DeEtte L. Loeffler

DeEtte L. Loeffler founded DeEtte L. Loeffler, A Professional Corporation, with a solid commitment to equipping her clients with the tools they need to plan thoughtfully for their peaceful future. Based in San Diego, California, she offers a wide range of legal services related to estate planning and trust administration, business law, real estate law, and tax planning for individuals and small-business owners.

A highly knowledgeable and astute professional, Ms. Loeffler has a proven ability to unravel complex issues and come up with straightforward and practical solutions. Her extensive tax and estate planning experience focuses on blended families, multigenerational plans, family business formation and business succession planning. She also assists with pre- and postnuptial planning for property division, charitable planning and international asset transfers.

Upon graduating with her bachelor’s degree in English in 1986 from the University of Washington, Ms. Loeffler completed her Juris Doctor cum laude in 1989 at Pepperdine University Caruso School of Law, where she maintained an active involvement in Pepperdine Law Review. She also obtained her LL.M. in taxation summa cum laude from the University of San Diego School of Law in 2007. For more than 24 years, she served as a member of the U.S. Army Judge Advocate General’s Corps in various capacities, achieving several service awards during that time.

A member of The State Bar of California, the California Lawyers Association, the San Diego County Bar Association, ProVisors and the Estate Planning Group Network, Ms. Loeffler has been a regular presenter of continuing education programs on various tax, business and estate planning topics. 

Ms. Loeffler previously served as the chairperson of the San Diego County Bar Association’s Taxation Law Section. She also served on the boards of the San Diego Natural History Museum and the Downtown San Diego Lions Club. She has covered a wide range of legal topics in her writings and presentations in various journals and forums.

Ms. Loeffler has been honored with an “Excellent” rating on Avvo. As a Crew Adviser with Scouts of America, her responsibilities included developing teenagers into good citizens and future leaders through many high-adventure activities. While on the Planned Giving Committee, she advised the San Diego Natural History Museum on significant lifetime and estate gifts.