Shayna Aleike Beeksma

Shayna A. Beeksma is an award-winning lawyer and the founder of Beeksma Law. She received her J.D. from Osgoode Hall Law School in 2011 and was called to the Ontario Bar in 2012. Shayna summered and articled at the Toronto office of Gowling Lafleur Henderson LLP (now known as "Gowling WLG"). She then practised with a boutique commercial and estate litigation firm in Burlington, and then subsequently continued her practice at a prominent mid-sized Hamilton firm before opening Beeksma Law in 2018.

Regularly appearing before the Ontario Superior Court of Justice and having argued cases before the Divisional Court, the Ontario Court of Appeal, and the Health Professions Appeal and Review Board, Shayna is a strategic, creative and effective advocate.

A passionate innovator and entrepreneur, Shayna's main practice area is in estates and capacity law (comprised of estate litigation, capacity litigation, estate administration and estate planning), while also incorporating business law (with expertise in handling the purchases and sales of books of business for financial advisors), commercial leasing, and general civil litigation into her practice. While her clients value her knowledge, experience and legal skills, it's her firm's customer-centric approach that sets Beeksma Law apart.

Shayna truly cares about her clients. She is committed to using her expertise to achieve the best possible results for them, while offering flat-fee billing in most cases to provide certainty and predictability for clients with respect to their legal bills.

Her clients and fellow citizens know this to be true. She was voted the 2019, 2020, and 2021 Platinum Award winner for the best lawyer and real estate lawyer in Hamilton, and Beeksma Law was voted the 2019, 2020 and 2021 Platinum Award winner for the best law firm and best real estate law firm in Hamilton, by the readers of the Hamilton Spectator. In 2022 and 2023, Shayna and Beeksma Law were voted the Platinum Award winners for the best real estate lawyer and best real estate law firm by the readers of the Hamilton Spectator. Additionally, Shayna was voted the 2021 Platinum Award winner for the best lawyer in Hamilton by the readers of the Hamilton Community News.