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Matthew John Metz

2022 Form 6X · annual filing (Commission on Ethics) · received 2023-07-05 · 5 pages (text)

Amendment. It restates net worth, assets, liabilities, joint and several liabilities, income, secondary sources of income and interests in specified businesses.

Net worth$605,294
Income listed$202,444
Real estate$575,000
Debts listed$246,685
Worth a look0

Where listed income comes from

  • Other / unclassified 100% $202,444 · Office of the Public Defender, 7th Circuit

Worth a look 0

Nothing stood out under the current rules.

Context 3

Context Unusual reporting

Lists 1 investment account ($5,849) instead of what's in them

The instructions say the investments held in a brokerage account or IRA are the assets to report — not the account itself. As listed, the public can't see what the filer is invested in.

What to check
  • Which companies or funds are in these accounts? Holdings matter for conflicts of interest.

Rule: Accounts listed instead of investments
“Note that the product contained in a brokerage account, IRA, or the Florida College Investment Plan, is your asset”2022 Form 6 instructions, Assets ✓ quoted from the saved instructions · how this rule works

Context Unusual reporting

Net worth $605,294; listed items add up to $605,247

Reported net worth: $605,294. Household goods + listed assets − listed liabilities = $605,247. 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.”2022 Form 6 instructions, Net Worth ✓ quoted from the saved instructions · how this rule works

Context Income & business ties

100% of listed income ($202,444) comes from Office of the Public Defender, 7th Circuit

Listed income totals $202,444 from 1 source. 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”2022 Form 6 instructions, Income ✓ quoted from the saved instructions · how this rule works

Where to look next

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Their filings

Other filings by Matthew John Metz

FilingReceivedNet worthItems
2025 Form 6 — annual (Commission on Ethics)2026-05-04$1,186,944
2024 Form 6 — annual (Commission on Ethics)2025-05-06$930,000
2023 Form 6 — annual (Commission on Ethics)2024-03-31$786,873
2022 Form 6 — annual (Commission on Ethics) · amended later2023-05-03$599,398

Net worth

Net worth
As of
Household goods (lump sum)

Assets over $1,000 $776,933 listed

DescriptionValue

Liabilities over $1,000 $246,685 listed

CreditorAddressAmount

Joint and several liabilities not reported above

Reported as “N/A”.

Income $202,444 listed

Elected to attach federal tax return instead:

Primary sources

SourceAddressAmount

Secondary sources (major customers of businesses owned)

Interests in specified businesses

Reported as “N/A”.

Signature

Signed by
Date
Filed with COE

Source

Document
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