Joshua Patrick Hayes

Joshua Patrick Hayes
Tuscaloosa, Alabama

Josh Hayes has practiced at Prince, Glover & Hayes in Tuscaloosa, Alabama since May 2004. He became a partner in the firm in May 2010. The firm’s areas of practice include personal injury, automobile accidents, 18-wheeler accidents, wrongful death, product liability, insurance fraud, worker’s compensation, and environmental cases.

He graduated, cum laude, from The University of Alabama’s College of Commerce and Business Administration in 1998 with an Honor’s Degree in Accounting and a minor in Computer-Based Honors. While at the University, Josh served as president of Capstone Men & Women and as a member of the SGA Senate, the Jasons, Omicron Delta Kappa, Mortar Board and the Anderson Society. In recognition of his academic and extra-curricular achievements, he was named as The University’s Outstanding Senior in 1998.

Previous to pursuing a career in law, Josh held a position as senior aide and cabinet member to former Governor Don Siegelman and as Legislative Director to former Lieutenant Governor Lucy Baxley. He is one of the youngest people to ever serve in a Governor’s Cabinet.

Josh furthered his education at the Thomas Goode Jones School of Law in Montgomery, where he served on the editorial board of the Jones Law Review and received his Juris Doctorate in 2003. He was admitted to the Alabama State Bar in 2004. His memberships include the Alabama Association for Justice where he serves on the Board of Directors, Executive Committee, and Legislative Committee, and the American Association for Justice. He also serves on the advisory board of The University of Alabama’s Blackburn Institute, a group whose purpose is to create a network of student leaders who strive to improve the quality of life for all of Alabama’s citizens, The University’s Honors College Board of Visitors, and the Board of Directors of the Good Samaritan Clinic, a Tuscaloosa medical clinic treating disadvantaged citizens who are without health insurance.

Josh further contributes to the community through pro bono work offered by the Alabama Bar Association’s Volunteer Lawyers Program. In 2012, he was selected to become a member Class 8 of the Alabama State Bar’s Leadership Forum. He was named one of Alabama’s Rising Stars by SuperLawyers magazine in both 2011 and 2012. In 2012, he was selected for national membership into The National Trial Lawyers: Top 40 under 40 (one of only 40 trial lawyers in the state of Alabama chosen “based on performance as an exceptional young trial lawyer.”)

He is married to the former Carrie Ann Bentley, a Registered Nurse. They worship at the First United Methodist Church in Tuscaloosa.

Bar Admissions:

Alabama, 2004

Education:

Faulkner University, Jones School of Law, Montgomery, Alabama
Law Review: Jones Law Review, Editorial Board

The University of Alabama’s College of Commerce and Business Administration, 1998
Honors: Cum Laude
Honors: With Honors
Honors: President, Capstone Men & Women
Honors: Member, SGA Senate
Honors: Member, The Jasons
Honors: Member, Mortar Board
Honors: Member, Anderson Society
Honors: Outstanding Senior, 1998
Honors: Member, Omicron Delta Kappa
Major:  Accounting
Minor:  Computer-Based

Honors and Awards:

President, Capstone Men & Women

Professional Associations and Memberships:

Alabama Association for Justice

Board of Directors

American Association for Justice

Member

University of Alabama’s Blackburn Institute

Advisory Board

First United Methodist Church of Tuscaloosa

Member

Past Employment Positions:

Former Governor Don Siegelman, Senior Aide

Lieutenant Governor Lucy Baxley, Legislative Director

Pro Bono Activities:

Alabama Bar Association’s Volunteer Lawyer Program