Estate planning attorneys in Arkansas average $314Clio Compare Lawyer Rates, Arkansas: Wills and Estates rate (2025 data)Verified Oct 15, 2026View source an hour for wills and estates work. A flat-fee package runs $942Estimate: 3 hours at $314, Clio's Arkansas Wills and Estates rate; Compare Lawyer Rates, 2025 dataVerified Oct 15, 2026View source to $1,884Estimate: 6 hours at $314, Clio's Arkansas Wills and Estates rate; Compare Lawyer Rates, 2025 dataVerified Oct 15, 2026View source for a simple individual will and $2,890Estimate: 10 hours at $289, Clio's Arkansas Trusts rate; Compare Lawyer Rates, 2025 dataVerified Oct 15, 2026View source to $4,335Estimate: 15 hours at $289, Clio's Arkansas Trusts rate; Compare Lawyer Rates, 2025 dataVerified Oct 15, 2026View source for a basic revocable trust. An online service prices the same documents in the tens to low hundreds of dollars; the Arkansas will cost calculator sets the two side by side.
In Arkansas, estates valued at $100,000Ark. Code § 28-41-101Verified Sep 8, 2026View source or less use the Affidavit for Collection of Small Estate by DistributeeArk. Code § 28-41-101Verified Sep 8, 2026View source, 45 daysArk. Code § 28-41-101Verified Sep 8, 2026View source after death, a court filing short of full probate. That route is a form rather than a court case, and most families handle it without an attorney. Above the line, formal probate generally benefits from counsel for the procedural work, even when nothing is contested. The Arkansas probate calculator estimates the cost by estate value.
In Arkansas, the situations where counsel is typically worth the cost are: a blended family with children from a prior relationship; a business, rental property or significant investment assets; a dependent with special needs, who needs a special-needs trust to keep benefits; substantial property in more than one state. Where none of these apply, an online or self-help document is often enough.
Arkansas is one of a small number of states where probate attorney fees set by statute as a percentage of the gross estateArk. Code § 28-48-108(d)(2) (6-tier statutory schedule on total market value of real + personal property; court may adjust if excessive or insufficient)Verified Sep 8, 2026View source, rather than billed by the hour or negotiated. On a $500,000 estate the schedule produces about $14,050Ark. Code § 28-48-108(d)(2) (6-tier statutory schedule on total market value of real + personal property; court may adjust if excessive or insufficient)Verified Sep 8, 2026View source in attorney fees, and the effective rate falls as the estate grows. Executor compensation is set separately, under the state's reasonable-compensation standardArk. Code § 28-48-108(a) (just and reasonable; not to exceed 10% first $1K + 5% next $4K + 3% balance of personal property passing through PR's hands)Verified Sep 8, 2026View source. It is the main reason Arkansas families with real estate set up living trusts to stay out of probate.
Filter the directory by county and by the practice area you need, and look for experience with your situation; a board certification in estate planning, trust or probate law is a strong signal. Most Arkansas estate planning attorneys offer an initial consultation, some free and some for a flat fee. Ask up front whether the firm bills by the hour or by package, and what your situation is expected to cost.
Free forms for planning your estate in Arkansas: a will, living trust, pour-over will, both powers of attorney, living will, and TOD deed.
Create a revocable living trust to avoid probate, protect privacy, and control asset distribution.
In Arkansas, a pour-over will is signed before 2Ark. Code Ann. § 28-25-103Verified Oct 18, 2026View source witnesses and moves anything left outside the trust into it through probate.
In Arkansas, a beneficiary deed is signed before a notaryArk. Code Ann. 18-12-608Verified Oct 18, 2026, then recorded with the county before the owner's deathArk. Code Ann. 18-12-608Verified Oct 18, 2026. Arkansas does not recognize a Lady Bird deed.
In Arkansas, a will is signed before 2Ark. Code Ann. § 28-25-103Verified Oct 18, 2026View source witnesses, and the witnesses sign an affidavit at probate instead of a self-proving affidavitArk. Code Ann. § 28-25-103Verified Oct 18, 2026View source.
Free tools for planning your estate in Arkansas: what a will or trust costs, whether you need a trust or TOD deed, and how documents are signed.
In Arkansas, a will-based plan pays probate attorney fees set by statute as a percentage of the gross estateArk. Code § 28-48-108(d)(2) (6-tier statutory schedule on total market value of real + personal property; court may adjust if excessive or insufficient)Verified Sep 8, 2026View source; a funded revocable trust keeps those assets out of probate and off that fee.
An attorney-prepared revocable living trust in Arkansas runs $2,890Estimate: 10 hours at $289, Clio's Arkansas Trusts rate; Compare Lawyer Rates, 2025 dataVerified Oct 15, 2026View source to $4,335Estimate: 15 hours at $289, Clio's Arkansas Trusts rate; Compare Lawyer Rates, 2025 dataVerified Oct 15, 2026View source for an individual, against $0 to $549 up front plus a subscription with an online service.
Arkansas authorizes transfer on death deedsArk. Code Ann. 18-12-608Verified Oct 17, 2026: a recorded, revocable deed that passes real property at death outside probate.
Arkansas does not revoke an ex-spouse as beneficiary at divorceArk. Code § 28-25-109Verified Sep 15, 2026View source; employer plans under ERISA follow federal rules either way, so a 401(k) beneficiary changes only by a new designation.
16 asset protection firms in Arkansas, by county and firm type.
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Solo PracticeHarrison, AR
Harrison elder-law firm serving Boone, Marion, Newton, Searcy, and Carroll counties in the White River region. Attorney James Burrus handles probate, estate administration, trust administration, guardianship, and Medicaid estate planning for families. Consultations booked through an online scheduler.
PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateElder Lawand 3 more
FirmLittle Rock, AR
Little Rock firm at Kirkpatrick Plaza on Financial Centre Parkway, begun in Helena more than twenty years ago and now serving Pulaski County and central Arkansas. For families settling an estate, attorney Donald Knapp Jr. handles probate administration, wills and trusts, and creditor's-rights issues alongside personal injury and bankruptcy work. Phone line answered 24/7.
PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateAsset ProtectionBusiness Litigation
Solo PracticeFayetteville, AR
Fayetteville firm working Washington, Benton, Madison, and Carroll counties, with probate handled in the local Northwest Arkansas circuit courts. For estate settlement, the firm administers decedents' estates and handles probate, trust administration, and guardianships, alongside estate and tax planning. Brenda Vassaur Taylor has practiced in the area since 1985 with a tax-focused estate practice.
PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateElder Lawand 4 more
FirmMountain Home, AR
Mountain Home firm serving Baxter, Fulton, Izard, Stone, and Marion counties, with a department dedicated to probate and guardianship in the local circuit courts. For families after a death, the firm handles trust and estate administration and guides estates through probate court, with three attorneys and a dedicated probate coordinator. Practicing in the region since 1998.
PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateElder Lawand 3 more
FirmBryant, AR
Bryant estate planning and elder law firm serving Saline, Pulaski, and Garland counties, with additional offices in Hot Springs Village, Fayetteville, and Bentonville. Drafts wills, trusts, powers of attorney, and deeds, and handles long-term care and Medicaid planning, including emergency crisis cases. Founder Justin S. Elrod is one of only four Certified Elder Law Attorneys in Arkansas.
PracticesEstate PlanningProbateElder LawGuardianshipand 3 more
FirmLittle Rock, AR
Downtown Little Rock firm (Simmons Bank Tower) serving central Arkansas: Pulaski, Saline, Faulkner, Lonoke. Its taxation and estate-planning group handles revocable trusts, wills, trust and estate administration, and estate/trust litigation. Established in 1986 and now 31 attorneys, including Adam D. Reid, who handles trust and estate administration.
PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateElder Lawand 3 more
FirmLittle Rock, AR
Little Rock firm on West 2nd Street serving the Pulaski County courts. For families after a death, handles probate administration and probate litigation, drafting and enforcing wills, plus trust and estate work. Practicing for Arkansas families and businesses since 2008.
PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateAsset Protectionand 3 more
Solo PracticeBella Vista, AR
Bella Vista firm serving families across Benton and Washington counties in Northwest Arkansas and into Missouri. Attorney Greg Hasting focuses on living trusts, probate avoidance, wills, powers of attorney, and nursing-home/Medicaid planning, guiding clients through estate settlement when court delays threaten. Offers free consultations in person or remotely.
PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateElder Lawand 2 more
FirmFort Smith, AR
Fort Smith elder-law and estate firm (second office in Conway) serving Sebastian and Faulkner county families. Attorney Jamison Bonds, a VA-accredited attorney, focuses on estate planning, Medicaid/long-term-care planning, trusts, and probate. Bonds scored #1 nationally on the 2018 Certified Elder Law Medicaid Planning exam essay.
PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateElder Lawand 4 more
Solo PracticeJonesboro, AR
Jonesboro firm serving Craighead and surrounding Northeast Arkansas counties, led by Carrie Russom Quraishi, who pairs legal and wealth-management work. Handles probate, trust administration, estate and trust taxation, elder law, and special-needs planning. Integrates estate work with ongoing tax and financial planning under one roof.
PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateElder Lawand 5 more
FirmBatesville, AR
Batesville firm serving Independence County and the broader White River region, with satellite offices in Heber Springs, Melbourne, and Mountain View. Handles probate, estate and trust administration, estate and trust litigation, and asset protection for families settling estates. Covers nine surrounding counties.
PracticesEstate PlanningProbateProbate LitigationTrust Litigationand 2 more
FirmMagnolia, AR
Magnolia office of a regional elder-law and estate firm serving Columbia, Union, Hempstead, and Miller counties across southwest Arkansas and northeast Texas. For families settling an estate, it files probate applications, handles creditor notice and accounting, and clears real-estate titles, including intestate estates.
PracticesEstate PlanningProbateElder LawGuardianshipand 3 more
FirmFayetteville, AR
Fayetteville firm focused entirely on estate planning and elder law for families across Northwest Arkansas, including Benton County. Owner Audra Bailey Wilcox handles probate, living trusts, and long-term-care Medicaid planning, along with farm and business succession. The practice narrowed exclusively to estate planning and elder law in 2018.
PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateElder Lawand 4 more
FirmRogers, AR
Rogers firm (founded 1995) serving Benton and Washington counties from offices in downtown Rogers and Fayetteville. The estate planning and elder law team handles probate, wills, trusts, guardianships, and Medicaid/asset-protection planning for families across Northwest Arkansas. Licensed in Arkansas, Missouri, and Oklahoma.
PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationElder LawGuardianshipand 6 more
Solo PracticeWalnut Ridge, AR
Solo Walnut Ridge firm run by James Ethan Weeks, serving Lawrence, Randolph, and Clay counties. He guides families through probate and helps with wills, trusts, powers of attorney, and Medicaid/elder-law planning, offering a local option in Lawrence County. Also handles bankruptcy and personal injury.
PracticesEstate PlanningProbateElder LawAsset ProtectionMedicaid Planning
FirmLittle Rock, AR
Long-established Little Rock firm (since 1900) with a Rogers office, serving Pulaski and Benton counties. Its estate planning group prepares wills and trusts, handles family-owned-company and partnership succession, and plans for incapacity and special needs. John B. Peace is a Fellow of the American College of Trust and Estate Counsel.
PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateProbate Litigationand 4 more