Estate Planning Attorneys in Arkansas

112 estate planning firms in Arkansas, by county and firm type.

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112 firms

Solo PracticeFort Smith, AR

Alford Law Firm

Serves 1 county

Fort Smith firm serving Sebastian County and the Arkansas River Valley, with attorney John D. Alford in practice for over 36 years. Handles wills, trusts, and probate administration alongside a business and real estate practice, helping families move assets through Sebastian County probate court. Licensed in Arkansas, Texas, Colorado, Wisconsin, and Pennsylvania.

PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbate

Office: 6804 Rogers Ave BFort Smith, AR 72903
Phone: (479) 494-5682

FirmSiloam Springs, AR

Bailey Law Firm, P.A.

Serves 1 county

Siloam Springs firm serving Benton County families in northwest Arkansas. Attorney David A. Bailey, admitted in Arkansas in 1996, handles wills, trusts, estate planning, and probate alongside a general practice. The firm's website is no longer live; its license record is with the Arkansas Judiciary.

PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateCriminal Defenseand 2 more

Office: 206 E. University StreetSiloam Springs, AR 72761
Phone: (479) 524-4156

FirmHot Springs, AR

Baim Reagler & Naramore PLLC

Serves 1 county

Hot Springs firm focused almost entirely on estate planning and probate for families in Garland County and Hot Springs Village. Attorneys Karen Baim Reagler, Ashley Naramore, and Wade Naramore handle wills, trusts, probate, guardianship, special-needs planning, and durable powers of attorney. A second office sits in Hot Springs Village.

PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateGuardianshipand 2 more

Office: 307 Carpenter Dam Road, Suite BHot Springs, AR 71901
Phone: (501) 609-9800

Solo PracticePrescott, AR

Beasley Law Firm, LLC

Serves 1 county

General-practice attorney in Prescott, the Nevada County seat, handling probate and wills and estates alongside family law and civil matters. Calvin D. Beasley represents families settling estates in southwest Arkansas. Office consultations are free of charge, up to one hour, and can be held in person, by Skype, or by phone.

PracticesEstate PlanningProbateCivil LitigationFamily LawPersonal Injury

Office: 120 E. Elm StreetPrescott, AR 71857
Phone: (870) 292-6560

Free consultation

Solo PracticeNashville, AR

Brasel Law Firm, PLLC

Serves 2 counties

Nashville firm serving Howard and Sevier counties and surrounding southwest Arkansas towns including De Queen, Hope, and Murfreesboro. Attorney Aaron R. Brasel handles wills, living trusts, probate, estate administration, medical directives, and powers of attorney, in practice since 2009.

PracticesEstate PlanningProbateFamily Law

Office: 501 South Main StreetNashville, AR 71852
Phone: (870) 845-4100

Solo PracticeFayetteville, AR

Bond Law Office

Serves 2 counties

Fayetteville firm with a second Fort Smith office, serving Washington and Sebastian counties across northwest Arkansas. Attorney Stanley Bond concentrates on probate and estate administration, including small-estate administration under $100,000, trust administration, executor services, and powers of attorney. Offers free one-hour consultations by phone, video, or in office.

PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbate

Office: 525 S School Ave, Ste 100Fayetteville, AR 72701
Phone: (479) 777-4773

Free consultation

Solo PracticeSearcy, AR

Buck C. Gibson, P.A.

Serves 2 counties

Searcy firm serving White and Cleburne counties in the White River region. Founding attorney Buck C. Gibson handles estate planning, estate administration, and probate alongside real estate and business law, drawing on decades of local practice. Schedules confidential consultations.

PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateBusiness Lawand 2 more

Office: 100 North Spring StreetSearcy, AR 72143
Phone: (501) 268-4420

Solo PracticeHarrison, AR

Burrus Elder Law

Serves 5 counties

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

Office: 324 W. Ridge Ave.Harrison, AR 72601
Phone: (870) 517-5444

Free consultation

FirmPine Bluff, AR

Bridges, Young, Matthews & Drake PLC

Since 1888 · Serves 1 county

One of Arkansas's oldest firms (1888), anchored in Pine Bluff and the Jefferson County courts. Attorney Ted N. Drake leads the estate, probate and tax practice, handling estate administration, wills and trusts, estate tax planning, and business succession for area families. Twelve-lawyer firm with peer-recognized estate planning and probate attorneys.

PracticesEstate PlanningProbateTax PlanningAgricultureBanking Law

Office: 521 South Walnut StreetPine Bluff, AR 71601
Phone: (870) 534-5532

FirmLittle Rock, AR

Campbell, Grooms & Spaulding, PLLC

Since 2012 · Serves the whole state

Little Rock firm on Cantrell Road handling probate and estate administration in Pulaski County and courts statewide. Walks executors through will validation, appointment of personal representatives, asset inventory and valuation, creditor claims, and final distribution under Arkansas law.

PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateBusiness Lawand 3 more

Office: 8114 Cantrell Road, Suite 100Little Rock, AR 72227
Phone: (501) 313-4967

Solo PracticeVan Buren, AR

Carl W. Hopkins, PA

Serves 1 county

Van Buren firm (with a Springdale office) serving Crawford County families on estate and probate matters alongside its bankruptcy and criminal work. Handles wills, powers of attorney, living trusts, and what happens when someone dies without a will. Phone line answered 24/7.

PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateCriminal Defense

Office: 1017 Fayetteville Rd, Suite BVan Buren, AR 72956
Phone: (479) 345-5194

Free consultation

FirmSearcy, AR

Choate Law Firm, PLLC

Since 2004 · Serves 6 counties

Searcy firm founded by Penny Choate Agee (practicing since 2001) covering White, Lonoke and surrounding county courts. Handles probate and estate administration for families settling an estate, alongside real estate, business and family law. Locally rooted solo-led practice serving central and northeast Arkansas.

PracticesEstate PlanningProbate

Office: 515 South Main StreetSearcy, AR 72143
Phone: (501) 305-4442

FirmSpringdale, AR

Crouch, Harwell, Fryar & Ferner, PLLC

Since 1947 · Serves 2 counties

Springdale's oldest firm (1947), serving Washington and Benton County families through the probate process. Guides relatives through estate administration and handles wills and trusts, with partners Matthew Fryar, Laura Ferner and Steven Zega carrying decades of Northwest Arkansas court experience. Bilingual appointments available.

PracticesEstate PlanningProbateBusiness LawCivil LitigationReal Estate

Office: 111 Holcomb StreetSpringdale, AR 72764
Phone: (479) 751-5222

Solo PracticeCabot, AR

Greg Crumpton P.A.

Serves 3 counties

Cabot solo practitioner serving Lonoke, Pulaski and White County families on probate, estate administration, and guardianship matters. Handles the court side of settling an estate alongside family law and civil litigation for central Arkansas clients. Established 2014; locally recognized Lonoke County attorney.

PracticesEstate PlanningProbateGuardianshipCivil LitigationCriminal Law

Office: 206 North First St.Cabot, AR 72023
Phone: (501) 941-1937

FirmFayetteville, AR

Davis, Butt, Taylor & Clark, PLC

Serves 4 counties

Fayetteville Square firm serving Washington, Benton, Carroll and Madison County families. Handles estate and probate administration plus estate and trust litigation, including contested matters, alongside its tax and real estate work. Every partner is AV-Preeminent rated by Martindale-Hubbell.

PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationTax PlanningBusiness LawCivil Litigation

Office: 75 N. East Avenue, Suite 402Fayetteville, AR 72701
Phone: (479) 521-7600

FirmLittle Rock, AR

The Knapp Firm

Serves 1 county

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

Office: Kirkpatrick Plaza, 10800 Financial Centre ParkwayLittle Rock, AR 72211
Phone: (870) 338-3100

Free consultation

FirmFort Smith, AR

Daily & Woods, P.L.L.C.

Since 1912 · Serves 2 counties

Fort Smith firm dating to 1912, working the Sebastian County courts and across the Arkansas River Valley and into Oklahoma. For estate settlement, the firm handles probate, wills, trusts, estate administration, and creditor collections. A long-established western Arkansas practice now in its fourth generation, with a second office in Fayetteville.

PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateGuardianship

Office: 58 South 6th StreetFort Smith, AR 72901
Phone: (479) 782-0361

Free consultation

FirmLowell, AR

DeWitt and Daniels Law Firm

Serves 2 counties

Lowell firm serving Benton and Washington counties across Northwest Arkansas, with probate filed in the local circuit courts. For families settling an estate, the firm handles probate and estate administration, letters testamentary, small-estate affidavits, and will- and trust-based plans. Offers a free, no-obligation consultation.

PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateCriminal Defense

Office: 125 Parkwood St ALowell, AR 72745
Phone: (479) 717-6300

Free consultation

Solo PracticeFayetteville, AR

Law Office of Brenda Vassaur Taylor, P.A.

Serves 4 counties

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

Office: 2949 N. Point Circle, Suite #2Fayetteville, AR 72704
Phone: (479) 527-0006

Free consultation

FirmLittle Rock, AR

Cox, Sterling, Vandiver & Botteicher, PLLC

Serves 4 counties

Little Rock firm serving Pulaski, Saline, Faulkner, and Lonoke counties in central Arkansas, with probate handled in the local circuit courts. For families settling an estate, partner Cade L. Cox handles probate, wills, and trust administration, ranging from simple wills to trust and tax planning. Each of the firm's attorneys has practiced in their focus area for more than a decade.

PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateTax PlanningBusiness Law

Office: 8201 Cantrell Road, Suite 330Little Rock, AR 72227
Phone: (501) 954-8073

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A basic revocable living trust in Arkansas costs $2,890 to $4,335 when drafted by an attorney, ten to fifteen hours of work at $289 an hour. An online service prices a trust package in the low hundreds of dollars without attorney advice on your situation. The Arkansas trust cost calculator carries the breakdown.

Even with a revocable trust in Arkansas, you still need a will, most commonly a pour-over will that catches any asset never retitled into the trust. Arkansas also allows a transfer-on-death deed for real estate, which moves property out of probate without a trust. Whether a trust adds enough over a will-only plan turns on the situation: real property, a blended family and out-of-state assets are the common reasons. The Arkansas trust-or-will tool walks through the decision.

Estate planning attorneys in Arkansas average $314 an hour for wills and estates work. A flat-fee package runs $942 to $1,884 for a simple individual will and $2,890 to $4,335 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 $100,000 or less use the Affidavit for Collection of Small Estate by Distributee, 45 days 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.

Estate Planning Attorneys in Arkansas

Estate planning attorneys focused on trusts in Arkansas charge $289 per hour for trust work. A basic revocable trust runs $2,890 to $4,335 when drafted by counsel. Trusts make the most sense in Arkansas when you own real property, have a blended family, or want to avoid probate court entirely.

Arkansas attorneys average $314 an hour for wills and estates work. A basic will from an attorney runs $942–$1,884; online services cost $30–$300.

Arkansas is one of a small number of states where probate attorney fees are set by statute as a percentage of the estate, not negotiated. That math is the main reason Arkansas families with real estate set up living trusts to stay out of probate entirely.

Worth knowing: estates under $100,000 can use Arkansas's simplified affidavit instead of formal probate. If your situation is straightforward and the estate fits, you may not need an attorney at all.

SimplyTrust Editorial·Updated October 15, 2026

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Data sourced from Arkansas statutes and official state code. How we research.

Forms for Planning and Settling an Estate in Arkansas

Free Arkansas forms for planning an estate or settling one: a will, trust, powers of attorney, TOD deed, and the probate forms an executor files.

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Revocable Living Trust

Create a revocable living trust to avoid probate, protect privacy, and control asset distribution.

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Last Will and Testament

In Arkansas, a will is signed before 2 witnesses, and the witnesses sign an affidavit at probate instead of a self-proving affidavit.

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Healthcare Power of Attorney

Arkansas allows a choice for a healthcare power of attorney: 2 witnesses or a notary.

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Financial Power of Attorney

Arkansas treats a power of attorney as durable by default, and it is signed with no witness or notary requirement.

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Pour-Over Will

In Arkansas, a pour-over will is signed before 2 witnesses and moves anything left outside the trust into it through probate.

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Transfer on Death Deed

In Arkansas, a beneficiary deed is signed before a notary, then recorded with the county before the owner's death. Arkansas does not recognize a Lady Bird deed.

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Tools for Planning and Settling an Estate in Arkansas

Free calculators and checklists for planning or settling an estate in Arkansas: will and trust costs, probate, executor pay, and inheritance taxes.

Trust or Will: Which Costs Less?

In Arkansas, a will-based plan pays probate attorney fees set by statute as a percentage of the gross estate; a funded revocable trust keeps those assets out of probate and off that fee.

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Do I Need a Revocable Trust?

Probate in Arkansas takes 6 months to 9 months for a simple estate and charges attorney fees set by statute as a percentage of the gross estate; assets held in a revocable trust skip both.

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What Does Estate Planning Actually Cost?

An attorney-prepared revocable trust in Arkansas runs $2,890 to $4,335 and a simple will $942 to $1,884, against $0 to $549 up front plus a subscription with an online service.

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How Much Does Probate Cost?

Probate on a $500,000 estate in Arkansas costs an estimated $27,915. Attorney fees are statutory (set by law).

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Are My Beneficiary Designations Protected?

Arkansas does not revoke an ex-spouse as beneficiary at divorce; employer plans under ERISA follow federal rules either way, so a 401(k) beneficiary changes only by a new designation.

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What Are the Estate Laws in My State?

Probate on a $500,000 estate in Arkansas costs an estimated $27,915 and takes 6 months to 9 months for a simple estate, with attorney fees set by statute as a percentage of the gross estate. Estates under $100,000 can use a small-estate procedure instead.

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