Jonathan Hayes

Jonathan Hayes is a nationally recognized Atlanta personal injury attorney and the managing partner at Goldstein Hayes & Lina, LLC.  Jonathan’s practice is focused on helping individuals and families who have suffered catastrophic injuries or wrongful death in cases involving tractor-trailer and motor vehicle collisions, construction accidents and explosions, swimming pool accidents, and injuries from defective products. Jonathan is personally responsible for receiving hundreds of millions of dollars in verdicts and settlements for his clients, including a $150 Million Dollar verdict on behalf of a nursing student killed by an intoxicated truck driver and a recovery in excess of $17 Million Dollars on behalf of children who lost their mother due to a truck driver charged with driving under the influence of controlled substances. An Atlanta native, Jonathan is a graduate of Woodward Academy in College Park. Jonathan received his Bachelor of Science from the College of Charleston, in South Carolina and then 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 is a member of Peachtree Road United Methodist Church, and he proudly serves as a member of the Foundation Board at the College of Charleston. Jonathan is consistently 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 25 Brain Injury Trial Lawyers, and a Top 10 Trucking Trial Lawyer, and he has been selected to serve on the National Advisory Board for the Interstate Trucking Lawyers of America and the Executive Committee for the National Trial Lawyers. Jonathan also has been selected as a Lifetime Charter Member by Best Attorneys of America, an invitation-only organization limited to less than 1% of the lawyers in America.  Jonathan holds the highest possible peer review rating possible from Martindale-Hubbell® for outstanding ethics and legal skill: the rating of AV Preeminent®. 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 also is an active member of the National Drowning Prevention Alliance, an organization dedicated to saving lives through drowning prevention and water safety efforts.