Jonathan P. Hayes

Bar / Professional Activity

• American Bar Association (ABA), General Practice, Solo and Small Firm Division Litigation Section
• The American Trial Lawyers Association
• Interstate Trucking Litigation Group
• Professional Negligence Section
• U.S. Court of Appeals 11th Circuit
• Atlanta Bar Association, Litigation Section
• Georgia, 2000
• Lawyers Club of Atlanta
• State Bar of Georgia, Tort and Insurance Section
• Ten Leaders, Plaintiff’s Personal Injury Law Atlanta: Age 45 & under
• Insurance Law Section
• The National Trial Lawyers Association
• Products Liability Section
• Georgia Court of Appeals
• Association of Interstate Trucking Lawyers of America, National Advisory Board
• U.S. District Court Middle District of Georgia
• Interstate Trucking Litigation Group of AAJ
• State Bar of Georgia, General Practice and Trial Section
• National Drowning Prevention Alliance
• American Bar Association (ABA), Tort and Trial Insurance Practice SectionAmerican Association for Justice (AAJ)
• The National Trial Lawyers Association
• Motor Vehicle Collision, Highway & Premises Liability Section
• Supreme Court of Georgia
• Spinal Cord Injury Litigation Group
• U.S. District Court Northern District of Georgia
• Georgia Trial Lawyers Association (GTLA)
• U.S. Supreme Court
• Million Dollar Advocates Forum

Verdicts / Settlements (Case Results)

• $150,000,000 verdict against an intoxicated truck driver for the wrongful death of a nursing student.
• $7,000,000 tractor trailer collision
• $7,500,000 commercial motor vehicle collision
• $24,000,000 commercial motor vehicle collision involving brain and spinal cord injuries
• $3,250,000 tractor trailer wreck with cervical injuries and multi-level lumbar fusion
• $4,250,000- commercial motor vehicle collision with multi-level cervical fusion
• $4,250,000 traumatic brain injury from commercial motor vehicle collision
• $4,500,000 wrongful death product liability
• $5,000,000 tractor-trailer collision involving brain injury and a lumbar fusion
• $7,750,000 wrongful death tractor-trailer collision
• $17,250,000 wrongful death tractor-trailer collision
• $ 9,000,000.00  -  Medical Negligence:  Brain damaged patient $ 5,250,000.00  -  Medical Negligence:  Wrongful death $ 4,500,000.00  -  Premises Liability: Wrongful death $ 4,500,000.00  -  Premises Liability: Wrongful death $ 4,000,000.00  -  Medical Negligence:  Brain damaged patient $ 3,500,000.00  -  Medical Negligence:  Brain damaged patient $ 3,000,000.00  -  Products Liability:  Wrongful death $ 2,600,000.00  -  Products Liability:  Brain damage $ 2,200,000.00  -  Products Liability:  Brain damage $ 2,000,000.00  -  Trucking Negligence:  Brain injury $ 2,000,000.00  -  Medical Negligence:  Wrongful death $ 2,000,000.00  -  Premises Liability:  Shooting incident $ 1,750,000.00  -  Medical Negligence:  Brain damaged patient $ 1,750,000.00  -  Medical Negligence:  Brain damaged patient $ 1,750,000.00  -  Medical Negligence:  Wrongful death $ 1,650,000.00  -  Premises Liability: Brain damage patient $ 1,600,000.00  -  Trucking Negligence:  Wrongful death $ 1,500,000.00  -  Products Liability:  Eye injury $ 1,500,000.00  -  Automobile Negligence:  Brain injury $ 1,350,000.00  -  Automobile Negligence:  Wrongful death $ 1,300,000.00  -  Automobile Negligence:  Wrongful death $ 1,300,000.00  -  Automobile Negligence:  Herniated disk $ 1,250,000.00  -  Medical Negligence:  Wrongful death $ 1,250,000.00  -  Trucking Negligence:  Wrongful death $ 1,250,000.00  -  Automobile Negligence:  Wrongful death $ 1,200,000.00  -  Automobile Negligence:  Multiple fractures $ 1,040,000.00  -  Automobile Negligence:  Multiple herniated disks For more information on Goldstein & Hayes' verdicts and settlements, please visit our website. http://www.goldsteinhayes.com/verdicts-settlements/  

Pro bono / Community Service

• Active member of the National Drowning Prevention Alliance

Educational Background

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

Other Outstanding Achievements

• The American Society of Legal Advocates, an invitation-only organization of elite lawyers 
• Association of Interstate Trucking Lawyers of America National Advisory Board

Honors

• The American Society of Legal Advocate, 2013
• Georgia Super Lawyers, Rising Stars, 2012
• Georgia Super Lawyers, Rising Stars, 2011
• Ten Leaders, America’s Experienced, Accomplished Professionals, Plaintiff’s Personal Injury Law- Atlanta, 2011
• Ten Leaders, America’s Experienced, Accomplished Professionals, Plaintiff’s Personal Injury Law- Atlanta, 2010
• Ten Leaders, America’s Experienced, Accomplished Professionals, Plaintiff’s Personal Injury Law- Atlanta, 2009
• Georgia Super Lawyers, Rising Stars, 2007
• The National Trial Lawyers Association, Top 100 Georgia Trial Lawyers, 2013
• Georgia Super Lawyers, 2013
• Top 100 Georgia Trial Lawyers, The National Trial Lawyers Association, 2012
• The National Trial Lawyers Association, Top 100 Georgia Trial Lawyers, 2011
• The American Trial Lawyers Association, Top 100 Georgia Trial Lawyers, 2010
• The American Trial Lawyers Association, Top 100 Georgia Trial Lawyers, 2009
• The American Trial Lawyers Association, Top 100 Georgia Trial Lawyers, 2008
• 2013 Executive Committee: Top 40 Lawyers Under 40
• Top 40 Georgia Lawyers under 40, The National Trial Lawyers Association, 2013
• The National Trial Lawyers Association, Top 40 Georgia Lawyers under 40, 2012
• The National Trial Lawyers Association, Top 40 Georgia Lawyers under 40, 2011
• Georgia Super Lawyers, Rising Stars, 2010
• Georgia Super Lawyers, Rising Stars, 2009
• Ten Leaders, America’s Experienced, Accomplished Professionals, Plaintiff’s Personal Injury Law- Atlanta, 2008

Industry Groups

• Birth Injuries
• Construction & Catastrophic Injury Litigation
• Drowning & Premises Liability
• Medical Malpractice
• Product Liability
• Traumatic Brain & Spinal Cord Injuries
• Trucking & Commercial Motor Vehicle Litigation
• Wrongful Death

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