LINDSEY E. WILKINSON, ESQ.

Lindsey E. Wilkinson provides clients with a broad range of legal services concerning wills, trusts, estate-related litigation, guardianships, powers of attorney, and estate administration.  
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Throughout her career, Lindsey has:

• Represented clients zealously in court.

• Effectively advised clients of all income levels on how to transfer wealth from one generation to the next.

• Served the judicial system of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

• Successfully represented beneficiaries in estate-related litigation in actions against executors of an estate and agents under a power of attorney.

• Prepared estate plans including wills, testamentary trusts, revocable trusts, and family trusts.

• Advised high-net worth individuals on business and estate planning, including irrevocable trusts to reduce federal estate tax liability.

• Problem solved for individuals, assisting them with navigating the annual, education and medical expense exclusions in the Internal Revenue Code.

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Services

• Taxation & Wealth Planning

• Wills and Trusts

• Powers of Attorney

• Wealth Transfer and Gift Taxation

• Estate Planning

• Irrevocable Trusts

• Fiduciary Litigation (Litigation related to Estates or misuse of Powers of Attorney)

• Estate Administration

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Writer, Experienced Attorney, Problem-Solver
In 2021, Lindsey was published by the American Bar Association’s Property and Probate Magazine for an article on the importance of living wills and advance directives. She worked as a fiduciary litigation associate at an Am Law 100 law firm.  She has experience advising clients of all income levels, including high-net worth. 
 
Demonstrated Dedication to Pro Bono Legal Service
Between 2018 and 2019, Lindsey volunteered at the Pennsylvania Institutional Law Project of Philadelphia and Christian Legal Clinics of Philadelphia.  In 2018, the Villanova Law Review published an Lindsey's article about a federal Ninth Circuit case on the rights of child slaves to sue cocoa plantations in Africa; a case that went to the United States Supreme Court. 
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Lindsey has drafted over 100 judicial opinions
Lindsey served in judicial clerkships for the Hon. Lillian Harris Ransom of the Superior Court of Pennsylvania (2016-2017) and the Hon. Gail A. Weilheimer of the Court of Common Pleas of Montgomery County (2019-2021).  She also held a summer externship for Chief Judge Juan Sanchez of the federal United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.  Lindsey's experience with judges gives her keen insight to litigation and problem solving.
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Entrepreneur
Lindsey founded Wilkinson Estate Planning in 2023, a woman-owned firm dedicated to providing high-quality, personalized service to clients.
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Professional Licenses
• Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
• U.S. District Courts of Pennsylvania
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Education

• Temple University Beasley School of Law

  • Estate Planning Certificate 

    • Master of Laws in Taxation (LL.M.), Anticipated

• Villanova University Charles Widger School of Law (J.D., 2016)

  • ​Dorothy Day Award for Pro Bono Legal Services

  • Villanova Law Review, Staff Writer

• Tufts University College of Liberal Arts and Sciences (B.A., 2011)

  • B.A., International Relations & Economics​

      The Episcopal Academy, as formerly located in Merion, PA (2007)
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Professional Associations

• Young Lawyer Life Fellow of the Pennsylvania Bar Foundation

• Pennsylvania Bar Association

  • Real Property Legislative Committee​

  • Women in the Profession Committee

• Montgomery County Bar Association

  • Tax and Probate Section​

• Montgomery County Estate Planning Council

• Philadelphia Bar Association

  • Tax and Probate Section​

• Villanova University J. Willard O'Brien American Inn of Court, Barrister

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Languages

• English (native) & French (proficient)

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Publications
November 2022
Honoring the Intentions of a Loved One: The Importance of Advance Directives
American Bar Association, Property & Probate Magazine
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June 15, 2018
Piercing the Chocolate Veil: Ninth Circuit Allows Child Cocoa Slaves To Sue Under the Alien Tort Statute in Doe I v. Nestle USA
Villanova Law Review