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Jonathan Hayes

Goldstein Hayes, LLC
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Jonathan Hayes
Goldstein Hayes, LLC
Atlanta,
 GA

Managing Partner – Goldstein Hayes, LLC

Jonathan Hayes is a nationally recognized personal injury and wrongful death trial lawyer and Managing Partnerat Goldstein Hayes, LLC, a boutique trial law firm dedicated to representing individuals and families who have suffered catastrophic injuries or wrongful death. He handles tractor-trailer and motor vehicle accidents, medical malpractice, birth injuries, brain and spinal cord injuries, swimming pool accidents, defective products, and other life-altering injuries, representing clients across Georgia and nationwide.

With over $600 million in verdicts and settlements, Jonathan is recognized as one of Georgia’s top personal injury lawyers and a leading U.S. trial attorney for high-value, complex cases, including a $150 million verdict in a wrongful death trucking case, one of the largest in the state. He is known nationally for trying cases against hospitals, physicians, trucking companies, insurers, and product manufacturers, emphasizing jury trials and life-changing results for his clients.

Jonathan accepts a limited number of cases to ensure personalized, hands-on representation, personally managing every case from investigation through trial.

Awards & Recognition

  • American Trial Lawyers Association – Top 100 Georgia Trial Lawyers
  • National Trial Lawyers Association – Top 100 Georgia Trial Lawyers
  • Georgia Top 25 Brain Injury Trial Lawyers
  • Georgia Top 10 Trucking Trial Lawyers
  • Executive Committee – National Trial Lawyers
  • National Advisory Board – Interstate Trucking Lawyers of America
  • Martindale-Hubbell AV Preeminent® Rating
  • Georgia Super Lawyers® (2007–present)

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, 2000
  • U.S. Supreme Court
  • U.S. Court of Appeals, 11th Circuit
  • U.S. District Court, Northern & Middle Districts of Georgia
  • Supreme Court of Georgia
  • Georgia Court of Appeals

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