James (Jim) Guffy Jr, Esq. 

Founding Member Waterside Law LLC

I am an "old new attorney".  I graduated from the Thomas Goode Jones School of Law in May 2025, and was admitted to the Alabama Bar in September 2025. The picture is of my wife of 31 years, Dede and I at graduation in May 2025.

I graduated from the University of Arkansas at Monticello with a BS in Agri-Business in 1992, Texas A&M University-Texarkana with a MBA in 1999. 

From 1993 until 2025, I worked in various leadership roles with mining and manufacturing companies, including Operations, Sales, Logistics, and Procurement.

I served in the Arkansas Air National Guard from November 1988 to February 2009.  I retired as a Major and am a veteran of Operation Iraqi Freedom, with two deployments to Iraq in 2003 and 2004. 

I volunteer with the South Alabama Volunteer Lawyers Program as I truly believe in their mission to serve those in need.