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Julie Palafox › Form 700

Julie Palafox: 2025 Annual (amendment) statement

Annual 2025
Judge, Orange County Superior Court · due 2026-03-02
Filed
2026-03-09 · signed 03/09/2026 12:06 PM
Source
Read from the FPPC's structured data, checked against the PDF · the PDF (3 p.) · FPPC portal

Findings

Worth a look Gifts

Lists $600 in gifts from ATTORNEY'S BRIEFCASE in 2025; the limit from one source is $560

The statement lists 1 gift(s) from ATTORNEY'S BRIEFCASE dated in 2025, totalling $600. Judges may not accept gifts from one source worth more than $560 a year (Code of Civil Procedure 170.9).

What to check
  • Whether part of it was returned, or paid back, in time to not count (the filer's comments often say).
  • Whether the gifts are from one source (a couple is two sources) or are of a kind the limit doesn't cover (family, wedding gifts and the like).
  • The FPPC's gift fact sheet and Regulation 18940.2 for the exceptions.

Rule: Gifts from one source over the yearly limit
“The gift limit increased to $630 for calendar years 2025 and 2026. The gift limit in calendar year 2024 was $590.”Form 700 (2025/2026), What's New ✓ quoted from the saved copy · how this rule works

Context Amendments

Amends an earlier statement

This is an amendment. The original stays on file; what changed is in the amendment itself.

What to check
  • Compare with the original statement for the same year.
Rule: An amended statement

How this rule works

Schedule D · Gifts 4

FromGiftsTotal
ORANGE COUNTY BAR ASSOCIATION · from the PDF
P.O. BOX 6130, NEWPORT BEACH, CA
2025-01-15 · STATE OF COURT PROGRAM · $50
2025-02-19 · PROBATE YEAR IN REVIEW DINNER MEETING · $75
2025-07-10 · PROBATE SUMMER MIXER EVENT · $75
$200
ATTORNEY'S BRIEFCASE · from the PDF
2915 MCCLURE ST. OAKLAND, CA 94609
2025-01-24 · YEAR IN REVIEW PROGRAM · $600
$600
ORANGE COUNTY BAR ASSOCIATION - CONT. · from the PDF
P.O. BOX 6130, NEWPORT BEACH, CA
2025-08-20 · FAMILY LAW SECTION SUMMER MIXER · $75
2025-12-03 · FAMILY LAW SECTION HOLIDAY MIXER · $100
2025-12-04 · PROBATE SECTION HOLIDAY DINNER · $100
$275
WILLIAM P. GRAY INN OF COURT · from the PDF
3 PARK PLAZA, IRVINE, CA 92612
2025-03-18 · FAMILY LAW DINNER PROGRAM · $75
$75

Schedule E · Travel paid by others 1

Paid byTripAmount
LEVINE FAMILY
CONFIDENTIAL, ORANGE COUNTY
CATALINA ISLAND · 2025-11-01 to 2025-11-02 · OFFICIANT FOR WEDDING. PROVIDED TRAVEL AND ACCOMODATIONS · Gift$500