Haynes Maier Studstill was born and raised in Rome, Georgia. She attended Darlington School and graduated high school from the Culver Academies in Culver, Indiana in 1994. She graduated cum laude with a bachelor of science degree from Vanderbilt University in Nashville in 1998.
Haynes spent several years as a journalist following college. She worked at WRC-TV (the NBC affiliate station) in Washington, D.C. and WSMV Channel 4 in Nashville, Tennessee, and then went on to become the Life Editor of The Brunswick News in Brunswick, Georgia. This experience in the print industry, combined with her love for riding horses, led her to Fort Worth, Texas where she worked for the Cowboy Publishing Group’s online presence, Horsecity.com, as well as its print publications Quarter Horse News and Barrel Horse News. After several years in the journalism industry, she decided to pursue a legal career.
Awarded For Excellence And Integrity
Haynes graduated magna cum laude from Mercer University’s Walter F. George School of Law in Macon, Georgia, where she finished in the top 7% of her graduating class and nominated to the role of Editor-in-Chief of the Mercer Law Review. During law school, she clerked for the Honorable C. Ashley Royal in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Georgia in Macon, and for King & Spalding, LLP in Atlanta. She was also awarded a Faculty Award for Outstanding Legal Writing and inducted into the Brainerd Currie Honor Society.
Attorney Haynes Studstill has been recognized for her outstanding legal work, earning prestigious accolades such as:
• Rated 10.0/10.0 Superb, AVVO
• Legal Elite, Georgia Trend Magazine
• Rising Star, Georgia Super Lawyers
After graduation from law school, Haynes and her husband, Justin Studstill, moved to Atlanta where Haynes continued working at King & Spalding, LLP. In 2009, Haynes and Danny Studstill partnered to form the Studstill Firm, LLP with offices in Macon, where Haynes was headquartered for 3 years, Nashville, and Valdosta, her current home.
Haynes devotes her entire practice to helping injury victims in the wake of accidents or tragedies and is confident that this dedicated focus is beneficial to her clients.
Leadership Positions
Board Member, Safe Kids Worldwide, Lowndes County Chapter
Publishing Work
Holy Moses: What Do We Do With the Ten Commandments, 57 Mercer L. Rev. 645 (2006)
Member, Verdict Board, Georgia Trial Lawyers Association
Awards
• Rated 10.0/10.0 Superb, AVVO
• Legal Elite, Georgia Trend Magazine
• Rising Star, Georgia Super Lawyers
• Georgia Super Lawyers 2014-2019
• America’s Top 100 Personal Injury Attorneys 2019
Past Employment Positions
King & Spalding, LLP, Associate, 2007-2009
The Hon. C. Ashley Royal, U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Georgia, Summer Clerk, 2005
Publications
Holy Moses: What Do We Do With The Ten Commandments
Verdict Board, Georgia Trial Lawyers Association
57 Mercer L. Rev. 645, 2006
