Shayda Kayhani

Shayda was born in Gainesville, Florida and raised in Vero Beach, Florida. She attended college at Florida State University and graduated cum laude with a Bachelor of Arts in Communication, a double major in English, and a minor in Film Studies. While at FSU, Shayda was inducted into the International Mercer University’s Walter F. George School of Law Golden Key Honour Society and was a trombone player in the FSU Marching Chiefs. After graduating from FSU, Shayda moved to Macon, Georgia and attended Mercer University’s Walter F. George School of Law, where she earned her Juris Doctor and graduated cum laude. While in law school, she was Moot Court Chair of the Mercer Advocacy Council and competed in the National Appellate Advocacy Competition and the Ruby R. Vale Interschool Corporate Moot Court Competition. Prior to joining the firm, Shayda worked as the sole Staff Attorney for the Enotah Judicial Circuit in North Georgia and then transitioned into private practice, practicing in the areas of workers’ compensation and general liability defense in Georgia before moving back to Florida where her practice focused on first-property property disputes. At Block & Scarpa, Shayda’s practice focuses exclusively on dispute resolution and general civil litigation, including disputes regarding real estate, contracts, trust administration and probate, business transactions, and property damage. Awards and Honors Super Lawyers® Selectees Shayda Kayhani included in a Super Lawyers® list Honors Selected to Rising Stars: 2021 - 2024 Order of the Barristers, Mercer University’s Walter F. George School of Law, 2015 Faculty Legal Writing Award, Mercer University’s Walter F. George School of Law, 2013 CALI Excellence for the Future Award for Legal Writing, Mercer University’s Walter F. George School of Law, 2013 International Golden Key Honor Society, Florida State University, 2010-2012 Other Sources of Feedback About Shayda Kayhani Included on the 2026Florida Super Lawyers list Past Lists 2025 Florida Super Lawyers list 2024 Florida Super Lawyers list 2023 Florida Super Lawyers list 2022 Florida Super Lawyers list 2021 Florida Super Lawyers list

• Attorney

• Georgia, 2015
• Florida, 2017