Mycol Scott

I am a lucky husband, an attorney, and a two-time graduate of the University of Tennessee (Knoxville Campus) who grew up in the heart of the Bearden area, where I am proud to say that I currently reside with my lovely wife and our two dogs. In my free time, I am an amateur musician/producer, a tabletop board game enthusiast, a self-declared film buff, and a mixed martial arts practitioner. As a transactional attorney at Long, Ragsdale, & Waters, P.C., I provide legal services to businesses, entrepreneurs, employers, and commercial landowners, across a wide range of industries, and in connection with a wide range of matters, such as: • Commercial Transactions: asset purchases | ownership interest transfers | business acquisitions & mergers | contract assignments | due diligence | disclosure schedules | lien searches | drafting core & ancillary transactional documents required for closings | • Corporate Governance: entity formations | 501(c)(3) tax exemptions | establishing or amending governing documents & policies | compliance with corporate formalities | advising boards & executives | officer & director election and removals | entity dissolutions | • Out-Sourced General Counsel to Mid-Size Companies: analysis, assessment, navigation, & mitigation (as applicable) of a variety of legal risks, liabilities & opportunities naturally arising in the ordinary course of business | drafting employee agreements & executive compensation agreements | guidance in connection with hiring and terminating employees & executives | drafting company policies & agreements | filing local trademarks | • Real Estate Matters: reviews, examinations, and investigations of title issues, encumbrances, and land use restrictions | reviews & amendments to master declarations & HOA Bylaws | advising commercial landlords | reviews & drafts of commercial leases, purchase agreements, deeds, promissory notes & other material closing documents | As the sole associate in a mid-sized firm (19 attorneys, including myself), I also work conjunction with the partners to assist our firm’s clients with a variety of matters that may arise. Consequently, though I am not a litigator, I have good Commercial Litigation Experience, including: • research of countless complex legal issues | pre-pretrial litigation | drafting legal complaints & answers | delivering & responding to legal discovery requests & subpoenas | settlement negotiations & drafting settlement agreements | attending hearings |