LSBA Board of Governors
House of Delegates Liaison Committee Chair
Hon. Shayna Beevers Morvant
2018-2021
200 Derbigny St Ste 4100
Gretna, LA 70053
Phone: (504) 364-3936
Fax: (504) 227-1247
Shayna Beevers Morvant is managing partner of the Gretna firm of Beevers & Beevers, L.L.P. She received a BSM degree in 2009 from Tulane University’s A.B. Freeman School of Business and her JD degree in 2012 from Tulane University Law School. She was admitted to practice in Louisiana in 2012.
Shayna is a general practitioner with class action and civil litigation experience. Her practice areas include personal injury, criminal defense, family law and representation of local law enforcement organizations. She is currently a member of the adjunct faculty at Tulane Law School, teaching pre-trial litigation skills during the Boot Camp and Trial Advocacy Programs.
She has served two terms as the District 2 representative on the Louisiana State Bar Association’s (LSBA) Young Lawyers Division Council. She also serves on the LSBA’s Board of Governors, in the House of Delegates and is secretary of the Civil Law and Litigation Section. She was elected to the 2017, 2019 and 2020 Nominating Committee. She was a member of the 2015-16 Leadership LSBA Class.
Shayna is the membership chair for the Tulane Inn of Court and is a former chair of the Jefferson Bar Association’s Young Lawyers Division. She is currently serving as the treasurer for the Jefferson Bar Association board, after serving two terms as the representative at large. She is a frequent presenter of CLE topics and has been presenting programs for the LSBA since 2013, with a focus on social media, professionalism and trial litigation. She also has presented CLE programs for the New Orleans Bar Association, the Jefferson Bar Association and Tulane Law School.
In her community, she is a former chair of legislative affairs for the Junior League of New Orleans, a Louisiana Children’s Museum campaign leader and a member of the Italian American Ladies Auxiliary.
Shayna and her husband Wesley are the parents of two children.