About
Deborah K Hoff is a Waynesboro attorney serving clients in Franklin County and south-central Pennsylvania. Her practice includes family law, divorce, property distribution, support and alimony, child custody, criminal defense, real estate law, estate administration, wills and powers of attorney, municipal law, and general civil litigation. She represents individuals facing difficult legal issues and focuses on practical advice, clear options, and case strategies tailored to the client’s circumstances, family concerns, property interests, and legal goals.
Deborah earned her J.D. from Temple University School of Law in 1977 and a B.A. in Economics from Connecticut College in New London, Connecticut. Her education provided a foundation for decades of work involving family disputes, criminal cases, real estate transactions, estate matters, and civil litigation. The combination of legal study and economic training supports analysis of financial issues, property division, support obligations, real estate concerns, estate administration, and other matters where legal rights intersect with money and property.
Deborah has more than 30 years of litigation experience and has argued matters in courts of common pleas, municipal venues, magistrate courts, administrative agencies, and Pennsylvania appellate courts. Her family law work includes divorce, property distribution, support, alimony, and child custody. Her criminal practice covers DUI, traffic violations, drug offenses, misdemeanors, felonies, probation and parole violations, driver licensing, expungements, and appeals. She also handles residential and commercial real estate matters and estate-related legal work.
Deborah K Hoff is admitted before the Pennsylvania Supreme Court and the US Supreme Court and remains active with professional legal organizations. She is a member of the American Bar Association, Pennsylvania Bar Association, Franklin County Bar Association, and Pennsylvania Criminal Defense Lawyers Association. She also participates in the family law and criminal law sections of the Pennsylvania Bar Association. Her practice provides individuals and families with experienced local representation across family, criminal, estate, property, municipal, and civil matters.
Law Office Affiliations
- Attorney, Law Office of Deborah K Hoff
- Member, Pennsylvania Bar Association
- Member, American Bar Association
- Member, Franklin County (Pennsylvania) Bar Association
- Member, Pennsylvania Criminal Defense Lawyers Association
- Member, Family Law Section, Pennsylvania Bar Association
- Member, Criminal Law Section, Pennsylvania Bar Association
Licensed State
- Pennsylvania
Awards & Badges


- Alimony
- Appeals
- Child Custody
- Civil Rights
- Commercial Real Estate
- Criminal Defense
- Divorce & Separation
- Driver's License Suspension
- Drug Crime
- DUI & DWI
- Estate Planning
- Expungement
- Family
- Litigation
- Parole & Probation
- Power of Attorney
- Probate
- Residential Real Estate
- State, Local & Municipal
- Wills & Living Wills




