Leland J. Ellison is designated as a Certified Specialist in Estate Planning, Trust and Probate law by the State Bar of California, Board of Legal Specialization, and he has been so designated since 1996.  He has completed the Sacramento County Superior Court Temporary Judge training and, at times, he serves on the Settlement Conference Pro Tem Judge panel for probate matters for the Sacramento County Superior Court. Mr. Ellison is a past seminar speaker and author, or co-author, for continuing education classes for attorneys, accountants and paralegals on topics such as: “California Probate, Beyond the Basics,” “Post-Mortem Planning Through Use of Disclaimers,” and “California Probate and Estate Planning Skills for Paralegals.” Mr. Ellison has also completed mediation training with The Bodine Group and he is listed on the Sacramento County Superior Court panel of probate mediators in trust and probate litigation matters. Prior to entering law school, Mr. Ellison was a Senior Tax Accountant with the, then, Big Eight Accounting Firm of Touche Ross & Co, which is now known as Deloitte & Touche. While attending the University of California, Hastings College of Law, Leland J. Ellison  served, first in 1987, as a member and, then in 1988, as a Note Editor for the Hastings Constitutional Law Quarterly law journal. In addition, while attending the University of California, Hastings College of Law, Leland J. Ellison completed an internship with the  Charitable Trusts Section of the California Attorney General’s Office. Finally, Mr. Ellison is also a member of the Estate Planning, Trust and Probate Section of the State Bar of California and he is admitted and qualified to practice before all California state courts, Federal District Court, United States Tax Court and the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.