Josh Hayes

Josh Hayes

Attorney

Josh has dedicated his career to tackling some of the most pressing social challenges of our time. Appointed as a Deputy Attorney General by Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall, he played a pivotal role in the state’s efforts to address the opioid crisis and the devastating impact of overprescription, oversupply and illegal distribution on local communities. Josh has also been at the forefront of high-stakes litigation targeting pornography companies to prevent them from profiting from sex trafficking and child exploitation. Through his work, Josh is committed to safeguarding Alabama’s future and advocating on behalf of those affected by these crises.

Practice Areas

  • Personal Injury
  • Insurance Fraud / Bad Faith
  • Defective Products
  • Trucking Wrecks
  • Wrongful Death

Josh's Qualifications:

ASSOCIATIONS

Josh was admitted to the Alabama State Bar in 2004. He is a past-President of the Alabama Association for Justice where he currently serves as a TRIAL PAC trustee, and as a member of the Board of Directors, Elections Committee, Executive Committee, and Legislative Committee and is the past Chair of the Emerging Leaders Section.  He is also a member of the American Association for Justice and the Southern Trial Lawyers Association. Josh has served on the Board of Directors of the Good Samaritan Clinic, a Tuscaloosa medical clinic treating disadvantaged citizens of West Alabama who are without health insurance. He is a former member of The University’s Honors College Board of Visitors and 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.

Currently, Josh is serving as the 2025 Capital Campaign Chair for the United Way of West Alabama.  UWWA’s Campaign, which raises money for 30 partner agencies stretching across nine counties, has in recent years set and exceeded goals in excess of $4 million.  Josh is set to lead a team of roughly 1,000 volunteers who work to raise and allocate the funds, which impact roughly 1 in 4 people across West Alabama.

Josh and his wife Jenny Rob have two daughters, Stella Grace (UA sophomore) and Caroline (high school junior).  They attend Christ Episcopal Church.

SERVICE AND HONORS

  • Alabama State Bar
    • Board of Bar Commissioners, Sixth Judicial Circuit – completing first term
    • Leadership Forum, Class 8
    • Member, President Brannon Buck’s Executive Committee
    • Co-chair, Justice for All Task Force
    • Co-chair, Litigation Section
    • Co-chair, Lawyer Public Relations Task Force
    • Member, Personnel Committee
    • Member, Government Relations Committee
    • Member, Bench and Bar Task Force
    • Volunteer Lawyers Program, pro bono volunteer
  • Supreme Court’s Committee on the Alabama Rules of Civil Procedure, 2014-present
  • 2020 West Alabama Young Leader of the Year Award, United Way of West Alabama.
  • Past President, Alabama Civil Justice Foundation
  • Fellow, Alabama Law Foundation (limited to no more than 1% of Alabama lawyers)
  • AV Preeminent rated by Martindale Hubbell
  • Member, Multi-Million Dollar Advocates Forum (only 1,000 lawyers in the U.S.)
  • Alabama SuperLawyers 2011- present
  • The National Trial Lawyers: Top 40 under 40

EDUCATION

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.