Jonathan Barnes

Jonathan Barnes is a Personal Injury Attorney at Hughes & Coleman Injury Lawyers in Kentucky. He has secured millions in compensation for injury victims throughout Kentucky.

Barnes earned his Juris Doctor magna cum laude from the University of Louisville Louis D. Brandeis School of Law and his Bachelor of Science in Finance and Political Science from the University of Kentucky. He was admitted to the State Bar of Kentucky in 2021 and is also admitted to practice in the U.S. District Courts for the Eastern and Western Districts of Kentucky.

Barnes has been recognized as a National Trial Lawyers Top 40 Under 40 member in both 2024 and 2025. He secured the highest slip-and-fall verdict in Kentucky in 2022. During law school, his research note 'Applicable Requirements for Agency Defense: Closing a Circuit Split Regarding the EPA's Clean Air Act Title V Interpretation' was published in the Journal of Animal and Environmental Law.