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Shaina Case

Shaina A. Case

Phone: (307) 634-7723
Fax: (307) 634-0985
Shaina Case

Shaina believes a well-prepared estate plan is one of the most meaningful gifts you can give yourself and the people you love. She has dedicated her practice to help clients create estate plans tailored to their goals, families, and peace of mind. With a deep focus on trusts and estate law, Shaina brings legal precision and genuine care to every plan she designs.

Shaina builds comprehensive will- and trust-based estate plans that help clients avoid probate, streamline wealth transfer after death, and prepare for life’s unexpected turns through financial and medical powers of attorney. Her practice also extends to more complex and sophisticated planning, including federal estate, gift, and generation-skipping transfer (GST) tax strategies, asset protection strategies, and creation of irrevocable and special needs trusts for families navigating unique circumstances.

When it is time to settle an estate or trust after a loved one passes away, Shaina guides personal representatives through court-supervised probate and supports trustees and beneficiaries through every stage of trust administration.

What sets Shaina apart is simple: she listens closely, explains complex issues in an easy-to-understand way, and is genuinely invested in helping each client make informed decisions with confidence.

Practice Areas

  • Estate Planning: I design estate plans tailored to each client’s needs — from simple will-based plans (wills, powers of attorney, advance healthcare directives, and transfer on death deeds); to revocable living trust-based plans (individual or joint revocable living trusts, pour-over wills, assistance with trust funding, including real estate and business funding), to sophisticated planning involving special needs trusts and federal estate, gift, and generation-skipping transfer tax strategies.
  • Estate & Trust Administration: I guide clients and families through the legal and practical steps that follow a loved one’s death, including probate, summary probate, small estate affidavits, affidavits of survivorship, and related estate administration matters. I also assist with trust administration matters, drawing on experience representing both trustees and qualified beneficiaries).
  • Family & Elder Law: I handle select adoption and guardianship/conservatorship matters for minors and adults, as well as proactive Medicaid planning, including preparation of Medicaid Asset Protection Trusts.
  • Business Formation: I organize and incorporate Wyoming entities and advise on entity purchases and sales of stock or assets.
  • Contracts & Real Estate: I draft a variety of contracts, including premarital agreements, easements, and rights of first refusal, and handle residential and commercial real estate matters.
  • Partner, Hathaway & Kunz, LLP – January 1, 2026 to present
  • Of Counsel, Hathaway & Kunz, LLP – May 2023 to December 2025
  • Partner, Hirst Applegate, LLP – January 2021 to April 2023
  • Associate, Hirst Applegate, LLP – January 2017 – December 2020
  • Associate, Davis & Cannon, LLP – September 2014 – October 2016
  • Law Clerk, The Honorable Kelly H. Rankin, U.S. Chief Magistrate Judge for the District of Wyoming – September 2013 – September 2014
  • University of Wyoming, J.D., (with honors), 2013
  • University of Wyoming, B.A., (Spanish), 2010
  • University of Wyoming, B.A., (Criminal Justice), 2010
  • Wyoming State Bar CLE presentation (2025) – Best Practices and Emerging Trends in Probate, Estate Planning, Estate Administration, and Charitable Planning (September 2025)
  • Secure Act, LCCC (Fall 2022)
  • The Probate Process from Start to Finish – Uncovering the Laws of Intestacy and How They May Apply, National Business Institute Seminar (December 2019)
  • Wyoming Probate 101, Cheyenne Regional Medical Center Foundation (April 2019)
  • Step-by-Step Guide to Drafting Wills and Trusts – Key Elements of Effective Wills, National Business Institute Seminar (November 2018)
  • The Probate Process from Start to Finish – Law of Intestate Succession & Handling Claims Against the Estate, National Business Institute Seminar (December 2017)
  • Trusts from A to Z – Generation Skipping/Dynasty Trusts & Charitable Trusts, National Business Institute Seminar (June 2017)
  • Board Member, Holy Trinity Manor Board (2021 to present)
  • Board Member, Friends of the Cheyenne Botanic Gardens Foundation (2020 to present)
  • Greater Cheyenne Chamber of Commerce “Emerging Leader” Finalist (2020)
  • Volunteer, Equal Justice Wyoming
  • Montessori School of Cheyenne Board (September 2023 through May 2024)
  • Chair for the Estate Planning, Elder Law, Trust & Probate Section of the Wyoming State Bar (October 2025 to Present)
  • Chair Elect for the Estate Planning, Elder Law, Trust & Probate Section of the Wyoming State Bar (October 2024 to September 2025)
  • Greater Cheyenne Chamber of Commerce, Leadership Cheyenne (Class of 2019-2020)
  • Wealth Counsel (2017 to Present)
  • Southeast Wyoming Estate Planning Council (2017 to Present)
  • Greater Cheyenne Chamber of Commerce Red Carpet Committee (2017 to 2021; serving as 2019 Vice Chair, 2020 Chair, and 2021 Past Chair)
  • Business Networking International, Effective Connections Chapter (April 2019 to April 2024)
  • Wyoming State Bar Association (2013 to Present)
  • United States District Court for the District of Wyoming (2014 to present)
  • United States Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals (2015 to present)
  • Wyoming Civil Pattern Jury Instruction Committee (2017-2019)
  • Ewing T. Kerr American Inn of Court, (2013 to 2022, 2017-2019 Secretary)
  • Spanish
    • Reading
    • Writing
    • Conversational Speaking

When not working with clients, Shaina enjoys long-distance running (half marathons to 50Ks), cross training, reading, cooking, playing the piano, and, most of all, spending time with her husband and three children.

Shaina grew up in Douglas and is proud to be a Wyoming native.