Attorneys

Jeff Lobach concentrates his law practice in the planning, negotiation and execution of business and real estate transactions, formation and governance of business and non-profit entities, industrial, commercial and residential real estate development, land use and zoning, business and real estate financing, and resolution of business disputes. In addition, Jeff counsels family-owned and closely-held businesses on issues unique to such enterprises. He also advises institutions of higher education on issues of finance, governance, risk management and other areas.

Two stints as chief law clerk for justices on Pennsylvania's highest court and litigation experience in state and federal courts and before state and federal agencies have informed Jeff's judgment as to the value of concise, carefully-drafted and unambiguous documentation and strategically sound negotiation of business transactions. During more than 25 years of practice, he has organized hundreds of business and non-profit entities and implemented dozens of business parks, retails centers and residential communities. He also has successfully litigated numerous zoning and land development cases in court and before governmental agencies.  Jeff regularly serves as an arbitrator, mediator or negotiator of disputes between businesses, their owners and other constituencies.

Jeff has been very active in the Central Pennsylvania community, serving as a board member, officer, or general counsel to various charitable organizations.  He was a founding director of York Health Foundation, Pennsylvania Immigration Resource Center, York VNA Home Care, and The Golden Vision Foundation.  While President of the York County Bar Association, Jeff initiated a nationally recognized pro bono immigration project on behalf of a group of about 300 Chinese refugees aboard the freighter Golden Venture which evolved into a four-year court battle before the refugees were paroled by the President.  The asylum case Jeff successfully litigated for his own client, a Tiananmen Square era pro-democracy activist, was profiled in the national media, including the CBS news magazine "America Tonight" and National Public Radio's "All Things Considered."

• University of Pennsylvania, J.D., Phi Delta Phi; Morris Fellow
• Lehigh University, B.A., with high honors; Phi Beta Kappa; Omicron Delta Kappa; Sigma Tau Delta

• WellSpan Health; chair of Board of Directors,  Executive, Compensation and Nominating Committees, Finance and Investment Committee, Audit and Compliance Committee
• Better York, Inc.; board member
• York VNA Home Care (now WellSpan Specialty Services); founding director; board chair
• York Health System Development Council
• York Health Foundation; founding director; Board Development Committee; chair of annual giving and major gifts campaigns 
• WellSpan Medical Group; board member
• Golden Vision Foundation; founding director
• Visting Nurse Association of York County; vice chair, board member
• York Hospital, Institutional Review Committee
• York Adams Area Council, Boy Scouts of America; board member, Executive Committee, general counsel, vice president - camping; chair of family division of capital campaign 
• New Birth of Freedom Council, Boy Scouts of America; vice-president - camping, president - elect
• York County Bar Foundation; former president; board member
• Pennsylvania Immigration Resource Center; founding director, treasurer
• First Presbyterian Church of York; Ordained Elder, chair of Planning and Evaluation Committee 
• Little League and Youth Soccer coach
• Boy Scouts of America; Cub Scout leader, assistant scoutmaster
• Rotary International Club of York; Paul Harris Fellow
• York County Chamber of Commerce
• Leave A Legacy; chair, Executive Committee; Steering Committee 
• Permanent Judicial Commission, Donegal Presbytery, Presbyterian Church USA
• York County Community Foundation; resource development committee, governance committee
• York College Community Opportunity Scholarship Program; advisory board

• Crystal Stair Award of the University of Pennsylvania (Inaugural Recipient with Marian Wright Edelman and others)
• Service Above Self Award, Rotary Club of York
• Andrew E. Murray Peacemaking Award, Synod of the Trinity, Presbyterian Church (USA)
• Williams Essay Prize (Lehigh University)
• Silver Beaver Award, Boy Scouts of America
• Eagle Scout Award
• The Best Lawyers in America ®, 2013

• Pennsylvania
• U. S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania
• U. S. District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania
• U. S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
• U. S. Supreme Court

• York County Bar Association; former president and chair, Long Range Planning Committee; chair, By-Laws Committee 
• Pennsylvania Bar Association; House of Delegates
• National Association of College and University Attorneys
• American Bar Association
• Pennsylvania Bar Institute; course planner and lecturer
• American Institute of Banking; instructor
• York County Builders Association; member
• Pennsylvania Builders Association; member

• Justice Bruce W. Kauffman, Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, Chief Law Clerk (1981-1982)
• Justice James T. McDermott, Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, Chief Law Clerk (1982-1983)

• York College of Pennsylvania; general counsel
• Partnership for Economic Development of York County; general counsel
• Licensed Title Insurance Agent, Commonwealth Land Title Insurance Company, Stewart Title Insurance Company
• Lyndon Baines Johnson Congressional Intern