Robert Arrington
Robert Arrington
Wilson Worley, P.C.
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location_on 200 East Main Street, Suite 100, Kingsport, TN -
call (423) 723-0402 -
language www.wilsonworley.com -
gavel Practice Areas- Workplace
- Contract
- Commercial
- Employment
Bob Arrington's practice has included employment law and litigation, commercial litigation, including bankruptcy (creditor practice only) & probate litigation, but currently concentrates in arbitration and mediation. Bob is a member of the American Arbitration Association's Rosters of Neutrals for arbitration and mediation of:
- Commercial disputes
- Employment disputes
- Class-actions
- Non binding arbitration
Bob has been named as a panel member of the Banking, Accounting and Financial Services, Employment and Tennessee Distinguished Panels of Neutrals with the International Institute for Conflict Prevention & Resolution (CPR). He has been approved as a Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) Dispute Resolution Arbitrator.
He is listed with the Tennessee Supreme Court's Commission on Alternative Dispute Resolution as a Rule 31 General Civil Mediator. He is also a member of the panel of court approved arbitrators and mediators for the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee.
Bob is a member of the executive council of the dispute resolution section of the Tennessee Bar Association, and has twice served as section chair. Also, he chairs the firm's section on alternative dispute resolution and is a member of the employment and commercial litigation practice groups.
Bob has a thorough grounding in:
- Contracts
- Business organizations
- Employment discrimination
- Workplace regulation
- Real estate
- Intellectual property
- Non-employment related civil rights disputes
Bob has been a mediator since 2007, with a focus on:
- Employment disputes
- Wage and hour claims
- Retaliation claims
- Non-compete agreements
- Age and disability discrimination
- Personal injury
- Business disputes
- Claims for breach of corporate governance
- Lease and construction contracts
Areas Of Focus
- Commercial (Contracts, Real Estate, Business Governance, Creditors Rights)
- Labor and employment (discrimination, harassment, FMLA, ADA, wage & hour, contracts of employment, non-compete agreements)
Education
- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, J.D., Law, 1975
- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, A.B., Journalism, 1972 (Honors in Writing)
Memberships & Affiliations
- American Bar Association, member (sections on Labor & Employment, Litigation, and Alternative Dispute Resolution)
- Tennessee Bar Association, member (sections on Dispute Resolution, Litigation and Employment)
- Kingsport Bar Association, member (past president)
- Phi Beta Kappa
- Tennessee Academy of Mediators and Arbitrators (National Association of Distinguished Neutrals affiliate)
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