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About Merhab Robinson & Clarkson, Law Corporation
Merhab Robinson & Clarkson is a Southern California law firm that specializes in business law and estate planning. We’ve been helping business owners and families secure their futures and protect what matters most for decades.
Legal Services
Business Law
Our principals bring extensive business experience to M&A transactions, startups, compliance challenges, contract issues and more
Personalized estate and tax plans created by expert California attorneys, and legal support for probate and trust administration
Estate Planning & Postmortem
Why Choose MRC?
California’s legal landscape is complicated, especially if you are running a business or planning for your future.
Merhab Robinson & Clarkson provides reliable and professional legal guidance for business owners, entrepreneurs, individuals, and families throughout Southern California. We’ll see you through obstacles that range from employment contracts, choice of entity, compliance challenges and regulatory issues to estate concerns, probate, and trust administration.
Recent Webinars
Who’s the Boss? Choosing the Right Trustee for Your Trust
Not everyone is trustee material! Choosing the right trustee may be one of the most important decisions you make when creating your estate plan. Michelle McDonald is here to explain
Back to School Planning: 3 Estate Planning Documents Your College-Aged Child Needs and Why
As your child heads off to college, there are countless details to prepare for. Packing lists? Check. Dorm assignments? Check. Class schedules? Check. But there’s one important back-to-school item that
Irrevocable Trusts Demystified
Irrevocable trusts are often misunderstood and, as a result, either avoided altogether or used without a full understanding of how they actually work. While the term “irrevocable” can sound rigid,
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Latest Blogs

The Risks of an Unfinished Estate Plan—and Why You Should Complete Yours
Planning for the future, especially your own mortality, is never easy. Even when you understand the importance of creating a will or trust to protect your loved ones, finding the motivation to complete an estate plan can be difficult. Yet an unfinished estate plan is almost as risky as having no plan at all. Without finalized documents, your wishes may not be honored, your family may face unnecessary stress, and your estate could go through a time-consuming legal process.

The Call That Sounded Like a Scam—But Turned Out to Be an Inheritance
To ensure that what you leave for your loved ones goes to the people you intend, make a plan. Without clear records, communication, and estate planning, today’s forgotten asset can become tomorrow’s mystery—something your family has to rediscover, research, and piece back together on their own. Otherwise, for them, it may start the same way: with a phone call that sounds exactly like a scam.
Seven Estate Planning Traps Most People Miss—and Seven Questions to Audit Your Family’s Future
Your estate plan needs to keep up with you. The problem is that your estate plan does not update itself. Documents you signed years ago may still be legally valid, but that does not necessarily mean that they still reflect your life today or that they will work the way you expect when they are needed.
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