Mellanese S. Lofton, Esq.

Branch Manager

Attorney-At-Law

Mellanese S. Lofton is a Branch Manager with Exeter 1031 Exchange Services, LLC and its affiliate companies and is located in the company's Kona Hawaii Branch Office. She is also a California licensed attorney. 

Ms. Lofton has day-to-day management responsibility for business development, educational program delivery, and client relationship management for our Hawaiian Islands 1031 exchange operations. 

She has over 30 years of experience in the practice of law, including real estate, and has held the position of Vice-President and General Counsel with a major corporation.  She is also continuing her private practice in California.  In her private practice, she emphasizes estate planning and probate matters. 

After moving to the Big Island of Hawaii four years ago, Ms. Lofton became part of the Big Island Hawaiian community giving seminars to local groups and associations on various legal issues, including 1031 exchanges.  She is the co-author of “The Medi-Cal Advantage: How to Save the Family Home from the Cost of Nursing Home Care” and the author of a soon to be published book “Your Move: How to Play the Corporate Game and Win”.   

She is a member of the Rotary Club of North Hawaii, the Kona Board of Realtors, and served as North Hawaii Rotary Club Foundation Chair for two years.   She has two children, both of whom are lawyers.  Her hobbies are tennis and photography.

Exeter 1031 Exchange Services, LLC

Kona Hawaii Branch Office

68-1773 Auhili Loop

Waikoloa, Hawaii 96738

(808) 883-3595 Office

(866) 393-8377 Toll Free

(808) 443-0540 Facsimile

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