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Layne Melzer › Form 700

Layne Melzer: 2025 Annual statement

Annual 2025
Judge, Orange County Superior Court · due 2026-03-02
Filed
2026-02-21 · signed 02/21/2026 04:27 PM
Source
Read from the FPPC's structured data, checked against the PDF · the PDF (10 p.) · FPPC portal

Findings

Worth a look Gifts

Lists $600 in gifts from Association of Business Trial Lawyers in 2025; the limit from one source is $560

The statement lists 4 gift(s) from Association of Business Trial Lawyers 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

Schedule A-1 · Investments (under 10%) 29

NameBusinessValue
3M CompanyConsumer products$10,001–$100,000
disposed 2025-02-25
AmazonEcommerce$100,001–$1,000,000
Apple Inc.Technology$100,001–$1,000,000
Berkshire Hathaway Inc.Investment$100,001–$1,000,000
Boeing Corp.Aerospace$10,001–$100,000
disposed 2025-02-06
Bristol Myers SquibbPharmaceuticals$10,001–$100,000
disposed 2025-02-24
Broadcom Inc.Technology$100,001–$1,000,000
disposed 2025-02-10
Chevron Corp.Petrolium products$10,001–$100,000
disposed 2025-02-27
Coca Cola Co.Beverage$10,001–$100,000
disposed 2025-02-19
Cummings Inc.Commercial Machinery$100,001–$1,000,000
disposed 2025-02-07
CVS Health Corp.Retail drug stores$10,001–$100,000
disposed 2025-04-08
Delta Airlines Inc.Airline$10,001–$100,000
disposed 2025-02-06
Dow Inc.Chemical Manufacturing$10,001–$100,000
disposed 2025-03-17
Enphase Energy Inc.Energy Manufacturing$10,001–$100,000
Exxon Mobile Corp.Energy$10,001–$100,000
disposed 2025-03-04
FedEx Corp.Delivery/Logistics$10,001–$100,000
disposed 2025-02-06
Freeport-McMoran Inc.Mining$10,001–$100,000
disposed 2025-02-24
IBMTechnology$100,001–$1,000,000
disposed 2025-01-03
Kinder Morgan Inc.Energy$10,001–$100,000
disposed 2025-02-25
Medtronic PlcMedical Devices$10,001–$100,000
disposed 2025-02-24
Microsoft Corp.Software$100,001–$1,000,000
Nvidia CorporationTechnology$100,001–$1,000,000
Organon &Co.Pharmaceutical$10,001–$100,000
disposed 2025-10-29
Palo Alto Networks Inc.Cyber Security$10,001–$100,000
disposed 2025-02-07
PayPal Holdings IncTechnology Financial Services$10,001–$100,000
SPDR Gold SharesETF$10,001–$100,000
Tejon RanchLand Development$2,000–$10,000
UPSLogistics$10,001–$100,000
disposed 2025-02-24
Eli Lilly CoPharmaceuticals$100,001–$1,000,000
acquired 2025-08-06

Schedule A-2 · Businesses & trusts (10% or more) 1

L and C Melzer Revocable Trust trust · from the PDF

P.O. Box 1994, Santa Ana, CA 92702

Value — · gross income over $100,000

Sources of $10,000+: Chase Tillman/Lauren Rogers; John Gardner/Brooke Sandvig; Dennis Sitar/Laura Sitar; Mathew Serven/Casandra Serven

Holds: SEE ATTACHED (rental property) · over $1,000,000 · Property Ownership/Deed of Trust

Schedule D · Gifts 3

FromGiftsTotal
Association of Business Trial Lawyers · from the PDF
8502 E. Chapman Av. Ste. 443, Orange CA 92869
2025-01-22 · Dinner CLE Program · $150
2025-05-21 · Dinner CLE Program · $150
2025-09-03 · Dinner CLE Program · $150
$450
Association of Business Trial Lawyers · from the PDF
8502 E. Chapman Av. Ste. 443, Orange CA 92869
2025-11-12 · Dinner CLE Program · $150
$150
Orange County Bar Association · from the PDF
P.O. Box 6130 Newport Beach CA 92658
2025-01-16 · Judges Night Dinner · $130
2025-10-29 · CLE Program/Lunch · $25
$155

Schedule E · Travel paid by others 2

Paid byTripAmount
Association of Business Trial Lawyers · 501(c)(3)
8502 E. Chapman Av., Ste. 443, Orange CA 92869		Maui, Hawaii · 2025-10-07 to 2025-10-12 · made a speech / panel · Gift$3,555.25
Association of Business Trial Lawyers · 501(c)(3)
8502 E. Chapman Av., Ste. 443, Orange CA 92869		San Diego, CA · 2025-05-02 to 2025-05-04 · made a speech / panel · Gift$796