Serving Lonoke, Pulaski, White, and Faulkner Counties
Criminal Defense
Hill Legal represents individuals in Arkansas state and federal criminal matters. The practice emphasis is DWI and traffic defense — first-offense and repeat DWI charges, administrative license-suspension hearings, and related traffic violations. The firm also handles misdemeanor charges and select felony matters in district and circuit courts across Lonoke, Pulaski, White, and Faulkner Counties.
Federal criminal matters are handled when warranted. Jonathan C. Hill is admitted in the Eastern and Western Districts of Arkansas and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit.
After a DWI arrest in Arkansas, the clock on your driver's license starts before your first court date. Arkansas gives you only days — not weeks — to request the administrative hearing that can preserve your driving privileges. This deadline is separate from your criminal case and runs whether or not you have an attorney. Call as soon as possible.
Flat fees are available for most first-offense matters. More complex cases — serious felonies, federal charges, cases with significant prior history — are quoted at the consultation after the facts are understood. Specific amounts are never listed on this site; they are quoted after the situation is reviewed.
Family Law
Most family-law matters Hill Legal takes are uncontested: agreed divorces, agreed custody and visitation arrangements, agreed support modifications, paternity acknowledgments, and name changes. These are flat-fee matters with a defined scope, a predictable timeline, and a single quoted price at the consultation.
The firm also handles contested divorces and custody disputes when negotiation does not resolve them. Those matters are billed hourly with a retainer because contested work is genuinely unpredictable. The firm never states or implies that it declines contested matters — it handles them when they arise.
Uncontested matters are flat-fee. Contested matters are hourly with a retainer. Specific numbers are quoted at the consultation after the situation is understood.
The first conversation covers what is happening, what you want, whether your matter is genuinely uncontested, and what the work would cost. Many divorces that start contested become uncontested through negotiation, and the fee structure follows the matter, not the label.
Estate Planning
Hill Legal prepares wills, durable powers of attorney, advance healthcare directives, beneficiary deeds, and basic revocable trusts. Flat-fee packages are available for individuals and for couples. Office and at-home signing appointments are available.
A basic will, power of attorney, and healthcare directive cost less than most people expect — and they spare your family the version of you that Arkansas's default rules would write. The most common estate plan is the one that gets done; the first call determines what documents actually fit your situation.
Estate planning matters are flat-fee. The price for your package is quoted at the consultation after reviewing what documents you need. Specific amounts are not published on this site.
Bankruptcy
Hill Legal represents Arkansas individuals and families in Chapter 7 and Chapter 13 bankruptcy. Chapter 7 clears qualifying debts in a few months; Chapter 13 restructures them over three to five years and can protect property that Chapter 7 cannot. Which chapter fits depends on your income, your debts, and your goals. The first evaluation is free.
Cases are filed in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Eastern District of Arkansas. Chapter 7 requires a pre-filing fee payment as governed by federal law. Chapter 13 allows partial attorney-fee deferral through confirmed plan payments.
We are a federally regulated debt relief agency. We help people file for bankruptcy relief under the Bankruptcy Code.
Bankruptcy fees are structured by chapter and quoted at the initial evaluation. Chapter 7 requires the attorney fee to be paid before filing by federal law. Chapter 13 permits deferral of a portion of attorney fees through the plan. No fee amounts are published on this site.
Business Law
Hill Legal helps Central Arkansas owners start and run small businesses on a sound legal footing: entity selection, LLC, PLLC, and corporation filings with the Arkansas Secretary of State, operating agreements and bylaws, initial governance, and the contracts and questions that follow. The firm stays available as ongoing counsel after formation — the attorney you call when the next business question arrives, not just a one-time filing service.
The Secretary of State filing is the short part. The documents the filing alone does not give you — an operating agreement, basic governance, and the tax-election decision made with your accountant — are where new owners get tripped. The first call covers what you are building, who owns it, and which entity and documents actually fit.
The firm also represents residential landlords in Arkansas eviction matters: pre-suit notices, unlawful detainer actions for possession in circuit court, money-judgment claims for unpaid rent and damages, and writ-of-possession follow-through. Hill Legal represents landlords, not tenants, in eviction matters.
Routine, uncontested possession matters are flat-fee, with the notice stage priced separately so a matter that resolves at the notice never pays for a lawsuit. Contested evictions are hourly with a retainer. Portfolio and repeat-filer arrangements are available. Court filing fees, service costs, and writ fees are billed at cost.
For a new business: what you are building, who owns it, and which entity and documents actually fit — including the tax-election conversation to have with your accountant. For an eviction: bring the lease, the payment history, and any notices already sent. Specific numbers are quoted at the consultation.
