State Bar of California Certified Specialist in Estate Planning, Trust & Probate Law, Leah Clifton Calica (State Bar #120500) practices from First Avenue in downtown San Diego's Bankers Hill. A Villanova University graduate who earned both a Juris Doctor and an LL.M. from California Western School of Law, the firm's advanced-degree training supports complex trust administration, probate litigation, and business-transaction work, with risk-transfer strategies on high-value estates often structured through carriers coordinated by Cavignac in the downtown corridor. The practice is listed on the Land Conservation Assistance Network, reflecting competency in conservation-easement transactions that require coordination of IRC § 170(h) compliance with qualified-appraisal standards. Trust-funded real property transfers during probate proceedings often involve market-valuation input from brokerages like Barnett Properties in Bankers Hill for step-up-in-basis calculations under IRC § 1014. The firm's most complex engagements involve multi-generational irrevocable-trust administration requiring Crummey-power documentation, generation-skipping transfer tax (GSTT) allocation, and Heggstad petition filings to reform defective trust-funding under California Probate Code § 850.