / RECAP), state securities regulators (AZ, CA, DE, TX, WA) — 7 bankruptcy cases matching the name listed in Key records below. Not yet searched: SEC enforcement releases.

What this means 7 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.

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.

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

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, 2:34 AM ET.

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

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.

No SEC search has run yet for this person.

3. Bankruptcies

7 cases: 7 closed (disposition not in docket feed)

William H. Freeman closed

United States Bankruptcy Court, S.D. New York · No. 11-13649 · Filed Jul 30, 2011 · Closed Nov 21, 2011

Role of William H. Freeman: Debtor · Outcome: Case closed 2011-11-21 (disposition not included in the bulk docket feed — see docket) Docket on CourtListener ↗

same full name (a name found in 382 federal dockets); 8 people with this name in Form D filings; court in the person's filing state (NY); middle initial differs

William B. Freeman closed

United States Bankruptcy Court, S.D. New York · No. 05-45215 · Filed Oct 11, 2005 · Closed Aug 7, 2006

Role of William B. Freeman: Debtor · Outcome: Case closed 2006-08-07 (disposition not included in the bulk docket feed — see docket) Docket on CourtListener ↗

same full name (a name found in 382 federal dockets); 8 people with this name in Form D filings; court in the person's filing state (NY); middle initial differs

William Freeman closed

United States Bankruptcy Court, E.D. New York · No. 8-03-82126 · Filed Apr 2, 2003 · Closed Nov 18, 2003

Role of William Freeman: Debtor · Outcome: Case closed 2003-11-18 (disposition not included in the bulk docket feed — see docket) Docket on CourtListener ↗

same full name (a name found in 382 federal dockets); 8 people with this name in Form D filings; court in the person's filing state (NY)

William Freeman and Susan Freeman closed

United States Bankruptcy Court, E.D. New York · No. 8-00-84097 · Filed Jun 21, 2000 · Closed Oct 12, 2000

Role of William Freeman and Susan Freeman: Debtor · Outcome: Case closed 2000-10-12 (disposition not included in the bulk docket feed — see docket) Docket on CourtListener ↗

same full name (a name found in 382 federal dockets); 8 people with this name in Form D filings; court in the person's filing state (NY); middle initial differs

William G. Freeman and Tina M. Freeman closed

United States Bankruptcy Court, N.D. New York · No. 96-65645 · Filed Nov 29, 1996 · Closed Feb 15, 2000

Role of William G. Freeman and Tina M. Freeman: Debtor · Outcome: Case closed 2000-02-15 (disposition not included in the bulk docket feed — see docket) Docket on CourtListener ↗

same full name (a name found in 382 federal dockets); 8 people with this name in Form D filings; court in the person's filing state (NY); middle initial differs

William D. Freeman and Alberta M. Freeman closed

United States Bankruptcy Court, W.D. New York · No. 2-94-22564 · Filed Nov 30, 1994 · Closed Aug 22, 1995

Role of William D. Freeman and Alberta M. Freeman: Debtor · Outcome: Case closed 1995-08-22 (disposition not included in the bulk docket feed — see docket) Docket on CourtListener ↗

same full name (a name found in 382 federal dockets); 8 people with this name in Form D filings; court in the person's filing state (NY); middle initial differs

William Freeman and Mary Lee Mitchell Freeman closed

United States Bankruptcy Court, S.D. New York · No. 94-40088 · Filed Jan 7, 1994 · Closed Jan 28, 2008

Role of William Freeman and Mary Lee Mitchell Freeman: Debtor · Outcome: Case closed 2008-01-28 (disposition not included in the bulk docket feed — see docket) Docket on CourtListener ↗

same full name (a name found in 382 federal dockets); 8 people with this name in Form D filings; court in the person's filing state (NY); 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, 2:34 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.

4. Differences between public sources

Not made for individual people — comparisons cover issuers and sponsor groups

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 commissions	Finder's fees	To insiders	Paid to sell it	Source
Aug 14, 2015 D CIT GROUP INC File 021-245850	$0	$0	$0 The company's common shares were issued as partial consideration in the merger of IMB Holdco LLC with and into Carbon Merger Sub LLC, a subsidiary of the company. The company did not receive any proceeds from the issuance.	None listed on this filing	EDGAR ↗

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 William M. Freeman on a Form D, newest first. A Form D is the notice a company files after it starts selling a private investment.

Commercial Banking

CIT GROUP INC

New York, NY · Aug 14, 2015

Aug 14, 2015 · D · $1,456,949,403 sold of $1,456,949,403 · 69 investors · min. No minimum reported · role: Director EDGAR ↗

Raised $1.46B from 69 investors (100% of the $1.46B target) as of the latest filing. William 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. "Similar" = offerings in the same industry claiming the same exemption, filed in the last 5 years: Commercial Banking / 506(b) (624 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 (7)

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

William Freeman — CA, 2 issuers, Dec 14, 2010 → Dec 9, 2024 · no shared issuer
William Freeman — KS, 2 issuers, Jul 14, 2011 → Jul 14, 2011 · no shared issuer
William Freeman — OH, 2 issuers, Apr 9, 2026 → Sep 29, 2026 · no shared issuer
WILLIAM ROBINSON FREEMAN — SC, 1 issuer, Jan 8, 2016 → Jan 8, 2016 · no shared issuer
William Freeman — MS, 1 issuer, Jul 16, 2020 → Jul 16, 2020 · no shared issuer
William Freeman — NC, 1 issuer, Feb 12, 2021 → Feb 12, 2021 · no shared issuer
William Freeman — FL, 1 issuer, Sep 28, 2026 → Sep 28, 2026 · no shared issuer

People around William 23

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

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