Estate planningCharlotte, North Carolina
Barnes Family Law
Attorney license verified · North Carolina (North Carolina State Bar) · checked Sep 26, 2026
Help with what matters.
Barnes Family Law serves clients in Charlotte, North Carolina in family law matters such as divorce, custody and domestic violence cases, and in estate matters. Its estate planning work covers wills, trusts, powers of attorney and healthcare directives.
Who you may work with.
- Richard W. BarnesAttorney
Named as listed on the firm’s website.
License verification.
- VerifiedRichard W. BarnesNorth Carolina State Bar · North Carolina · No. 42677 · Active
Checked on the licensing authority’s public lookup on the date shown.
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Experience Score.
Not yet scoredEstatePlan.now Experience Score for Barnes Family Law2 of 5 factors checkedHow this score works
Measures how openly a firm publishes its pricing and how much of the process can happen online or remotely. Not a rating of legal skill, ethics or results.
A number appears once at least 3 of the five factors have been checked on the firm's site.
- Pricing transparency / 300 / 30No estate-planning price published (checked firm by firm)
- Start online / 253 / 25A contact form · Source: rwbarneslaw.com/estate-planning · checked Sep 26, 2026
- Remote meetings / 15UnknownNo statement about remote meetings has been recorded.
- Flexible signing / 15UnknownNo statement about remote signing or online notarization has been recorded.
- Family Access / 15UnknownThe Family Access checklist has not been reviewed for this firm.
Unknown means not recorded or not checked. It never counts against the firm.
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Pricing, in context.
- Published price
- Price not listed
Ask the firm about scope and fees.
How to get started.
Begin with: Call the firm or send its online form to schedule a consultation. The firm talks through your goals with you and then builds an estate plan to fit them.
Sources and review.
Each fact above comes from the firm’s own website. We record where it appears, when we observed it and when it was last checked against that page. Firm pages change — the firm’s site is the current source.
| Field | What we show | Source | Observed | Checked |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Experience Score: Pricing transparency | Not found — No estate-planning price published (checked firm by firm) | No source — shown as unknown | — | — |
| Experience Score: Start online | Observed — A contact form | rwbarneslaw.com/estate-planning (opens in a new tab) | Sep 26, 2026 | Sep 26, 2026 |
| Experience Score: Remote meetings | Couldn’t check — No statement about remote meetings has been recorded. | No source — shown as unknown | — | — |
| Experience Score: Flexible signing | Couldn’t check — No statement about remote signing or online notarization has been recorded. | No source — shown as unknown | — | — |
| Experience Score: Family Access | Couldn’t check — The Family Access checklist has not been reviewed for this firm. | No source — shown as unknown | — | — |
| Firm and location | Barnes Family Law, Charlotte, NC | rwbarneslaw.com/contact (opens in a new tab) | Sep 26, 2026 | Sep 26, 2026 |
| Person named | Richard W. Barnes, Attorney | rwbarneslaw.com/about (opens in a new tab) | Sep 26, 2026 | Sep 26, 2026 |
| Service | Estate planning | rwbarneslaw.com (opens in a new tab) | Sep 26, 2026 | Sep 26, 2026 |
| Service | Wills & trusts | rwbarneslaw.com/estate-planning (opens in a new tab) | Sep 26, 2026 | Sep 26, 2026 |
| Service | Incapacity planning | rwbarneslaw.com/estate-planning (opens in a new tab) | Sep 26, 2026 | Sep 26, 2026 |
| Service | Probate & trust administration | rwbarneslaw.com/about (opens in a new tab) | Sep 26, 2026 | Sep 26, 2026 |
| Service | Special needs trusts | rwbarneslaw.com/blog/estate-planning/special-needs-trust/third-party-special-needs-trust-north-carolina (opens in a new tab) | Sep 26, 2026 | Sep 26, 2026 |
| Published price | Price not listed | No source — shown as unknown | — | — |
| How to begin | Call the firm or send its online form to schedule a consultation (Contact firm) | rwbarneslaw.com/estate-planning (opens in a new tab) | Sep 26, 2026 | Sep 26, 2026 |
| What happens next | As described by the firm | rwbarneslaw.com/estate-planning (opens in a new tab) | Sep 26, 2026 | Sep 26, 2026 |
| License check | Richard W. Barnes: verified (North Carolina State Bar) | portal.ncbar.gov/verification/search.aspx (opens in a new tab) | Sep 26, 2026 | Sep 26, 2026 |
| Service area | Charlotte, North Carolina, and South Carolina | rwbarneslaw.com/contact (opens in a new tab) | Sep 26, 2026 | Sep 26, 2026 |
| Phone | (704) 703-2815 | rwbarneslaw.com/contact (opens in a new tab) | Sep 26, 2026 | Sep 26, 2026 |
| Photo | Not shown | No suitable photo found on the firm’s website | — | — |
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