Professional Profiles

Douglas O. Guffey

With more than three decades of legal experience, Douglas Guffey focuses his practice on serving as an attorney, counselor, and advisor for those in the business of medicine.  Mr. Guffey's reputation in the legal community has earned him Martindale-Hubbell's prestigious "AV-Preeminent" rating, signifying that his peers have ranked him as possessing the very highest level of professional excellence and ethical standards.   

After earning both his Masters Degree in Business Administration and his law degree from Harvard University, Mr. Guffey served as a senior contract law advisor in the U.S. Army Judge Advocate General's Corps.  Following this service, for which he earned a U.S. Army Meritorious Service Medal, he rose from associate to equity partner in the business law group of a large law firm, representing commercial banks and Fortune 500 companies in a wide range of transactional matters.  Following that, Mr. Guffey served for 12 years as the Executive Director of a management services organization supporting physician-owned medical groups and treatment centers.  He then founded Guffey & Associates, P.C. with the goal of providing comprehensive legal representation, advice, and counsel to those in the health care industry. 

Outside his legal practice, Mr. Guffey has served as an adjunct professor at the University of Puget Sound Graduate School of Business, where he developed and taught courses in business law, financial accounting, and managerial accounting.  He has also served on the Board of Directors (1990-1997) and as President (1993-1994) of Phoenix Day Child Development Center, Inc., a non-profit organization dedicated to providing day care and developmental services to at-risk children in Phoenix. 

Admissions

• Arizona, 1978

Education

• J.D., Harvard Law School, 1978
• M.B.A., Harvard Business School, 1978
• B.S., summa cum laude, Arizona State University, 1974

Professional Associations

• Arizona Bar Association
• American Health Lawyers' Association
• American Bar Association, Health Law Section
• Harvard Business School Health Industry Alumni Association
• Point Financial Venture Leasing Fund, Advisory Board Member (2008-2010)

Awards and Recognition

• U.S. Army Meritorious Service Medal for period of service 1979-1982
• Martindale-Hubbell AV rating (2003-Present)
• Listed in 2003 Business Journal Best of the Bar (Health Law)
• Listed in 2008-2009 Bar Registers of Preeminent Attorneys (Health Law)