Owner
Shayna the Shark, PLLC
West Palm Beach, FL · Feb 2026 — present
Founded in response to demand for justice and counsel across civil, criminal, immigration and human rights matters.
About Shayna
Shayna does not work for human beings. She works for God alone.
Shayna answers to no one but her own moral conscience.
Shayna is first and foremost a Jew, led by Hashem. That means fighting for Justice. It is what compelled Shayna to become a lawyer.
For Shayna, being a lawyer is the best passport on Earth. One day she is fighting for a rape victim, and the next she is defending someone wrongly accused. Shayna has defended clients in California, New York, Massachusetts and Florida, including federal and state courts; trial and appellate matters; and civil, criminal, immigration, and dependency proceedings.
No bullshit. No wasting the client’s time, money, or soul.
Practice history
Where the work has been done.
Assistant State Attorney
Office of the State Attorney
West Palm Beach, FL · Mar — Jun 2026
Criminal prosecution on behalf of the State of Florida.
Assistant Regional Counsel
Office of Criminal Conflict and Civil Regional Counsel, Fourth District
West Palm Beach, FL · Dec 2025 — Feb 2026
Defended dependency actions — the civil death penalty: intake, court hearings, motions and briefs, judicial review, trial, reunification and adoption. Trained to defend delinquency actions.
Of Counsel
Magen Security, LLC
Palm Beach, FL · Jun — Oct 2025
Firearm and employment law compliance for the armed security company of Palm Beach Synagogue.
Associate Attorney
Cole, Scott and Kissane
West Palm Beach, FL · Nov 2020 — Feb 2023
Wrongful death, civil rights, employment and premises litigation for the largest, full-service civil litigation firm in Florida — pleadings, written and testimonial discovery, substantive and evidentiary briefs on paper and orally in court, substantive mediation and trial reports. Complex mass tort involving hundreds of adult and child plaintiffs after a shopping-center explosion.
Contract Attorney
Scott, Wagner and Associates
Jupiter, FL · May — Nov 2020
Substantive employment law briefs for plaintiff and defense.
Associate Attorney
Covey Law
Brooklyn, NY · Sep 2017 — Jul 2019
O-1 petitions for foreigners of extraordinary ability in arts, entertainment, and sports.
Direct Representation
Where it Started.
Catholic Charities, Los Angeles
Factual investigation, legal research and representation at hearings for unaccompanied minors seeking Special Immigrant Juvenile Status.
Ninth Circuit Appellate Program
Opening and reply briefs and oral-argument preparation before three-judge panel of the Ninth Circuit, on behalf of immigrant-detainee facing final appeal from removal order.
Harvard Legal Aid Bureau
Evidence gathering and direct employer negotiations in unpaid-wage matters for restaurant workers.
Joyce and Associates, Boston
Immigration briefs to the BIA and First Circuit on behalf of immigrants facing removal.
Greater Boston Legal Services
Unemployment-insurance matters through direct representation at hearings.
Education
Credentials.
Boston College Law School
JD, 2016 — President, Jewish Law Students Association
Columbia University
BA Political Science, 2011 — cum laude
Jewish Theological Seminary
BA Bible, 2011 — magna cum laude
Middlebury Language School of Hebrew
2011 — 4.0; full, merit-based scholarship
Suncoast Community High School
2007 — IB Programme, top 5%
Beyond the courtroom
Community activist at Palm Beach Synagogue since 2019, forging pro-Israel coalitions across Florida, the United States, Israel and internationally. Full-time Hebrew teacher for grades 1–3 at Meyer Preparatory School. Recruit at the Palm Beach State College Police Academy in 2025. Youth Court supervising attorney and Project Connect special needs volunteer. Works in English, Spanish and Hebrew.
Tell Shayna what happened.
Thirty minutes. No obligation, and no commitment to file anything.