Thursday 17 April 2014

Jonathan P. Hayes

Jonathan P. Hayes is a nationally recognized trial attorney and partner at Goldstein & Hayes, PC, a personal injury trial practice focused on helping individuals and families who have suffered catastrophic personal injuries or wrongful death in cases involving tractor-trailer and motor vehicle accidents, medical malpractice, swimming pool accidents and incidents with dangerous products.
Born in Atlanta, Georgia, Jonathan is a 1990 graduate of Woodward Academy in College Park. Jonathan received his Bachelor of Science from the College of Charleston, Charleston, South Carolina in 1994.
Jonathan graduated law school from Mercer University, Walter F. George School of Law. During law school, Jonathan clerked for the Honorable Rowland W. Barnes, Superior Court Judge, Fulton County, Georgia.
Jonathan was selected as one of the American Trial Lawyers Association’s Top 100 Georgia Trial Lawyers, one of the National Trial Lawyers Association’s Top 100 Georgia Trial Lawyers, one of Georgia’s Top 40 Lawyers Under 40 and he was selected to serve on the National Advisory Board for the Interstate Trucking Lawyers of America and the 2013 Executive Committee for the National Trial Lawyers Top 40 Lawyers Under 40.
Each year since 2007, Jonathan has been recognized by Georgia Super Lawyers, a rating service limited to 5% of outstanding lawyers from more than 70 practice areas who have attained a high-degree of peer recognition and professional achievement. Jonathan is an active member of the National Drowning Prevention Alliance, an organization dedicated to saving lives through drowning prevention and water safety efforts.
Jonathan and his wife live in Atlanta, Georgia and are members of Peachtree Road United Methodist Church.




Bar Admissions:
Georgia, 2000
U.S. Supreme Court
U.S. Court of Appeals 11th Circuit
U.S. District Court Northern District of Georgia
U.S. District Court Middle District of Georgia
Supreme Court of Georgia
Georgia Court of Appeals


Education:
Mercer University, Walter F. George School of Law, Macon, Georgia, 2000
J.D.
College of Charleston, Charleston, South Carolina, 1994
B.S.


Professional Associations and Memberships:
State Bar of Georgia
•  General Practice and Trial Section
•  Tort and Insurance Section
American Bar Association (ABA)
•  General Practice, Solo and Small Firm Division
Litigation Section
•  Tort and Trial Insurance Practice Section
American Association for Justice (AAJ)
•  Insurance Law Section
•  Interstate Trucking Litigation Group
•  Motor Vehicle Collision, Highway & Premises Liability Section
•  Products Liability Section
•  Professional Negligence Section
•  Spinal Cord Injury Litigation Group
Association of Interstate Trucking Lawyers of America
National Advisory Board
Atlanta Bar Association
•  Litigation Section
Georgia Trial Lawyers Association (GTLA)
Interstate Trucking Litigation Group of AAJ
Lawyers Club of Atlanta
Million Dollar Advocates Forum
National Drowning Prevention Alliance
Ten Leaders
Plaintiff’s Personal Injury Law Atlanta: Age 45 & under
The American Trial Lawyers Association
Top 100 Georgia Trial Lawyers
The National Trial Lawyers Association
Top 100 Georgia Trial Lawyers
The National Trial Lawyers Association
Top 40 Lawyers Under 40
2013 Executive Committee: Top 40 Lawyers Under 40


Professional Honors:
2013  The American Society of Legal Advocates, an invitation-only organization of elite lawyers, limited to less than 2% of all licensed lawyers nationwide and the top 100 lawyers in Georgia demonstrating excellence in their field and a sustained commitment to the legal profession
2013  Georgia Super Lawyers, top 5% of outstanding lawyers from more than 70 practice areas who have attained a high-degree of peer recognition and professional achievement
2013  The National Trial Lawyers Association, Top 100 Georgia Trial Lawyers
2013  The National Trial Lawyers Association, Top 40 Georgia Lawyers under 40
2012  Georgia Super Lawyers, Rising Stars, limited to the top 2.5% of Georgia lawyers  either 40 years old or younger or in practice for ten years or less who have attained a high-degree of peer recognition and professional achievement
2012  The National Trial Lawyers Association, Top 100 Georgia Trial Lawyers
2012  The National Trial Lawyers Association, Top 40 Georgia Lawyers under 40
2011  Georgia Super Lawyers, Rising Stars, limited to the top 2.5% of Georgia lawyers either 40 years old or younger or in practice for ten years or less who have attained a high-degree of peer recognition and professional achievement
2011  The National Trial Lawyers Association, Top 100 Georgia Trial Lawyers
2011  The National Trial Lawyers Association, Top 40 Georgia Lawyers under 40
2011  Ten Leaders, America’s Experienced, Accomplished Professionals, Plaintiff’s Personal Injury Law- Atlanta
2010  The American Trial Lawyers Association, Top 100 Georgia Trial Lawyers
2010  Georgia Super Lawyers, Rising Stars, limited to the top 2.5% of Georgia lawyers either 40 years old or younger or in practice for ten years or less who have attained a high-degree of peer recognition and professional achievement
2010  Ten Leaders, America’s Experienced, Accomplished Professionals, Plaintiff’s Personal Injury Law- Atlanta
2009  The American Trial Lawyers Association, Top 100 Georgia Trial Lawyers
2009  Georgia Super Lawyers, Rising Stars, limited to the top 2.5% of Georgia lawyers either 40 years old or younger or in practice for ten years or less who have attained a high-degree of peer recognition and professional achievement
2009  Ten Leaders, America’s Experienced, Accomplished Professionals, Plaintiff’s Personal Injury Law- Atlanta
2008  The American Trial Lawyers Association, Top 100 Georgia Trial Lawyers
2008  Ten Leaders, America’s Experienced, Accomplished Professionals, Plaintiff’s Personal Injury Law- Atlanta
2007  Georgia Super Lawyers, Rising Stars, limited to the top 2.5% of Georgia lawyers either 40 years old or younger or in practice for ten years or less who have attained a high-degree of peer recognition and professional achievement

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