Wade McGuffey joined Mozley, Finlayson & Loggins LLP as a partner in 2026. He is part of the firm’s multi-state workers’ compensation practice and brings more than 35 years of experience representing insurance companies, employers, and commercial clients in workers’ compensation matters, insurance coverage disputes, employment law issues, occupational disease and illness litigation, and general civil defense litigation.
Wade is widely recognized for his extensive knowledge of workers’ compensation law and his long-standing leadership within the legal and insurance communities. He regularly advises clients on complex claims management, litigation strategy, employment-related issues, and insurance matters across multiple jurisdictions.
In addition to his litigation practice, Wade is a certified mediator and a frequent lecturer on workers’ compensation, disability discrimination, ethics, personnel law, OSHA compliance, and related legal topics. He served as an instructor for the Georgia State Board of Workers’ Compensation Certified Workers’ Compensation Program from its inception in 2009 through 2016 and also taught in the Georgia State Board of Workers’Compensation Adjusters Training Course.
Wade has been recognized by Atlanta Magazine as a Georgia Super Lawyer since 2004 and received the 2025 Dr. Tom S. Howell Memorial Award from the Georgia State Board of Workers’ Compensation Chairman’s Advisory Council.
State Bar of Georgia
The Florida Bar
University of Georgia School of Law
J.D., cum laude
University of Georgia
B.B.A., Accounting
Director, Workers’ Compensation Section, Atlanta Bar Association (1994–1996)
Secretary/Treasurer, Atlanta Bar Association Workers’ Compensation Section (1997)
Chair-Elect (1998) & Chair (1999), Atlanta Bar Association Workers’ Compensation Section
Member, Workers’ Compensation Research Institute (WCRI)
Member, Georgia Employers’ Workers’ Compensation Association
Member, Georgia Defense Lawyers Association
Faculty, Georgia Defense Lawyers Association Trial Academy (1987)
Member, Atlanta Claims Association
Co-Chair (2012–2013) & Co-Vice Chair (2019–Present), Southern Association of Workers’ Compensation Administrators (SAWCA) Adjudication Committee
Co-Chair, SAWCA Administration & Procedures Committee (2013–2016)
Chair, Settlements Committee, Chairman’s Advisory Council, Georgia State Board of Workers’ Compensation
Member, Medical Committee, Chairman’s Advisory Council, Georgia State Board of Workers’ Compensation
Certified Mediator
Editor, An Employer’s Guide to Georgia Workers’ Compensation Law, Second Edition (1993)
Editor, Employee Leasing: An Employer’s Guide, IIAG (1997)
Author, “Section 60 Voidable Preferences and the UCC: A Hypothetical,” 9 Ga. L. Rev. 685 (1975)
Honorary Life Member, Young Agents Committee, Independent Insurance Agents of Georgia
Listed in Marquis Who’s Who in America, the World, and American Law
Life Member, National Registry of Who’s Who
Military & Community Involvement
