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States→Arkansas→Lonoke County→Find Attorneys

How Do I Find a Probate Attorney in Lonoke County, Arkansas?

When to consider hiring help, what to look for in a probate attorney, and firms serving Lonoke County.

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We found 24 estate law firms serving Lonoke County. Lonoke County is part of the Little Rock Metro region.

These firms handle estate administration, will contests, trust litigation, and other probate matters in Lonoke County Circuit Court - Probate Division.

Arkansas uses formal, court-supervised probate, which makes an attorney worthwhile for most estates in Lonoke County — the filing sequence, notice requirements, and accounting leave little room for error. Estates under the small-estate threshold are the usual exception.

Probate attorney fees in Arkansas are set by statute as a percentage of the estate's value, so every Lonoke County attorney charges the same schedule. Price isn't the variable — experience with the Circuit Court - Probate Division and responsiveness are.

A probate attorney files the petition with the Circuit Court - Probate Division, publishes the required creditor notices, prepares the inventory and accounting, handles creditor claims and tax filings, and guides the final distribution. They represent the personal representative — not the beneficiaries — a distinction that matters if a dispute develops.

Little Rock Metro Firms

Greg Crumpton P.A.

Solo Practice

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.

Location

206 North First St.Cabot, AR 72023

Phone

(501) 941-1937

Service Area

3 counties

Estate PlanningProbateCriminal LawCivil LitigationGuardianship
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Cox, Sterling, Vandiver & Botteicher, PLLC

Firm

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 Cox handles probate, wills, and trust administration, ranging from simple wills to trust and tax planning. Cox has served the Little Rock metro for over 20 years.

Location

8201 Cantrell Road, Suite 330Little Rock, AR 72227

Phone

(501) 954-8073

Service Area

4 counties

Estate PlanningProbateTrust AdministrationTax PlanningBusiness Law
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The Hardin Law Firm, PLC

Solo Practice

Cabot practice led by Deborah L. Hardin serving Lonoke, Pulaski, and White counties. For families, the firm prepares practical wills, trusts, and powers of attorney and handles probate, deeds, and title work; it does not take litigation. Offers phone consultations and online booking.

Location

110 S. 1st StreetCabot, AR 72023

Phone

(501) 247-1830

Established

2013

Service Area

3 counties

Estate PlanningProbateTrust AdministrationReal EstateSocial Security Disability
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James, House, Swann & Downing, P.A.

Firm

Little Rock litigation firm with a focused estate and trust litigation practice serving Pulaski County and beyond. Opens probate estates, admits wills, secures appointment of executors and personal representatives, and litigates contested trust and estate disputes for fiduciaries and beneficiaries. AV-rated by Martindale-Hubbell and listed in its Bar Register of Preeminent Lawyers.

Location

801 West Third StreetLittle Rock, AR 72203

Phone

(501) 372-6555

Service Area

4 counties

Probate LitigationProbateEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationEstate Tax Planning
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James O. Wyre II, Attorney at Law

Solo Practice

Conway solo practitioner with 25+ years of experience serving Faulkner, Lonoke, and Pope County families. Drafts wills and trusts, handles estate planning and probate, and also takes Chapter 7 bankruptcy matters that often intersect with estate debts. Serves Conway, Cabot, Russellville, and nearby communities.

Location

1014 Markham St., Ste. 3Conway, AR 72032

Phone

(501) 932-0383

Service Area

3 counties

Estate PlanningProbateTrust AdministrationFamily LawBankruptcy
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Larry K. Cook, P.A.

Solo Practice

Cabot firm serving Lonoke, White, and Pulaski County families across central Arkansas. A lifetime Lonoke County resident, Larry Cook is known for probate work, guiding executors and heirs through estate administration in the local court, and also handles wills, trusts, and powers of attorney.

Location

200 Westport Dr, Suite BCabot, AR 72023

Phone

(501) 843-6591

Service Area

3 counties

ProbateEstate PlanningTrust Administration
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Firms from Neighboring Regions

These firms are based in other regions but serve Lonoke County.

Choate Law Firm, PLLC

Firm

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.

Location

515 South Main StreetSearcy, AR 72143

Phone

(501) 305-4442

Established

2004

Service Area

6 counties

ProbateEstate Planning
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Hardin, Jesson & Terry, PLC

Firm

Fort Smith firm (founded 1909) serving Sebastian County and western Arkansas. For estate matters, Rex M. Terry handles trusts, estates, and probate alongside transactional and litigation work. Terry is a fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers and a long-running Super Lawyers selection; the firm also keeps a Little Rock office.

Location

5000 Rogers Avenue, Suite 500Fort Smith, AR 72903

Phone

(479) 452-2200

Service Area

1 county

Estate PlanningEstate AdministrationTrust AdministrationProbateOil Gas Law
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L. Jennings Law

Solo Practice

Estate planning and elder law firm with offices in Magnolia and Little Rock, serving Columbia, Union, and Lafayette County families. Ledly Jennings handles estate planning, probate, and estate/trust administration, including work for farming and family-business clients settling estates and preserving assets.

Location

535 E Main StMagnolia, AR 71753

Phone

(501) 501-9455

Service Area

4 counties

Estate PlanningProbateEstate AdministrationTrust AdministrationElder LawTax PlanningBusiness Succession
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Mann & Kemp, PLLC

Firm

Firm with offices in Hope and Little Rock serving Hempstead and 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.

Location

225 S. Main St.Hope, AR 71801

Phone

(501) 222-4730

Established

2008

Service Area

2 counties

Estate PlanningProbateTrust AdministrationAsset ProtectionBusiness LawDivorcePersonal Injury
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Providence Estate Planning and Elder Law Attorneys

Firm

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.

Location

3223 Old Greenwood RoadFort Smith, AR 72903

Phone

(479) 434-3531

Service Area

2 counties

Estate PlanningElder LawAsset ProtectionMedicaid PlanningVeterans BenefitsSpecial Needs PlanningProbateTrust Administration
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Statewide Practices

These firms serve clients throughout Arkansas.

The Brad Hendricks Law Firm

Firm

Little Rock firm serving Pulaski County and central Arkansas courts since 1990, best known for personal injury and complex litigation but with a working estate practice. For families settling an estate, handles probate and estate administration, wills and trusts, and the appointment of personal representatives. Long-tenured paralegal support on estate and probate matters dating to 1999.

Location

500 Pleasant Valley Drive, Building CLittle Rock, AR 72227

Phone

(501) 221-0444

Service Area

Statewide

Estate PlanningProbateTrust Administration
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Campbell, Grooms & Spaulding, PLLC

Firm

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. Offers remote consultations by Skype, Zoom, or FaceTime in addition to in-person meetings.

Location

8114 Cantrell Road, Suite 100Little Rock, AR 72227

Phone

(501) 313-4967

Established

2012

Service Area

Statewide

Estate PlanningProbateTrust AdministrationBusiness LawCommercial LawReal EstateConstruction Law
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Don Spears Law

Solo Practice

Benton firm serving Saline County and the surrounding central Arkansas counties, handling probate in the local circuit courts. For estate settlement, the firm files probate cases, settles estates, and assists with trusts and wills. Don Spears has practiced since 1975, bringing over four decades of experience to probate matters.

Location

113 S Market StreetBenton, AR 72015

Phone

(501) 315-0092

Established

1976

Service Area

Statewide

ProbateEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationReal EstateBusiness Law
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The Elrod Firm

Firm

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.

Location

400 N Reynolds RdBryant, AR 72022

Service Area

Statewide

Estate PlanningElder LawMedicaid PlanningVeterans BenefitsProbateGuardianshipAsset Protection
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Farrar & Williams, PLLC

Firm

Hot Springs elder law and estate planning firm serving Garland, Hot Spring, and Saline counties and clients statewide. Handles wills, trusts, powers of attorney, probate, and transferring real estate outside probate, with deep work in long-term care, Medicaid, and VA Aid and Attendance planning. Offers a free 30-minute estate planning consultation.

Location

1720 Higdon Ferry Rd, Suite 202Hot Springs, AR 71913

Phone

(501) 525-4401

Service Area

Statewide

Estate PlanningElder LawMedicaid PlanningVeterans BenefitsProbateTrust AdministrationLong Term Care
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Gill Ragon Owen, P.A.

Firm

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 with roughly 29 attorneys, including shareholder Adam D. Reid focused on trust and estate administration.

Location

425 West Capitol Avenue, Suite 3800Little Rock, AR 72201

Phone

(501) 376-3800

Established

1986

Service Area

Statewide

Estate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateTax PlanningElder LawAsset ProtectionSpecial Needs Planning
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Maddox & Davis, PLLC

Firm

Mena firm covering the Polk, Scott, and Montgomery county courts of western Arkansas, with reach into adjoining Oklahoma. For families settling an estate, handles probate administration and contested wills, plus wills, trusts, and powers of attorney. Attorney John Maddox is a Polk County native with 25-plus years of local court experience.

Location

520 Church AvenueMena, AR 71953

Phone

(479) 394-6060

Service Area

Statewide

Estate PlanningProbateTrust AdministrationFamily LawBusiness LawCivil Litigation
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Law Offices of Mark Robinette

Solo Practice

Little Rock probate attorney J. Mark Robinette Jr., who accepts will and probate cases in all 75 Arkansas counties and serves as in-state counsel for estates probated elsewhere. Particular depth in estates involving oil, gas, and mineral rights. Backed by years of upstream oil/gas and real estate experience.

Location

500 N. Tyler St.Little Rock, AR 72205

Phone

(501) 251-1076

Service Area

Statewide

ProbateEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationOil Gas LawReal EstateMineral Rights
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Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Gates & Woodyard, PLLC

Firm

Large Little Rock firm with offices also in Rogers and Jonesboro, established 70+ years. Its Wealth Planning, Trusts and Estates group handles estate and tax planning, wills, trusts, advance directives, charitable gifting, business succession, and fiduciary/trust administration matters. Eight attorneys focus on the trusts and estates practice.

Location

425 West Capitol Avenue, Suite 1800Little Rock, AR 72201

Phone

(501) 688-8800

Service Area

Statewide

Estate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateProbate LitigationTax PlanningBusiness SuccessionCharitable Planning
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Quattlebaum, Grooms & Tull PLLC

Firm

Regional Little Rock firm (also serving Northwest Arkansas) whose taxation and estate planning group handles estate and trust planning, business succession, and federal transfer-tax matters. Works estate and trust administration and tax controversies for families and closely held owners across Pulaski and Washington counties.

Location

111 Center Street, Suite 1900Little Rock, AR 72201

Phone

(501) 379-1700

Service Area

Statewide

Estate PlanningTrust AdministrationTax PlanningEstate Tax PlanningBusiness SuccessionBusiness Law
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RMP LLP

Firm

Northwest Arkansas firm based in Springdale with offices in Little Rock and Jonesboro, serving Washington, Benton, Craighead, and Pulaski counties. Handles probate, trust and estate administration, and estate planning for families and closely held business owners. Founded 2005 with deep tax and transactional bench.

Location

5519 Hackett Road, Suite 300Springdale, AR 72762

Phone

(479) 443-2705

Established

2005

Service Area

Statewide

Estate PlanningProbateTrust AdministrationTax PlanningTax ControversiesBusiness Law
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Ross & Shoalmire, P.L.L.C.

Firm

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. Phone consultations available.

Location

1705 E N St, Suite 106, 106Magnolia, AR 71753

Phone

(800) 780-6993

Service Area

Statewide

Estate PlanningElder LawAsset ProtectionMedicaid PlanningSpecial Needs PlanningGuardianshipProbate
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Wright Lindsey Jennings LLP

Firm

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.

Location

200 W. Capitol Avenue, Suite 2300Little Rock, AR 72201

Phone

(501) 371-0808

Established

1900

Service Area

Statewide

Estate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateProbate LitigationTax PlanningAsset ProtectionSpecial Needs PlanningElder Law
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Frequently Asked Questions

Not every estate needs one. Simple estates, small estates under the affidavit threshold, and states with informal probate can often be handled without counsel. Contested wills, out-of-state property, and business interests usually need an attorney. The Arkansas self-filing assessment scores whether this estate can be handled without one.

Arkansas sets probate attorney fees by statute. Lonoke County attorneys charge the same schedule as the rest of the state — there is no county-level variation. Use the probate cost calculator to see the dollar amount for your estate size.

Files the petition, publishes required notices, helps with the inventory and accounting, handles creditor claims and tax filings, and guides the final distribution. The attorney represents the personal representative, not the beneficiaries — a distinction that matters if disputes arise.

Referrals from an estate planning attorney you already work with are the best source. Bar association directories are second. Avoid attorneys who won't quote a fee structure up front or who won't explain whether your estate qualifies for simplified procedures.

Yes — by avoiding probate altogether. A revocable living trust removes the estate from court jurisdiction, which removes the need for a probate attorney at settlement time. Create a revocable trust online for about what one hour of probate-attorney time costs.

Firm listings are for informational purposes only. SimplyTrust does not endorse or recommend any specific firm or attorney. Contact firms directly to discuss your situation and verify their current practice areas and availability. Information last verified: June 2026.

Circuit Court - Probate Division

Lonoke County

301 North Center Street

Lonoke, AR 72086

Phone:

501-676-2316

Fax:

501-266-7134

Hours:

Monday - Friday, 8:00 AM - 4:30 PM

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