James Guy

James Patrick Guy II (Col ’87, Law ’90 CM) has been chosen president-elect of the southern chapter of the Energy Bar Association  for the 2023-24 bar year and will serve as its president in 2024-25. He previously served as southern chapter president in 2010-11 and was the 128th president of the Virginia Bar Association in 2016. 

Guy is general counsel to Mecklenburg Electric Cooperative and its affiliates, EMPOWER Broadband Inc. and EMPOWER Telecom Inc. He also was appointed to the Virginia State Air Pollution Control Board by Gov. Glenn Youngkin in 2022 and serves as Board Chairman.

The Energy Bar Association (EBA) is an international, non-profit association of attorneys, energy professionals, and students active in all areas of energy law.  EBA has seven regional chapters across the U.S. and one in Canada. The Southern Chapter comprises the states of Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, and West Virginia.