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When to consider hiring help, what to look for in a probate attorney, and firms serving Lonoke County.
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.
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
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
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
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
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
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
These firms are based in other regions but serve Lonoke County.
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
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 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
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
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
These firms serve clients throughout Arkansas.
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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.
Lonoke County
301 North Center Street
Lonoke, AR 72086
Phone:
501-676-2316Fax:
501-266-7134
Hours:
Monday - Friday, 8:00 AM - 4:30 PM
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