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David J Cowan › Form 700

David J Cowan: 2024 Annual statement

Annual 2024
Judge, Los Angeles County Superior Court · due 2025-03-03
Filed
2025-01-29 · signed 01/29/2025 01:40 PM
Source
Read from the FPPC's structured data, checked against the PDF · the PDF (2 p.) · FPPC portal

Findings

Context Travel payments

Lists $6,155.62 in travel paid by others (3 payments)

Largest: Napa, Calif. ($3,136.21, Association of Business Trial Lawyers), Honololu, Hawaii ($1,830.62, Hawaii Tax Foundation), Monterey, Calif. ($1,188.79, Association of Business Trial Lawyers). 3 of 3 are listed as gifts.

What to check
  • Who paid, and for what: speeches, conferences and nonprofit-paid travel are treated differently (Schedule E instructions).
  • Whether the paying organizations have business before the office.

Rule: Travel paid by others
“Travel payments from third parties (not your employer).”Form 700 (2025/2026), Types of reportable interests ✓ quoted from the saved copy · how this rule works

Schedule E · Travel paid by others 3

Paid byTripAmount
Association of Business Trial Lawyers
8502 E. Chapman Avenue, Orange, CA 92869
Monterey, Calif. · 2024-04-12 to 2024-04-14 · made a speech / panel · Gift$1,188.79
Hawaii Tax Foundation · 501(c)(3)
333 S. Hope St., Suite 3900, Los Angeles, CA 90074
Honololu, Hawaii · 2024-11-03 to 2024-11-06 · made a speech / panel · Gift$1,830.62
Association of Business Trial Lawyers
8502 E. Chapman Avenue, Orange, CA 92869
Napa, Calif. · 2024-10-16 to 2024-10-20 · made a speech / panel · Gift$3,136.21