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William Mitchell

Named as an officer, director or promoter on SEC Form D filings · WA · May 23, 2014 → May 5, 2016

1deal (issuers)
$10.6Mreported sold
31investors
6Form D filings
2014–2016years on file

Data last updated Oct 23, 2026, 5:45 PM ET · Courts (RECAP) last checked: Oct 24, 2026, 2:28 AM ET · SEC enforcement last checked: covered by the index scan as of Oct 24, 2026, 2:50 AM ET

The short version

William Mitchell is listed as an executive officer, director, and promoter on 6 SEC Form D filings by 1 issuer between May 2014 and May 2016: PicoBrew, Inc. (Seattle, WA — manufacturing — 2014–2016; $10.6M reported sold to 31 investors).

What this means One deal on file with the SEC. 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 Avi Geiger (6 shared filings), James Mitchell (6 shared filings), George Dyke (3 shared filings), Karl Leaverton (3 shared filings), Steve Rohrbach (3 shared filings) and 1 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.

The issuer belongs to the sponsor group Picobrew (2 issuers, $11M reported sold, 2013–2016).

What this means A sponsor group is one team that sets up a new company for each deal. Picobrew has 2 companies on file and $11M 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, CO, CT, DC, DE, FINRA, FL, GA, HI, ID, IL, KS, KY, LA, MA, MD, ME, MI, MO, MS, MT, NASAA, NC, ND, NH, NM, NV, NY, OH, OK, OR, PA, RI, SC, SD, TN, TX, UT, VT, WA, WI, WV, WY) — 1 SEC release, 2 bankruptcy cases matching the name listed in Key records below.

What this means 3 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 6 public filings for William Mitchell and found 7 differences: Offering amount lowered between filings; Offering amount changed between filings; 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 Mitchell has not run yet — it is joining a line of 44,965 names; searches run around the clock at the hosts' allowed rate. Searched so far: 641 names.

Community comments are quoted as written by their authors. Sources searched: Bing (site:reddit.com / site:biggerpockets.com) and Reddit's own search, plus DuckDuckGo/Brave/BiggerPockets search when they are answering.

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, 2:28 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

1 SEC release

William B. Mitchell Administrative proceeding
SEC · Jan 30, 2013 · Parties as named in the release: William B. Mitchell Read the release ↗
same full name in the release title; 13 people with this name in Form D filings; the person's filing state is not named
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 Mitchell..

State securities regulators: Securities regulators searched (64,910 actions): FINRA (38,350 actions, 1995–2026), NASAA (31 actions, 2000–2026; listing starts 1997), AK Division of Banking and Securities (273 actions, 1971–2025), AL Securities Commission (880 actions, 2001–2026), AR Securities Department (1,305 actions, 1998–2026), 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), CO Division of Securities (731 actions, 2001–2026; older years from the Internet Archive (snapshot of 2026-05-02)), CT Department of Banking Securities Division (940 actions, 2006–2026; older years from the Internet Archive (snapshot of 2026-04-22)), DC DISB Securities Bureau (25 actions, 2012–2026), DE DOJ Investor Protection Unit (257 actions, 1987–2026), FL Office of Financial Regulation (49 actions, 2018–2026), GA Secretary of State Securities Division (65 actions, 2015–2026; listing starts 2012), HI DCCA Securities Enforcement Branch (26 actions, 2012–2026), ID Department of Finance Securities Bureau (663 actions, 1994–2026), IL Secretary of State Securities Department (4,122 actions, 2003–2023), KS Insurance Department Securities Division (58 actions), KY Department of Financial Institutions (342 actions, 2005–2026), LA Office of Financial Institutions Securities Division (13 actions, 2010–2025; listing starts 2008), MA Secretary of the Commonwealth Securities Division (125 actions, 2012–2025; live site blocks automated access — loaded from the Internet Archive snapshot of 2026-02-04), MD Attorney General Securities Division (1,054 actions, 2004–2026), ME Office of Securities (539 actions, 2000–2026), MI LARA Corporations, Securities & Commercial Licensing Bureau (201 actions), MO Secretary of State Securities Division (919 actions, 1998–2026), MS Secretary of State Securities Division (209 actions, 1995–2026), MT Commissioner of Securities and Insurance (597 actions, 2000–2026), NC Secretary of State Securities Division (265 actions, 2004–2024), ND Securities Department (711 actions, 1990–2026; the regulator no longer publishes this list live — loaded from the Internet Archive snapshot of 2026-01-06), NH Bureau of Securities Regulation (402 actions, 2002–2026), NM Regulation and Licensing Department Securities Division (90 actions, 2010–2025), NV Secretary of State Securities Division (118 actions, 2018–2026), NY Attorney General Investor Protection Bureau (44 actions, 2012–2026), OH Division of Securities (327 actions, 1993–2006), OK Department of Securities (2,531 actions, 1998–2026), OR Division of Financial Regulation (589 actions, 1988–2026), PA Department of Banking and Securities (1,448 actions, 2008–2024; the regulator no longer publishes this list live — loaded from the Internet Archive snapshot of 2024-08-09), RI DBR Securities Division (98 actions, 2005–2025), SC Attorney General Securities Division (540 actions, 2006–2026), SD Division of Insurance – Securities Regulation (106 actions, 2017–2026), TN Department of Commerce and Insurance Securities Division (405 actions, 1992–2026), TX State Securities Board (936 actions, 1999–2026), UT Division of Securities (772 actions, 2000–2026; older years from the Internet Archive (snapshot of 2010-05-27)), VT DFR Securities Division (137 actions, 2010–2026), WA DFI (2,039 actions, 2001–2026), WI DFI Division of Securities (1,072 actions, 1998–2026), WV Securities Commission (State Auditor) (64 actions), WY Secretary of State Compliance Division (6 actions, 2016–2024) — last crawled Oct 24, 2026, 8:48 AM ET. No machine-readable public listing today for IA, IN, MN, NE, NJ, VA (see docs/state-regulators.md).

3. Bankruptcies

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

Kimberly Ann Mitchell and William Mitchell closed
United States Bankruptcy Court, W.D. Washington · No. 11-15531 · Filed May 9, 2011 · Closed Aug 21, 2015
Role of William Mitchell: Debtor · Outcome: Case closed 2015-08-21 (disposition not included in the bulk docket feed — see docket) Docket on CourtListener ↗
same full name (a name found in 904 federal dockets); 13 people with this name in Form D filings; court in the person's filing state (WA)
William R Mitchell closed
United States Bankruptcy Court, W.D. Washington · No. 04-49936 · Filed Oct 20, 2004 · Closed May 17, 2005
Role of William R Mitchell: Debtor · Outcome: Case closed 2005-05-17 (disposition not included in the bulk docket feed — see docket) Docket on CourtListener ↗
same full name (a name found in 904 federal dockets); 13 people with this name in Form D filings; court in the person's filing state (WA)
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, 2:28 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

7 differences found between the filings for William Mitchell (compared 6 filings on Oct 24, 2026)

Note · Nov 25, 2014 – May 8, 2015

Offering amount lowered between filings — PicoBrew, Inc.

The Nov 25, 2014 filing says $2,820,000 offered; the May 8, 2015 Form D/A says $2,800,000.

What this means The target raise got smaller. That can mean the plan shrank or the sponsor stopped early. Ask what changed in the deal.

Sources
Note · May 23, 2014 – Nov 25, 2014

Offering amount changed between filings — PicoBrew, Inc.

The May 23, 2014 filing says $1,200,000 offered; the Nov 25, 2014 Form D/A says $2,820,000.

What this means The target raise changed. Raising the cap is common when a deal grows; ask whether the extra money has the same terms and use.

Sources
Note · May 28, 2009 – Jul 3, 2019

Same name, different state: "William Mitchell" (PA or TN or FL) is a separate record

This page covers filings where the address state is WA. A separate record, "William Mitchell" with address state PA or TN or FL, is listed on 23 filings — most recently by AIM ImmunoTech Inc. (Feb 21, 2024). Both records have filings in the same period (May 23, 2014 to May 5, 2016).

What this means Two records with one name were active at the same time. That can be one person listing different company addresses, or two different people. We keep them apart until a filing ties them together. Check both pages before you decide.

Sources
Note · Nov 3, 2009 – Jul 18, 2017

Same name, different state: "William Mitchell" (CA) is a separate record

This page covers filings where the address state is WA. A separate record, "William Mitchell" with address state CA, is listed on 13 filings — most recently by CHRONIX BIOMEDICAL INC (Jul 18, 2017). Both records have filings in the same period (May 23, 2014 to May 5, 2016).

What this means Two records with one name were active at the same time. That can be one person listing different company addresses, or two different people. We keep them apart until a filing ties them together. Check both pages before you decide.

Sources
Note · Feb 24, 2015 – Mar 4, 2016

Same name, different state: "William H Mitchell" (AL) is a separate record

This page covers filings where the address state is WA. A separate record, "William H Mitchell" with address state AL, is listed on 3 filings — most recently by US H2O, Inc. (Mar 4, 2016). Both records have filings in the same period (Feb 24, 2015 to Mar 4, 2016).

What this means Two records with one name were active at the same time. That can be one person listing different company addresses, or two different people. We keep them apart until a filing ties them together. Check both pages before you decide.

Sources
Note · Sep 19, 2012

Same name, different state: "William David Mitchell" (DC) is a separate record

This page covers filings where the address state is WA. A separate record, "William David Mitchell" with address state DC, is listed on 1 filing — most recently by Hellbender Brewing Co (Sep 19, 2012). The two records do not overlap in time: this page runs May 23, 2014 to May 5, 2016; the other has one filing dated Sep 19, 2012.

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.

Sources
Note · Oct 21, 2010

Same name, different state: "William A. Mitchell" (CO) is a separate record

This page covers filings where the address state is WA. A separate record, "William A. Mitchell" with address state CO, is listed on 1 filing — most recently by Bankers' Bank of the West Bancorp, Inc. (Oct 21, 2010). The two records do not overlap in time: this page runs May 23, 2014 to May 5, 2016; the other has one filing dated Oct 21, 2010.

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.

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

0 of 3 offerings report sales commissions; 0 report finder's fees; 2 report proceeds to related persons totalling $641,000.

Offering (latest filing)Sales commissionsFinder's feesTo insidersPaid to sell itSource
May 5, 2016 D
PicoBrew, Inc.
File 021-262629
$0$0$591,000
Repay outstanding indebtedness and deferred compensation.
None listed on this filingEDGAR ↗
May 4, 2016 D/A
PicoBrew, Inc.
File 021-240438
$0$0$50,000
Repayment of loan.
None listed on this filingEDGAR ↗
May 8, 2015 D/A
PicoBrew, Inc.
File 021-217935
$0$0$0None listed on this filingEDGAR ↗
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 1

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

Manufacturing · group: Picobrew

PicoBrew, Inc.

Seattle, WA · May 23, 2014 → May 5, 2016 · 6 filings
  • May 5, 2016 · D · $10,602,565 sold of $10,602,565 · 18 investors · min. $7,500 · role: Executive Officer, Director, Promoter EDGAR ↗
  • May 4, 2016 · D/A · $2,275,810 sold of $2,275,810 · 31 investors · min. $1,000 · role: Executive Officer, Director, Promoter EDGAR ↗
  • May 22, 2015 · D · $535,000 sold of $2,275,810 · 8 investors · min. $1,000 · role: Executive Officer, Director, Promoter EDGAR ↗
  • May 8, 2015 · D/A · $2,800,000 sold of $2,800,000 · 26 investors · min. $9,000 · role: Executive Officer, Director, Promoter EDGAR ↗
  • Nov 25, 2014 · D/A · $2,180,000 sold of $2,820,000 · 21 investors · min. $9,000 · role: Executive Officer, Director, Promoter EDGAR ↗
  • May 23, 2014 · D · $1,200,000 sold of $1,200,000 · 20 investors · min. $9,000 · role: Executive Officer, Director, Promoter EDGAR ↗

Raised $10.6M from 31 investors (100% of the $10.6M target) as of the latest filing. William is listed as executive officer, director, promoter on 6 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. "Similar" = offerings in the same industry claiming the same exemption, filed in the last 5 years: Manufacturing / 506(b) (1,339 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 (12)

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

People around William 6

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

JM
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Person

James Mitchell

Executive Officer, Director, Promoter · 6 shared filings (1 issuer) · also on 2 other issuers

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

AG
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Person

Avi Geiger

Executive Officer, Director, Promoter · 6 shared filings (1 issuer) · also on 1 other issuer

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

KL
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Person

Karl Leaverton

Director · 3 shared filings (1 issuer) · also on 2 other issuers

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

SR
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Person

Steve Rohrbach

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

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

GD
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Person

George Dyke

Director · 3 shared filings (1 issuer)

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

LG
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Person

Lynda Gaughan

Executive Officer · 2 shared filings (1 issuer) · also on 2 other issuers

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

The team behind the deals

Sponsor group

Picobrew

2 issuers · 7 filings · $11M reported sold · 2013–2016

One team, 2 deal companies. William Mitchell 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 William Mitchell.

Same business address

1 other issuer 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

Business registration (state registry / Secretary of State)

Individuals are not matched to business registrations — registries list companies, and a name alone is not enough to tie a person to one. Officers and managers appear by name inside each matched company's record on the issuer pages. Registries searched: AL (Alabama Secretary of State — Business Entity Records (arc-sos.state.al.us), searched by issuer name, data as of Oct 24, 2026); CO (Colorado Secretary of State — Business Entities in Colorado (data.colorado.gov), data as of Oct 23, 2026); CT (Connecticut Secretary of the State — Business Registry (data.ct.gov), data as of Oct 24, 2026); FL (Florida Department of State, Division of Corporations — quarterly corporate data file (Sunbiz), data as of Oct 7, 2026); NY (New York Department of State — Corporations and Other Entities (data.ny.gov: All Filings + Active Corporations), data as of Oct 20, 2026); OR (Oregon Secretary of State — Active Businesses, All (data.oregon.gov), data as of Oct 20, 2026); PA (Pennsylvania Department of State — Registered Businesses, Current (data.pa.gov), data as of Oct 6, 2026); TX (Texas Comptroller — Active Franchise Taxpayers incl. Secretary of State file data (data.texas.gov), data as of Oct 24, 2026). Registries of other states have not been searched: many publish no bulk file and require a CAPTCHA or bot challenge on their search page, which we do not bypass (Delaware, for example, offers no public bulk file).

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 William Mitchell 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 William Mitchell is listed on: none on file. No website or social profile named in PicoBrew, Inc.'s SEC filings (Form C, Reg A, Form ADV; checked Oct 24, 2026). Web search for this name: #287,532 of 374,652 in line (1,386 issuers searched so far). One-tap searches: Look further ↓

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