About Us Archive - Hayes Law, APC https://hayeslawsd.com/about/ Personal Injury and Product Liability Lawyer San Diego Fri, 25 Jul 2025 05:07:02 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9 https://hayeslawsd.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/favicon.webp About Us Archive - Hayes Law, APC https://hayeslawsd.com/about/ 32 32 James F. Hayes https://hayeslawsd.com/about/james-f-hayes/ Wed, 02 Jul 2025 08:55:31 +0000 https://hayeslawsd.com/?post_type=pbmit-team-member&p=302 James F. Hayes Personal Injury Lawyer James (Jim) Hayes is a partner of Hayes Law, APC. For over a decade, Jim has zealously represented his clients in all aspects of civil litigation. He focuses his practice on severe personal injury cases resulting from motor vehicle collisions, bicycle accidents, slip and falls, dog bites, and pedestrian […]

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James F. Hayes

Personal Injury Lawyer


James (Jim) Hayes is a partner of Hayes Law, APC. For over a decade, Jim has zealously represented his clients in all aspects of civil litigation. He focuses his practice on severe personal injury cases resulting from motor vehicle collisions, bicycle accidents, slip and falls, dog bites, and pedestrian accidents. Jim also has extensive experience in wrongful death cases where he represents family members that have lost a loved one due to the fault of another person or entity.

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Jim represents clients with a broad array of injuries from soft tissue injuries, broken bones, burns, injuries requiring surgical intervention, and survivors of traumatic brain injuries (TBI). He prides himself on being with his clients every step of the way to navigate them through the sometimes choppy waters of litigation with as little disruption as possible to their day-to-day life. Jim’s goal in every case is to ensure his clients receive the best treatment for their injuries – affording them the greatest opportunity at recovery – while he battles the insurance companies to obtain the maximum compensation for his clients.
Prior to joining Hayes Law, APC, Jim was a partner at a top insurance defense firm where he focused his practice on the defense of catastrophic personal injury and wrongful death claims. Jim worked closely with insurance companies in defense of these claims. This experience allows him to know exactly how to deal with insurance companies through all phases of litigation. This gives Jim’s clients access to a unique skill set where Jim uses his insider knowledge of how insurance companies operate so you can be confident you are getting the highest available compensation for your claim.
Jim is respected by his peers in the legal profession on both sides of the aisle. This is because while he is always a tenacious advocate for his clients, he does so with integrity and strong moral character. For this, Jim has been named to Best Lawyers – One to Watch (2021 – 2022) and Super Lawyers – Rising Stars (2022).
During law school, Jim clerked for several firms specializing in personal injury, employment law, and estate planning. Jim also completed an internship with the San Diego District Attorney’s Office, Elder Abuse Prosecution Unit.

Outside of his law practice, Jim enjoys spending time with his wife and their dog, exploring San Diego’s numerous outdoor activities including surfing, hiking, fishing, and trips to the mountains to snowboard.

Honors, Awards, Recognitions

  • -- Best Lawyers – One to Watch (2021 – 2022)
  • -- Super Lawyers – Rising Star in the area of Personal Injury (2022)

Education

  • -- J.D., Thomas Jefferson School of Law (2011)
  • Graduated with honors (Cum Laude)
  • Recipient of a merit-based scholarship (2008-2011)
  • -- B.S., San Diego State University (2005)
  • Bachelor’s in Criminal Justice Administration
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]]> Jillian F. Hayes https://hayeslawsd.com/about/jillian-f-hayes/ Fri, 28 Oct 2022 05:33:29 +0000 http://attorly-demo.pbminfotech.com/demo1/?post_type=pbmit-team-member&p=2671 Jillian F. Hayes Personal Injury Lawyer Specializing in serious personal injury and sexual assault litigation, Jillian F. Hayes is a top trial attorney in San Diego. Before practicing plaintiff’s personal injury, she focused her practice on insurance defense and now uses the knowledge she gained working closely with insurance adjusters to help injured victims. Free […]

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Jillian F. Hayes

Personal Injury Lawyer

Specializing in serious personal injury and sexual assault litigation, Jillian F. Hayes is a top trial attorney in San Diego. Before practicing plaintiff’s personal injury, she focused her practice on insurance defense and now uses the knowledge she gained working closely with insurance adjusters to help injured victims.

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In 2015, Jillian joined the prestigious San Diego based law firm Casey Gerry Schenk Francavilla Blatt and Penfield, LLP and quickly developed a reputation as a tenacious and bold attorney determined to get the best results for her clients. She is known for embracing challenging cases and always going the extra mile for her clients.
In 2021, Jillian pursued her lifelong dream of managing her own personal injury law firm and started Hayes Law, APC. Jillian’s passion has always been to help people in need. She feels there is no better way to accomplish this goal than to provide each case with individualized attention and each client with the best representation possible.
Some of Jillian’s noteworthy results include a 7-figure settlement for her homeless client who was severely injured in a pedestrian vs. auto collision in La Jolla, CA. In addition, Jillian was one of the lead attorneys on the team who successfully represented Angela Bolger in the precedent-setting appeal in Bolger v. Amazon.com, LLC.
Jillian was recognized as one of San Diego’s Top 40 under 40 Business Professionals in 2019, Super Lawyers Rising Stars 2020, and Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch 2021. She is on the Founding Advisory Board for the Online Courtroom Project (OCP), a member of the Consumer Attorneys of San Diego, the American Association of Justice, the Lawyers Club of San Diego, Association of Business Trial Lawyers, and the current President of Business Network International’s La Jolla Chapter.
In her free time, she enjoys traveling, cooking, paddle boarding, and watching NFL football.

Education

  • -- Arizona State University
  • -- California Western School of Law, J.D.

Areas of Practice

  • -- Automobile Accidents
  • -- Bicycle Accidents
  • -- Burn Injury
  • -- Construction Negligence
  • -- Dog Bites
  • -- Head/Brain Injury
  • -- Sexual Assault
  • -- Wrongful Death
  • -- Personal Injury
  • -- Slip Trip and Fall
  • -- Spinal Cord Injury
  • -- Trucking Accidents

Featured Cases

  • -- Family of dog bite victim resulting in death
  • -- Truck driver crushed by approx. 2,000 lbs of metal receive a life-changing settlement
  • -- Rape by an employee at an Assisted Living Facility Settles
  • -- Pedestrian run over by car suffers catastrophic orthopedic injuries
  • -- Precedent-setting appeal in the E-commerce product liability case of Bolger v. Amazon.com, LLC

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