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Independent Contractor Agreement Attorney in Tennessee
The biggest risk in an independent-contractor agreement is not the agreement — it is whether the law agrees the person is actually a contractor. I draft and review 1099 agreements that hold up against misclassification, lock down who owns the work, and keep confidential information confidential.
This page covers a focused service. For the broader editorial practice area, see Business Contracts in Tennessee.
Misclassification is the exposure that does not show up until later
Calling someone a contractor does not make them one. If the working relationship looks like employment, an agency or a court can reclassify it — with back taxes, penalties, and benefits exposure attached. A good agreement helps, but only if it matches how the relationship actually runs, so I draft for the substance, not just the label, and coordinate with your CPA on the tax-classification analysis where that is the live question.
Owning the work, and keeping what is yours
The other half is protecting what the contractor touches. The clauses that matter are IP ownership and assignment — so the work product is actually yours, not the contractor's — a scope of services tight enough to avoid fee fights, and confidentiality and non-solicit language that fits within what Tennessee will enforce. Overbroad non-solicit or non-compete language is a common drafting miss: it reads tough and then does not hold.
Whether you are an agency bringing on outside help, a founder hiring fractional, or an operator running 1099 property managers, the agreement should fit the actual arrangement. That is the version I draft.
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