Experience
Shannon Gilvey is a Client Strategy Attorney at Cabanas Law Firm, where she focuses on helping potential clients understand their legal rights, options, and potential strategies in matters of family law. In her role, Shannon reviews case files in advance of consultations and then consults with potential clients providing legal guidance, which is tailored to their individual circumstances. Furthermore, she approaches each consultation with careful preparation and strategic consideration, which allows her to provide potential clients with informed legal advice concerning their immediate legal needs as well as their future issues.
Shannon consults clients on a wide range of family law matters, which include new cases involving dissolutions of marriage, time-sharing and parenting matters, prenuptial agreements, and postnuptial agreements. She also advises clients regarding post-judgment matters relating to dissolution of marriage, paternity matters, enforcement of previous court orders, modifications, and relocation involving minor children.
Prior to joining Cabanas Law Firm, Shannon served as a State Attorney and was employed by the Department of Children and Families in the Seventeenth Judicial Circuit in Broward County. During that time, she gained extensive courtroom and litigation experience, including attending judicial review proceedings, handling and responding to motions, participating in mediations and negotiations, preparing witnesses for hearings, and participating in evidentiary hearings.
Shannon earned her Juris Doctor, cum laude, from Nova Southeastern University, Shepard Broad College of Law, in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. While attending law school, she interned with the Honorable Judge Andrew Siegel in the Broward County Judicial Circuit Court, Felony Division. In addition, Shannon also interned as a family law clerk in Fort Lauderdale as well as having previously worked as a family law paralegal.
Prior to law school, Shannon earned her Bachelor’s Degree in Criminology from the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida, graduating cum laude.
Shannon is fully bilingual in English and Spanish and is committed to providing clients with clear, accessible legal guidance in both languages.
Beyond his legal practice, Sergio holds a Black Belt in Tae Kwon Do & is a certified RYT 200 Yoga Instructor registered with the Yoga Alliance. His dedication to discipline, physical balance & mindfulness directly informs his legal practice, bringing calm reassurance & structured poise to high-stress negotiations. He is also an avid dog lover.
Law School: Nova Southeastern University, Shepard Broad College of Law, Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Doctor of Law (J.D.), Cum Laude, 2021.
Undergraduate: University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida. Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) in Criminology, Cum Laude, 2015.
Earned the C.A.L.I. Book Awards for the following courses at Nova Southeastern University, Shepard Broad College of Law: UCC: Secured Transactions and Florida Bar Exam Lab.
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