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Arkansas’s divorce professionals, verified.

Real attorneys, mediators, CDFAs and therapists — credentials checked against Arkansas’s own official directories, not paid placement.

Every professional below is currently at the Listed tier: credentials independently verified from an official Arkansas source, automatically included whether they’ve opted into The Cusp or not — the same way a bar association directory works. Nobody here has paid for placement, and none of them have published pricing or been reviewed yet.

Listed — every entry below Verified Pricing — not yet open in Arkansas Community Vetted — not yet open in Arkansas
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What “verified” means on this page

Not every check is the same check, and most directories hide that. Every listing below says which kind it was, and the date we did it — because a license check is a photograph, not a guarantee. Somebody confirmed in August can be suspended in September.

  • State registerChecked against the state’s own licensing, court or bar record.
  • Issuing bodyChecked against the organization that grants this credential — authoritative for the credential, but it is their own list.
  • Membership listingA membership directory. Joining is voluntary, and this is not a license check.
  • Self-reportedTaken from this person’s own website. Nobody independent confirmed it, and we are re-checking these against an official register.
  • Source linkedChecked against the source linked, which is not a state register.

Nobody paid to be listed here, and nobody can. Listings are not for sale, and no professional on this page has paid us anything to appear on it or to appear higher on it. If we are ever paid in connection with anyone listed here, it will say so on this page, next to that listing. Most of these were confirmed against a state register. A small number were not, and rather than quietly presenting those as equivalent, they are marked and we are re-checking them.

Family law & divorce attorneys

Verified via the state’s official bar / attorney licensing source, filtered to family law practice and active status.

Benton County
Benjamin Tyler Catterlin
Natural State Trial Attorneys · Benton County (Lowell)
Arkansas license Active (admitted 2015); no disciplinary actions on record
Listed
State registerChecked 19 Aug 2026Verified via Arkansas Judiciary — Attorney Search
Craighead County
Mark Wesley Rees
Rees Law Firm · Craighead County (Jonesboro)
Arkansas license Active (admitted 1995); no disciplinary actions on record
Listed
State registerChecked 19 Aug 2026Verified via Arkansas Judiciary — Attorney Search
Michael Alan Lilly
Law Office of Michael Lilly, P.A. · Craighead County (Jonesboro)
Arkansas license Active (admitted 1997); no disciplinary actions on record
Listed
State registerChecked 19 Aug 2026Verified via Arkansas Judiciary — Attorney Search
Faulkner County
Quincy Walter McKinney
McKinney & McKinney · Faulkner County (Conway)
Arkansas license Active (admitted 2008); no disciplinary actions on record
Listed
State registerChecked 19 Aug 2026Verified via Arkansas Judiciary — Attorney Search
Pulaski County
Richard Ernest Worsham
Worsham Law Firm, P.A. · Pulaski County (Little Rock)
Arkansas license Active (admitted 1989); no disciplinary actions on record
Listed
State registerChecked 19 Aug 2026Verified via Arkansas Judiciary — Attorney Search
Sebastian County
David Charles Gean
Gean, Gean & Gean · Sebastian County (Fort Smith)
Arkansas license Active (admitted 1990); no disciplinary actions on record
Listed
State registerChecked 19 Aug 2026Verified via Arkansas Judiciary — Attorney Search
Washington County
Scott Ellis Smith
Taylor Law Partners, LLP · Washington County (Fayetteville)
Arkansas license Active (admitted 1985); no disciplinary actions on record
Listed
State registerChecked 19 Aug 2026Verified via Arkansas Judiciary — Attorney Search
Stevan Earl Vowell
Taylor Law Partners, LLP · Washington County (Fayetteville)
Arkansas license Active (admitted 1975); no disciplinary actions on record
Listed
State registerChecked 19 Aug 2026Verified via Arkansas Judiciary — Attorney Search

Certified mediators

Verified via an official court-connected or state-recognized mediator roster.

Benton County
Jon B. Comstock
Comstock Conflict Resolution Services · Benton County (Rogers)
Arkansas ADR Commission certified mediator #2013-03, Active; certified in Domestic Relations
Listed
State registerChecked 19 Aug 2026Verified via Arkansas ADR Commission — Directory of Certified Mediators
Craighead County
James F. Gramling, Jr.
Gramling Law Firm · Craighead County (Jonesboro)
Arkansas ADR Commission certified mediator #2018-03, Active; certified in Domestic Relations
Listed
State registerChecked 19 Aug 2026Verified via Arkansas ADR Commission — Directory of Certified Mediators
Faulkner County
Dustin Summey
High Resolutions, LLC · Faulkner County (Conway)
Arkansas ADR Commission certified mediator #2021-13, Active; certified in Domestic Relations
Listed
State registerChecked 19 Aug 2026Verified via Arkansas ADR Commission — Directory of Certified Mediators
Pulaski County
Christopher B. Arnold
Independent practice · Pulaski County (Little Rock)
Arkansas ADR Commission certified mediator #2018-18, Active; certified in Domestic Relations
Listed
State registerChecked 19 Aug 2026Verified via Arkansas ADR Commission — Directory of Certified Mediators
Sebastian County
Elizabeth Gean Roberts
Gean, Gean & Gean · Sebastian County (Fort Smith)
Arkansas ADR Commission certified mediator #2018-06, Active; certified in Domestic Relations
Listed
State registerChecked 19 Aug 2026Verified via Arkansas ADR Commission — Directory of Certified Mediators
Washington County
Leslie Caroline Copeland
Leslie Copeland Law · Washington County (Fayetteville)
Arkansas ADR Commission certified mediator #2019-17, Active; certified in Domestic Relations
Listed
State registerChecked 19 Aug 2026Verified via Arkansas ADR Commission — Directory of Certified Mediators

Therapists & counselors, divorce/family focus

License verified active against the state’s official license-lookup tool.

Craighead County
Deann Coffman
Private practice · Craighead County (Jonesboro)
Licensed Professional Counselor, license P1010068 — Active, no disciplinary action
Listed
Pulaski County
Becky Whetstone Cheairs
Private practice · Pulaski County (Little Rock)
Licensed Marriage & Family Therapist, license M1201001 — Active, no disciplinary action
Listed
Carrie Frye
Private practice · Pulaski County (Little Rock)
Licensed Professional Counselor, license P2401011 — Active, no disciplinary action
Listed
Sebastian County
Chelsi Steele
Private practice · Sebastian County (Fort Smith)
Licensed Professional Counselor, license P2104003 — Active, no disciplinary action
Listed
Washington County
Maryam Grimwood
Private practice · Washington County (Fayetteville)
Licensed Professional Counselor, license P1804043 — Active, no disciplinary action
Listed

Not included yet. CDFAs: No Arkansas CDFAs are listed. IDFA is the only body that certifies this credential, and both its directory and its verification page sit behind a "prove you’re human" check we don’t work around. Individual profiles can be read if you already know someone’s profile number, but no Arkansas profile surfaced in any search. Several Arkansas advisers advertise the CDFA designation on their own websites — that’s a claim, not a check, so we left the category empty rather than pass it on.

Not included yet. Therapists: Everyone here is a counselor or marriage-and-family therapist confirmed on the state counseling board’s lookup. Clinical social workers (LCSWs) are missing entirely, and they make up a large share of Arkansas divorce therapists — the Arkansas Social Work Licensing Board’s roster blocked automated access and its older search address has been retired.

Not included yet. Therapists: The state lookup confirms the license only — name, number, city, type and status. It doesn’t record what someone specializes in, so the divorce focus noted for each therapist comes from their own public practice listing.

What these professionals typically cost in Arkansas

Arkansas falls in the South region on The Cusp’s cost model — illustrative, member-reported ranges, not an official fee survey or a quote.

ItemReported range
Attorney, uncontested$800–$2,800
Attorney, contested$3,500–$16,000+
Mediator, full case$80–$250/hr

See the main directory page for the full regional cost breakdown across all four professional types.

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Sources last checked19 August 2026
Page published19 August 2026
What this means. This is when the sources on this page were last read against their originals — statutes, court rules, official schedules — taken from the dates recorded against the individual citations on this page. It is not the date the page was last edited. Adding a link or fixing a typo does not move it; re-reading the statute does. Where we get something wrong we publish it at thecusp.app/corrections with the date, what changed, and how long the error was live.