Jonathan Hayes
Managing Partner | Goldstein Hayes Trial Lawyers
Jonathan Hayes is a trucking accidents, wrongful death and brain injury trial lawyer and managing partner at Goldstein Hayes Trial Lawyers in Atlanta, Georgia. J.D., Mercer University School of Law.
Meet Jonathan
Contact
Suite 1470
Atlanta, Georgia 30339
Jonathan P. Hayes is the managing partner of Goldstein Hayes Trial Lawyers in Atlanta, Georgia. He represents people and families in catastrophic injury and wrongful death cases, many involving tractor-trailers and commercial vehicles, traumatic brain and spinal cord injuries, construction incidents, defective products and drownings.
His firm biography credits him with a $150 million verdict in a trucking death case involving an impaired commercial driver, a $24 million recovery for a traumatic brain injury and more than $400 million in commercial vehicle verdicts and settlements overall. His cases often pit him against national trucking carriers, major insurers and large corporations.
An Atlanta native, Hayes earned a bachelor’s degree from the College of Charleston and his law degree from Mercer University’s Walter F. George School of Law, clerking for Judge Rowland W. Barnes of the Fulton County Superior Court while in school. He is a member of the Million Dollar and Multi-Million Dollar Advocates Forums, the Interstate Trucking Lawyers of America and the National Drowning Prevention Alliance, and he serves on the Foundation Board at the College of Charleston.
Experience and Expertise
Qualifications
Timeline
- J.D., Mercer University Walter F. George School of Law
- B.S., College of Charleston
- Law clerk to Judge Rowland W. Barnes, Fulton County Superior Court
Practice Areas
- Million Dollar Advocates Forum
- Multi-Million Dollar Advocates Forum
- Interstate Trucking Lawyers of America
- National Drowning Prevention Alliance
- College of Charleston Foundation Board
- Best Lawyers in America, Personal Injury Litigation
- Best Lawyers in America, Product Liability Litigation
- Georgia Super Lawyers
- Georgia Rising Stars
- AV Preeminent, Martindale-Hubbell
- The National Trial Lawyers: Top 100
- The National Trial Lawyers: Top 10 Trucking Trial Lawyers
- The National Trial Lawyers: Top 25 Brain Injury Trial Lawyers
- The National Trial Lawyers: Top 25 Product Liability Lawyers
- The National Trial Lawyers: Top 40 Under 40
- $150 Million Verdict: Trucking wrongful death case involving an intoxicated commercial driver.
- $24 Million Recovery: Catastrophic traumatic brain injury case involving permanent neurological harm.
- $17+ Million Recovery: Wrongful death case for children who lost their mother in a trucking collision caused by an impaired driver.
- $400+ Million in Commercial Vehicle Recoveries: Combined verdicts and settlements in trucking and commercial motor vehicle litigation.
Print is Alive
Trial Lawyer's Journal sets a new standard for law journal publications. With limited ads and one-of-a-kind content, it was created to celebrate wins both in and outside the courtroom.