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Hill Legal

Cabot-based attorney serving Central Arkansas. Veteran-owned. Flat fees on routine matters.

06/19/2026

Juneteenth marks the day in 1865 when the last enslaved people in Texas were finally told they were free, more than two years after the Emancipation Proclamation. Word traveled slowly. Freedom on paper and freedom in fact weren't the same day.

It's a federal holiday now, and a good one to take a minute to reflect on.

Hope everyone gets a good long weekend.

Jonathan C. Hill, Hill Legal, PLLC. Cabot, AR.

06/17/2026

An update. Hill Legal is closing, and Jon is joining Pinnacle Legacy Law.

I opened my own firm earlier this year, and not long after, this opportunity landed in my lap. After some thought, it was clearly the right move for my family and for the work I want to focus on. That's helping folks secure the legacy they worked hard to build for loved ones to enjoy and value.

If you're a current client, I've reached out to you directly about your matter and what happens next. Please contact me with any questions.

Thanks to everyone who supported the firm out of the gate. I'd be glad to stay in touch.

Jonathan C. Hill

06/15/2026

Most small jobs in this part of the county still run on a handshake. You quote a price, you shake on it, you do the work. It holds up fine right until it doesn't.

The trouble shows up when a job goes sideways. The customer says the price covered more than you intended. The material cost jumped, and nobody agreed who would eat it. The work stalls, and the timeline was never written down. Now you're arguing about what got said in a driveway four months ago.

A written agreement doesn't have to be long or full of legal words. It needs to say a few plain things: what you're doing, what it costs, what happens if the job changes, and when you get paid. Your name and theirs at the bottom. That's most of the protection right there.

If you run a trade or a side business off a handshake, this is the simplest fix on the list. I put these together for Cabot-area owners.

Jonathan C. Hill, Hill Legal, PLLC. 501-394-1655 or hillARlegal.com.

06/14/2026

Flag Day. It doesn't get much attention, but it's worth a nod.

The flag flew over every base and every ship I served on. After a while, you stop noticing it, the way you stop noticing anything that's always there. Then you come home, you put one up over your own place, and see it differently.

Hope everyone's getting a good summer Sunday.

Jonathan C. Hill | Hill Legal, PLLC | Cabot, AR

06/11/2026

Here's something most estate plans don't address: digital assets.

Your phone. Your email. Online accounts that hold real money, like PayPal, Venmo, and investment apps. Photos in the cloud that nobody else can access. A small business that runs on a social media page with a password nobody else has.

Most wills and powers of attorney were drafted without any of this in mind. And most platform terms of service don't allow your family to access it without specific legal authority or a customer-service dispute.

The fix isn't complicated. A digital asset inventory, a clear statement of authority in your estate documents, and a secure place where someone you trust can find the login information when they need it. Some platforms have built-in legacy tools. Most don't.

If your plan was drafted before smartphones were a fact of life, I recommend updating it.

Jonathan C. Hill, Hill Legal, PLLC. 501-394-1655 or hillARlegal.com.

06/10/2026

Many people don't know that Arkansas has a fairly broad expungement law. Many misdemeanors and some felonies can be sealed once you've completed your sentence and any waiting period. First-time offenders who completed probation may qualify sooner.

What sealing does: the record isn't available on most public background checks, and in most situations, you can truthfully answer no on a job application that asks about prior convictions.

What it doesn't do: the record doesn't disappear. Certain agencies can still see it, such as law enforcement, courts in a later case, and some licensing boards. And not every offense qualifies. Violent charges and most s*x offenses are generally off the table.

If you've got an older charge sitting there, it might be worth a conversation about whether it qualifies. I handle these out of Cabot.

Jonathan C. Hill, Hill Legal, PLLC. 501-394-1655 or hillARlegal.com.

06/09/2026

Cabot keeps adding businesses. New restaurants, contractors, and retail are going up around the sports complex and out toward the new development. If you're starting something this year, here's a step that's easy to skip and a pain to skip: the operating agreement.

People assume it only matters if you have partners. Not true. Even as the only owner of your LLC, you want one for a few reasons.

Your bank will usually ask for it before they open the business account.

Your insurer may want to see it.

And it answers the hard questions while things are calm, instead of in the middle of a fight, a buyout, or someone passing away. Who can sign? What happens if you bring someone in? What happens if you walk away?

It's a short document that saves a lot of trouble later. I draft these for Cabot-area owners as part of setting the business up right.

Jonathan C. Hill, Hill Legal, PLLC. 501-394-1655 or hillARlegal.com."

06/06/2026

Eighty-two years ago today, thousands of men climbed down into the water off the coast of Normandy and went ashore under fire. Many of them did not come back.

The men who landed that morning changed how the war ended.

Take a minute today.

Jonathan C. Hill, Hill Legal, PLLC.

06/05/2026

Tomorrow is the anniversary of D-Day, and you'll see the photos and the speeches everywhere. They earn it.

But the part of the Navy I think about most isn't the famous days. It's the ordinary ones. The watch you stand at 0300 when nothing is happening, and the whole point is that nothing happens because you're there. The maintenance nobody sees. The job you do right because the guy next to you is counting on it, not because anyone's watching.

That's most of the work. It was true on the ship, and it's true now. A lot of what I do for clients happens the same way. The document is filed correctly the first time, and the deadline doesn't become a crisis because someone tracked it. Quiet work that only gets noticed when it isn't done.

So, before the big anniversary tomorrow, here's to the ordinary watch. To everybody still standing one. 🍻

Jonathan C. Hill | Hill Legal, PLLC | Cabot, AR

06/04/2026

School is out, and the custody schedule that worked all year suddenly no longer works.

Summer is when many parenting plans get tested. Camp, travel, a different work schedule, and the other parent wanting more time while the kids are off. Some of it the plan covers. Some of it doesn't.

One thing worth knowing: if you and the other parent agree to a change, put it in writing, even if it is just a text you both confirm. A handshake change is hard to enforce later, and "we agreed" carries a lot less weight than "here is where we agreed."

If the disagreement is bigger than a summer schedule, that is when a formal modification is worth looking at. Arkansas courts will change a custody or visitation order, but the standard and the process matter, and working around the order on your own can hurt you later.

If summer is putting pressure on your arrangement, it is better to sort it now than in August.

Jonathan C. Hill, Hill Legal, PLLC. 501-394-1655 or hillARlegal.com.

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