Elizabeth A. Tresp, JD, LL.M.

8x recognized by Super Lawyers. Avvo Rating 10.0 (Superb). San Diego Business Journal honoree. Elizabeth designs asset protection and estate plans with the perspective of an experienced trial lawyer.

Principal Attorney Elizabeth A. Tresp earned her BA at Middlesex University in London in 1999. She completed her Juris Doctor (JD) and Master of Laws (LL.M.) at the University of San Diego School of Law, earning the highest honors in Criminal Tax Fraud and Taxation of Anti-Money Laundering.

Elizabeth is a member of the State Bar of California (Bar No. 290339), the Wyoming State Bar (Bar No. 8-7161), and the State Bar of Montana (Bar No. 14059), as well as the San Diego County Bar Association, Probate Attorneys of San Diego, and the American Bar Association. In addition to the state courts of California, Wyoming, and Montana, she is admitted to practice before the United States Tax Court and the United States District Courts for the Southern and Eastern Districts of California.

Honors & recognition

When you are trusting someone with the plan that protects your family and your business, independent recognition matters. Elizabeth’s comes from named, outside sources:

Avvo bases its rating on a lawyer’s years of experience, education, professional achievements, peer endorsements and disciplinary history, and lawyers cannot pay to raise it. It is an independent look at the professional record behind the person designing your plan.

Elizabeth also has extensive trial experience, so she designs every structure knowing how plans are tested when a creditor or a disappointed beneficiary takes them to court.

Honors and ratings are issued by the organizations named, under their own criteria. They do not guarantee or predict the outcome of any matter.

Trusted counsel, and a trust litigator

Elizabeth has extensive experience in estate planning and trust and estate administration. Critically, she also has extensive experience litigating trust and estate disputes, including complex trust matters, the real-world, courtroom-tested perspective that lets her design plans built to hold, not just to sell. An active leader in her community, she is a member of San Diego Women Leaders and provides consulting services to other local attorneys. Compassionate and caring, Elizabeth strives to be your attorney for life; protecting your family and your legacy are her highest priorities.

Nationally recognized speaker

Elizabeth is a nationally recognized speaker in finance and investor circles. She appears on podcasts and at in-person events across the country with voices her clients already know, including Peter Schiff, Ken McElroy, Dana Samuelson, Steve Streetman, Mike Maloney, Scott Saunders, and Robert Kiyosaki. The plan she describes on a stage is the same plan she will defend in court. Appearances are collected on the media page.

Attorney & businesswoman

Beyond the practice of law, Elizabeth has achieved exceptional success through commercial and residential real estate investments across the United States, through direct, partnership, and syndicated investments. She also owns or is a partner in several businesses, from professional services to retail and food service. That entrepreneur’s perspective directly informs her asset protection practice: she understands her clients because she lives the same life, and it enables her to design the right domestic or offshore structure for each individual client’s needs.

Faith, philanthropy, and community

For the Tresps, commitment to community goes well beyond financial contributions, and their Christian faith is central to it. Elizabeth serves on the Board of Directors of Santa Fe Christian Schools, volunteers at her church, and volunteers for local service non-profits including Loving The Wise.

Elizabeth and her husband established two 501(c)(3) non-profits: the Tresp Family Arts Foundation, which funds the presentation and perpetuation of performing-arts events, and the Tresp Conservation Trust, through which, an avid naturalist and outdoors enthusiast, she works to acquire land to preserve habitats, protect wildlife, and promote environmental education. She also serves as Vice President of the board of directors at North Coast Repertory Theatre.

Earlier in her career, Elizabeth worked directly with disadvantaged youth through ChildHelp and provided no-cost state and federal tax assistance to dozens of taxpayers through local clinics. She continues to volunteer consistently, classroom volunteering in Solana Beach schools through the Solana Beach Schools Foundation, membership in The Rancho Santa Fe Women’s Fund and the Lawyers Club of San Diego, and volunteering in and sponsoring Solana Beach youth sports, including the Solana Beach Little League and the Solana Beach Soccer Club.

Achievements & awards

Elizabeth is a highly respected and awarded businesswoman and attorney, well recognized by both her clients and her peers. Her Super Lawyers, Avvo and San Diego Business Journal recognition, with years, is listed under Honors & recognition above.

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