CLARKE LAW FIRM, PLC

What CLARKE LAW FIRM, PLC does

Clarke Law Firm, PLC is a privately held professional limited liability company headquartered at 8141 E. Indian Bend Road, Suite 105, Scottsdale, Arizona, serving individual and small-business clients across the Phoenix metropolitan area. The firm is founded and owned by Marilee Miller Clarke, an attorney with more than 40 years of experience and prior executive roles including the first woman Vice President and General Counsel of Wells Fargo Credit Corporation. It operates four core practice areas — Estate Planning, Business Law & Litigation, Family Law, and Probate Administration — with a total staff of approximately four people (one founder/owner attorney, one associate attorney, one office manager/legal assistant, and one administrative assistant).

The firm's service offering covers both transactional and adversarial legal work: wills, trusts, gifting programs, charitable planning, powers of attorney and health-care directives under estate planning; formation, contracts, employment matters, creditor/debtor relations, and litigation/arbitration/mediation under business law; divorce, custody, support, adoption, prenuptial agreements, guardianship, and paternity under family law; and probate court representation, will/trust challenge defense, and beneficiary dispute resolution under probate administration. It also distributes downloadable client questionnaire forms (divorce, probate/estate/trust administration, prenuptial, and elder law/incapacitated person) via its website to streamline intake.

The business model is straightforward professional-services billing: attorney fees are quoted case-by-case based on matter complexity and time required, with no publicly disclosed fee schedule. The go-to-market is traditional — a single physical office, direct client engagement by phone, email, and appointment-only consultation (Monday–Friday, 08:30 am–05:00 pm), supplemented by the firm's informational website and the founder's bar-association and community involvement (Scottsdale Bar Association presidency, State Bar of Arizona CLE/MCLE committee chairs, Arizona Women Lawyers Association founding membership, and pro-bono legal counsel to Foothills Caring Corps). Technology is limited to standard legal practice and document-management systems; no proprietary technology, API, mobile app, or AI/ML capability is disclosed. The firm has no subsidiaries, no parent company, no institutional investors, and no disclosed funding events, reflecting a tightly held, founder-operated practice.

Name

CLARKE LAW FIRM, PLC

Legal name

Clarke Law Firm, PLC

Website

https://clarkelawaz.com

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Clarke Law Firm, PLC is a privately held Scottsdale, Arizona law firm with four employees, founded by Marilee Miller Clarke, providing estate planning, business law and litigation, family law, and probate administration services to individuals and small businesses across the Phoenix metropolitan area on a case-by-case, quoted-fee basis.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Legal Services

NAICS

Offices of Lawyers (541110), Legal Services (5411)

SIC

Services-Legal Services (8111)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYBPAHAAAK

Family & Private Client (Trusts & Estates) Law

Business & Public Services/Professional Services (Legal, Accounting, Consulting)/Legal Services

SECONDARYFSAEAKAC

Estate Planning & Trust Structuring Advisory

Financial & Insurance/Financial Advisory, Brokerage & Intermediation/Fiduciary, Trust & Estate Advisory

SECONDARYFSAEAKAD

Estate & Probate Administration Services

Financial & Insurance/Financial Advisory, Brokerage & Intermediation/Fiduciary, Trust & Estate Advisory

SECONDARYFSAEAAAG

Estate & Legacy Planning Advisory

Financial & Insurance/Financial Advisory, Brokerage & Intermediation/Investment Advisory & Financial Planning

Keywords

• Estate planning services
• Business law litigation
• Family law representation
• Probate administration
• Legal services

Headquarters

HQ city

Scottsdale

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Legal Services - Estate Planning: Attorney fees for estate planning services including wills, trusts, powers of attorney, health care directives, gifting programs, charitable planning, family limited partnerships, and limited liability companies
2. Legal Services - Business Law & Litigation: Attorney fees for business formation, management, dissolution, contract negotiation, employment matters, creditor/debtor relations, litigation, arbitration, and mediation
3. Legal Services - Family Law: Attorney fees for divorce, child custody, support, adoption, legal separation, annulment, premarital agreements, guardianship, paternity, and related family law matters
4. Legal Services - Probate Administration: Attorney fees for probate proceedings including representative selection, court document preparation, beneficiary dispute resolution, and probate litigation

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Clarke Law Firm, PLC provides legal services across four practice areas: Estate Planning (wills, trusts, gifting programs, charitable planning, powers of attorney, health care directives, HIPAA authorizations, family limited partnerships, and LLCs), Business Law & Litigation (entity formation and dissolution, contract negotiation, employment contracts, creditor/debtor relations, litigation, arbitration, mediation), Family Law (divorce, custody, support, adoption, prenuptial agreements, guardianship, paternity, interstate custody), and Probate Administration (court document preparation, will/trust administration, beneficiary disputes, probate litigation).

Product overview

Clarke Law Firm, PLC is a legal services firm offering four core practice areas: Estate Planning, Business Law & Litigation, Family Law, and Probate Administration. The firm provides comprehensive legal services across these areas, supported by downloadable client questionnaire forms available on their resources page. The firm is led by Marilee Miller Clarke, an attorney with over 40 years of experience, along with associate attorney Brayden Harn and supporting administrative staff.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Estate Planning Comprehensive estate planning services covering wills, trusts, gifting programs, charitable planning, powers of attorney, health care directives, HIPAA authorizations, and formation of family limited partnerships and limited liability companies. Intended for individuals and families in the Scottsdale and Phoenix metropolitan area seeking to plan asset distribution, healthcare decision-making, and wealth transfer.
• Business Law and Litigation Full-service business law practice covering formation, management, and dissolution of corporations, limited liability companies, partnerships, and other business entities; general business advice; business agreement negotiation and drafting; employment contracts; creditor/debtor relations and disputes; and dispute resolution through litigation, arbitration, and mediation. Intended for small to mid-size businesses in the Scottsdale and Phoenix area.
• Family Law Family law representation including divorce, child custody, child and spousal support, adoption, legal separation, annulment, premarital agreements, parenting time, parental rights termination, paternity, spousal maintenance/alimony, guardianship of minors, grandparent rights, step-parent adoption, custody by non-parents, custody relocation, interstate custody, complex property issues, and dependency cases. Intended for individuals and families in the Scottsdale and Phoenix area navigating family legal matters.
• Probate Administration Probate and estate administration services covering selection of the proper representative, preparation and filing of all necessary probate court documents, representation in all probate proceedings, defense against challenges to wills or trusts, resolution of disputes between beneficiaries or between beneficiaries and the personal representative, and probate litigation when needed. Intended for executors, personal representatives, and beneficiaries requiring probate and estate administration services.

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Foothills Caring CorpsminorOthersNon-profit organization for which Ms. Clarke served as legal counsel. Community service involvement rather than formal business partnership.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Direct peers

• Jaburg Wilk: Phoenix-based mid-size law firm practicing estate planning, business law, family law, and litigation. Closely matches Clarke's four-practice-area footprint and Phoenix-metro client base.
• Sacks Tierney P.A. Scottsdale-based full-service Arizona law firm offering estate planning, business, family law, and probate services with a similar mid-sized local focus. Most directly comparable in geography, size, and practice mix.
• Withey Morris PLC: Scottsdale-based boutique firm focused on estate planning, business, and real estate law. Comparable in size, geography, and concentration on high-net-worth estate and probate work.
• Burch & Cracchiolo PA: Phoenix-based law firm with strong estate planning, probate, business, and family law practices. Closely comparable boutique/mid-market positioning and Phoenix metro footprint.
• Frazer Ryan Goldberg & Arnold LLP: Phoenix-area boutique firm focused on estate planning, probate, business law, and family law. Comparable in scope, boutique positioning, and reliance on founder-attorney reputation.

Broad incumbents

• Snell & Wilmer LLP: Large Phoenix-headquartered regional firm with deep estate planning, business, and family law practices. Sets the competitive ceiling in the Phoenix market and competes for the same mid-to-high net worth clients.
• Lewis Roca Rothgerber Christie LLP: Major Phoenix-based full-service firm with established estate planning, business, and family law groups. Competes for higher-end estate and probate matters that might otherwise go to Clarke.
• Polsinelli PC (Phoenix): National AmLaw firm with a Phoenix office practicing business, real estate, and estate planning. Represents the larger-firm competitive alternative for clients in the Phoenix metro.
• Gust Rosenfeld PLC: Phoenix-founded full-service regional firm with estate planning, business, and litigation practices. Directly overlaps Clarke's Phoenix-metro service territory at a larger scale.
• Dickinson Wright PLLC (Phoenix): National full-service firm with a significant Phoenix office covering estate planning, business, and family law. Larger incumbent offering overlapping capabilities but with vastly greater bench depth and geographic reach.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles4 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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