Jonathan P Hayes

Jonathan Hayes – Managing Partner, Goldstein Hayes, LLC Jonathan Hayes is a nationally recognized personal injury and wrongful death trial lawyer and Managing Partner at Goldstein Hayes, LLC, a boutique law firm dedicated to representing individuals and families who have suffered catastrophic injuries, brain and spinal cord injuries, birth injuries, trucking accidents, motor vehicle collisions, medical malpractice, defective products, swimming pool accidents, and wrongful death. He represents clients across Georgia and nationwide, handling high-value, complex cases with a trial-focused, hands-on approach. With over $600 million in verdicts and settlements, including a $150 million verdict in a wrongful death trucking case, Jonathan is recognized as one of Georgia’s top personal injury lawyers and a leading U.S. trial attorney for life-changing, complex litigation. He personally oversees every case from investigation through trial, ensuring direct access to an experienced trial lawyer and results-driven advocacy for families facing catastrophic injuries. Jonathan has earned national and peer recognition for trial excellence, including National Trial Lawyers Top 100 Georgia Trial Lawyers, Best Lawyers in Georgia – Personal Injury Litigation, Multi-Million Dollar Advocates Forum, Martindale-Hubbell AV Preeminent Rating, Georgia Super Lawyers, Top 10 Trucking Trial Lawyers in Georgia, and Georgia Top 25 Brain Injury Trial Lawyers. An Atlanta native, Jonathan graduated from Woodward Academy (1990), earned a B.S. from the College of Charleston (1994), and a J.D. from Mercer University, Walter F. George School of Law (2000), where he clerked for the Honorable Rowland W. Barnes, Superior Court Judge, Fulton County, Georgia. Bar Admissions: Georgia; U.S. Supreme Court; 11th Circuit Court of Appeals; Northern & Middle Districts of Georgia; Supreme Court of Georgia; Georgia Court of Appeals.