North Central Arkansas News

There was one less lawyer with an active license in a city within Independence County in the first quarter of 2024 compared to the previous quarter, according to the Arkansas Judiciary.

In total, there were 27 active legal licenses recorded in the county at the time, compared to 28 in the previous quarter.

Arkansas has one of the fewest lawyers per capita in the country, with an average of 2.2 legal professionals for every 1,000 residents or almost half the national ratio of 4 per 1000.

As of June 2024, the average salary for a lawyer in the state is around $93,406 per year, which is below the national average.

The United States has around 1.3 million attorneys, with the lawyer population projected to grow by 8% between 2022 and 2032.

Data refers to all lawyers who were actively practicing during this period.

Lawyer Name	Bar Number	Date of Admission
Alfred Francis Thompson	77133	03/24/1977
Benjamin Kolze Pollitzer	2009152	09/10/2009
Bill Howard Walmsley	66065	03/30/1966
Cynthia Elaine Blankenship	2017069	04/21/2017
Daniel L. Brightwell	2005268	09/29/2005
Daniel Ross Haney	2011301	12/02/2011
David A. Littleton	96100	08/26/1996
Donald Taylor McSpadden	78113	08/25/1978
Fuller Lewis Bumpers	2006173	09/07/2006
Gary M. Vinson	75133	03/28/1975
Jan Dewoody Scussel	82143	02/23/1982
Jay Franklin Shell	87159	08/31/1987
Jeffery Daniel Welch	2008227	09/17/2008
Jerry Clark Post	72092	08/18/1972
Jesse Thurman Skinner	78142	08/29/1978
John C. Gregg	70031	08/06/1970
Kaitlin G. Blakely	2023133	09/11/2023
Kimberly Gail Edington	2020055	04/10/2020
Laura Wood Brissey	2004180	09/27/2004
Leroy G. Blankenship	70007	04/10/1970
Preston Randall Nelms	2009183	09/15/2009
Randall W. Henley	83208	03/22/1983
Robert D. Stroud	71073	08/20/1971
Sarah Ashley	92079	04/13/1992
Scott McLain Stalker	91183	09/06/1991
Thomas Lindsey Castleberry	2007053	04/13/2007
Timothy Ernest Meitzen	2009161	09/11/2009