2023 Form 6 · annual filing (Commission on Ethics) · received 2024-04-22 · 5 pages (text)
Net worth$600,000
Income listed$294,521
Real estate$600,000
Debts listed$318,089
Worth a look1
Net worth over time
Where listed income comes from
Law 100% $294,521 · SJ LAW PA
Worth a look 1
Worth a lookIncome & business ties
Judicial Circuit (11Th): no public salary among the income listed
The filer held Judicial Circuit (11Th) in 2023, a salaried public office, but the primary sources of income listed (SJ LAW PA) don't include a public payer such as the State of Florida, the county or the school district.
What to check
Check the income page of the original: the salary may be listed under another name.
Check that they were paid in office all year: the Commission keeps listing a suspended or departed official under the office, and a new term may start partway through the year.
Some officials decline or donate their salary; the form still asks for income received.
Rule: Paid public office, but no public salary listed
“List the name of each source of income that provided you with more than $1,000 of income during”2023 Form 6 instructions, Income ✓ quoted from the saved instructions · how this rule works
Context 4
ContextUnusual reporting
Lists Car - Lincoln, Car - Honda separately from the $20,000 household-goods total
Personal vehicles, jewelry, art and furnishings can be reported in the household-goods lump sum or itemized. Net worth doesn't appear to count them twice.
What to check
No action needed unless the lump sum also includes these items.
Rule: Household items listed twice
“Describe, and state the value of, each asset you had on the reporting date you selected for your net worth, if the asset was worth more than $1,000 and if you have not already included that asset in the aggregate value of your household goods and personal effects.”2023 Form 6 instructions, Assets ✓ quoted from the saved instructions · how this rule works
ContextUnusual reporting
Net worth $600,000; listed items add up to $700,029
Reported net worth: $600,000. Household goods + listed assets − listed liabilities = $700,029. A difference is normal: net worth also counts assets and debts that aren't listed individually (items under $1,000, credit cards, taxes), and the instructions say subtracting listed liabilities from listed assets won't give an accurate figure in most cases.
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.”2023 Form 6 instructions, Net Worth ✓ quoted from the saved instructions · how this rule works
ContextIncome & business ties
100% of listed income ($294,521) comes from SJ LAW PA
Listed income totals $294,521 from 1 source. The largest is classed as law.
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”2023 Form 6 instructions, Income ✓ quoted from the saved instructions · how this rule works
ContextIncome & business ties
Income from SJ LAW P.A., a company they run that the state lists as inactive
This 2023 filing lists income from “SJ LAW PA”. On the Division of Corporations' register, SJ LAW P.A. (document P16000020321) is inactive and its last annual report was for 2020; the filer is listed as pd, registered agent.
What to check
Check the company's record on the state register for when and why it became inactive.
Income can trail a company's closing (a final distribution or sale) — compare with the prior year.
Some of what this filing reports stands out. These links open official public records, built from what the filer disclosed. They're searches you run yourself — results may include other people or companies with similar names.
Secondary sources (major customers of businesses owned)
Reported as “N/A”.
Interests in specified businesses
Reported as “N/A”.
Companies on the state register
Companies this filing names, as the Division of Corporations lists them. Their role is shown when the filer is an officer or registered agent. A company matched by name only is shown just when it's active. How these are matched