Biography
Shayna Matheny is licensed to practice in North Carolina and South Carolina. She joined Collins Family & Estate Law Group as a Family Law Attorney in 2023 and is primarily based in our Fort Mill, South Carolina and Monroe, North Carolina offices. She services clients in upstate South Carolina and in Union and Gaston Counties in North Carolina. After receiving her associate degree, she obtained a Bachelor of Arts in jurisprudence from California University of Pennsylvania. She attended North Carolina Central University School of Law, where she graduated valedictorian of her class.
As a former military spouse, Shayna has lived all over the United States and spent three years in Mannheim, Germany. When her husband retired from the Army, she saw it as her opportunity to pursue her long-standing dream of attending law school. During law school, Shayna worked to expand her knowledge of family law and gain practical courtroom experience. In 2019, she served as a law clerk for Chief Justice Cheri Beasley at the North Carolina Supreme Court working on appellate cases, and during her last two years of law school, she worked at a local family law firm. In addition to serving as a teaching assistant for two subjects in law school, she also participated in NCCU’s Elder Law Clinic drafting estate planning documents for local residents.
In her final year of law school, she participated in NCCU School of Law’s Family Law Clinic, providing legal advice to family law clients and actively representing family law clients in litigation under the supervision of the clinic attorney. It was Shayna’s experience working with clients in the family law clinic that confirmed family law was the perfect fit for her.
Since 2021, Shayna has represented clients in all areas of family law, including equitable distribution, post-separation support, alimony, child custody, child support, adoptions, as well as some estate planning.
She was selected to the North Carolina Super Lawyers Rising Stars list in 2023, 2024, and 2025, a designation limited to no more than 2.5% of the attorneys licensed in North Carolina.
- J.D., North Carolina Central University School of Law
- B.A., California University of Pennsylvania with a major in Jurisprudence and concentration in Legal Studies
- North Carolina Rising Star 2023, 2024, and 2025
- North Carolina Super Lawyers 2025
- South Carolina Bar Association
- North Carolina Bar Association
- Union County Bar Association
- Valedictorian of her class in law school
- North Carolina Central University Law Review Notes and Comments Editor
Shayna is a mother to three teenage boys and spends much of her free time attending their school and extracurricular events. When she’s not working, Shayna also enjoys reading dystopian fiction novels and learning to play piano.
