Lydia Esbenshade
Partner · Wills, estates and farms
Lydia writes wills and farm succession plans, and settles estates, mostly from Strasburg and Lancaster.
Works on
- Wills and powers of attorney
- Farm succession plans
- Settling estates
- Trusts for children
Lydia’s admissions, schools and languages
Bar admissions
Pennsylvania
2012
Courts
Court of Common Pleas of Lancaster County, Orphans’ Court Division
2012
Education
J.D., Penn State Dickinson Law
2012
B.S., Agricultural Business, Delaware Valley University
2008
Languages
English
Pennsylvania Dutch
Conversational
Memberships
Lancaster Bar Association
Pennsylvania Bar Association, Real Property, Probate and Trust Law Section
Wills written at the kitchen table
Lydia grew up on a dairy farm a few miles from the Strasburg office and studied farm business before law school. She came home to write the kind of plans her own family needed and didn’t have.
Most of her clients are parents deciding what happens to the house, the land or the business. She meets them where they’re comfortable, often at their own table, and doesn’t send a draft until she can explain every page of it.
When someone dies, she walks the family through the estate one step at a time and tells them plainly what each step costs.