Florida Files

Officeholders

Matthew John Metz

2025 Form 6 · annual filing (Commission on Ethics) · received 2026-05-04 · 4 pages (text)

Net worth$1,186,944
Income listed$229,938
Real estate$750,330
Debts listed$218,962
Worth a look0

Where listed income comes from

  • Other / unclassified 97% $223,318 · Office of the Public Defender, 7th Circuit
  • Investments & retirement 3% $6,620 · Discover Savings Interest, Charles Schwab Dividends

Worth a look 0

Nothing stood out under the current rules.

Context 4

Context Unusual reporting

Net worth $1,186,944; listed items add up to $1,186,954

Reported net worth: $1,186,944. Household goods + listed assets − listed liabilities = $1,186,954. They roughly agree.

What to check
  • No action needed unless other items look off.

Rule: Net worth vs. listed items
“Simply subtracting your liabilities from your assets will not result in an accurate net worth figure in most cases.”2025 Form 6 instructions, Net Worth ✓ quoted from the saved instructions · how this rule works

Context Income & business ties

97% of listed income ($223,318) comes from Office of the Public Defender, 7th Circuit

Listed income totals $229,938 from 3 sources. The largest is classed as other / unclassified.

What to check
  • Who is this source, and does it have business before the office sought?
  • If the filer owns it, check the business section and secondary income.

Rule: Where the money comes from
“List the name of each source of income that provided you with more than $1,000 of income during”2025 Form 6 instructions, Income ✓ quoted from the saved instructions · how this rule works

Context Wealth & holdings

Reports a net worth of $1,186,944 — a millionaire on paper

Net worth is the filer's own figure. Being wealthy isn't a problem; it's context for comparing candidates and for reading the rest of the form.

What to check
  • Compare with the other candidates in the race.
  • Check that the large assets below are described and valued clearly.

Rule: Net worth tier
“Report your net worth as of”2025 Form 6 instructions, Net Worth ✓ quoted from the saved instructions · how this rule works

Context Wealth & holdings

Holds $1,432 in cryptocurrency (0% of net worth)

Direct cryptocurrency holdings, as listed. Prices are public but volatile; values are as of the net-worth date.

What to check
  • Compare with the coin's price on the net-worth date if the share is large.

Rule: Cryptocurrency holdings

How this rule works

Where to look next

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Their filings

Other filings by Matthew John Metz

FilingReceivedNet worthItems
2024 Form 6 — annual (Commission on Ethics)2025-05-06$930,000

Net worth

Net worth
As of
Household goods (lump sum)

Assets over $1,000 $1,330,917 listed

DescriptionValue

Liabilities over $1,000 $218,962 listed

CreditorAddressAmount

Joint and several liabilities not reported above

Reported as “N/A”.

Income $229,938 listed

Elected to attach federal tax return instead:

Primary sources

SourceAddressAmount

Secondary sources (major customers of businesses owned)

Reported as “N/A”.

Interests in specified businesses

Reported as “N/A”.

Signature

Signed by
Date
Filed with COE

Source

Document
Open PDF · original source
Retrieved
2026-10-07T20:06:39+00:00
SHA-256
304ddcf9ee0d654a21ee94d9f372d40e853f62b24c20f28e7fe8d34956676a10
Pages
p1 form6 · p2 form6 · p3 form6 · p4 form6
Extraction
parser v0.5.2; 0 value(s) below 80% confidence