Shayna graduated from ASU’s Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law with a certificate in trial advocacy and was admitted to practice in 2022, tying for first place on the Arizona bar exam. While in law school, Shayna had a summer internship at Gallagher & Kennedy where she gained practical experience drafting demand letters and pleadings for personal injury and wrongful death actions, criminal defense cases, commercial property disputes, and commercial contract litigation. She also externed at the Arizona Court of Appeals, Division One for Judge Bailey, was a Co-Student Director for Legislating Criminal Justice Reform, and was a Certified Limited Practice Student for the Public Defender Clinic.
Shayna was an O’Connor Honors Fellow and earned CALI Excellence Awards in Appellate Advocacy, Bankruptcy, Plea Bargaining, Public Defender Clinic, Evidence, Constitutional Law, and Legal Method and Writing. Additional law school honors/awards include:
- Dean’s Award for Academic Performance and Contributions to the College of Law
- Pro Bono Service with Distinction
- Spring and Fall 2021 Willard H. Pedrick Scholar
- 2020–21 Vis International Arbitration Moot Court Advocate
- Best Oralist Award (Plaintiff/Respondent) for Legal Advocacy
See Shayna’s profile on our personal injury website.
ASSOCIATIONS & MEMBERSHIPS
- Arizona Jewish Lawyers Association, Member
- State Bar of Arizona, Young Lawyers Division, District 4 Representative
honors and awards
The National Trial Lawyers, Top 40 Under 40, 2024
News
Publications
- Author, The State-Created-Need Theory: Where Constitutional Reasonableness Meets Progressive Fairness in the Analysis of Excessive Force Claims, 53 ARIZ. ST. L.J. 1329, 2021
EVents
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Study Abroad
Politics of Global Inequality Summer Abroad Program in Geneva, Switzerland, 2017