George R. Arrants, Jr. focuses his legal practice in the areas of Corporate and Transactional and Employment and Labor and taxation. He has extensive experience in his practice areas as well as a thorough knowledge of his clients’ businesses and unique legal needs. While simultaneously protecting their business interests from unintended or unexpected legal consequences, he efficiently and effectively identifies and pursues the best options and/or solutions to their employment or business-related legal matters. He is diligent and honest in his relationship with his clients and finds the practice of law to be both challenging and highly rewarding. He is admitted to practice in the Tennessee Supreme Court, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Tennessee and the U.S. Court of Appeals, 6th Circuit, and the United States Tax Court.
In his Corporate and Transactional practice, Mr. Arrants handles the follows:
•Entity formation
•Contract drafting and review for unique transactions
•Transactional work (business and assets Buy-Sell), ranging from drafting to closing
Mr. Arrants’ Employment and Labor practice is concentrated on matters arising from:
•Legal compliance with employment regulations and the law
•Wage and hour compliance
•Counseling on workplace policies and practices - termination or disciplinary
•Employment agreement drafting, with emphasis on separations and hiring
•Employment Discrimination Defense litigation
His Tax Practice Includes:
•Delinquent and amended returns
•Defending taxpayers during civil audits
•Request for Waiver of Penalties
HONORS & AWARDS
•Barrister, Hamilton Burnett Inns of Court
•Judicial Clerkship, Hon. R. Allen Edgar, USDJ, EDTN 1987
•Rated as Distinguished by Martindale-Hubbell, 2024
