About Lucas A
Lucas A Woodward trained first as an economist and then as a lawyer. He earned a B.A. in Economics from the University of California, San Diego in 2006. He went on to the University of San Diego School of Law, where he completed a J.D. in 2010 and an LL.M. in Taxation the same year. Those degrees shaped the technical and transactional side of his practice.
He began his legal career in a clerkship at Boner, Stern & Sipple, APC in 2008. That early courtroom and research work gave him a practical sense of how cases develop. In 2011 he moved to Robbins, Geller, Rudman & Dowd, LLP as a staff lawyer, handling day-to-day matters and assisting on larger files. In 2015 he took on the role of associate at Albence & Associates, APC, where he expanded his advisory responsibilities.
Woodward is admitted to practice in California and Nevada and is authorized to appear before the Ninth Circuit. He holds memberships in professional groups and has been part of an estate planning practice group since 2015. Those affiliations have kept him engaged with peers and recent developments in tax and estate law.
His LL.M. in Taxation remains a through line in his work. He applies tax principles when structuring estates and preparing related documents. He also handles probate and trust administration matters, drawing on experience from both small-firm and larger-firm environments. The combination of litigation exposure early in his career and later advisory roles gives him a dual perspective on dispute risk and preventative planning.
Colleagues describe him as methodical and exacting in document preparation and comfortable explaining technical points to clients in plain language. He favors straightforward solutions where possible and builds contingency plans when complexity cannot be avoided. He has practiced across multiple regional offices, maintaining a presence in a main office as well as East County, North County and South Bay locations.
Outside the office he has participated in group meetings and technical panels related to estate planning, and he keeps current on tax changes that affect estates and trusts. He balances technical tax work with client-facing planning and administrative tasks. He currently concentrates his practice on estate planning, tax matters, and related probate issues.
