Practice areas: Business & Corporate, Mergers & Acquisitions, Franchise & Dealership; view more
Licensed in Florida since: 2010
Education: Florida International University College of Law
Languages spoken: Arabic, English
Selected to Rising Stars: 2015 - 2026 Motiva Business Law
2021 Midwest RdSuite 136
Oak Brook, IL 60523 Phone: 630-517-5529 Email: Danya Shakfeh Visit website
Danya Shakfeh is highly dedicated to her clients and strives to provide peace of mind to each one of them. Her services include mergers and acquisitions, franchise law, and contract drafting, review, and negotiation, and trademarks.
Danya serves her clients by serving as a legal advisor while keeping in the mind the realities of business. Through client education, she gives her clients the resources and information for them to make the best decisions for their businesses.
Danya also conducts seminars on buying and selling businesses, franchise law, and other parts of transactional business law.
Danya is licensed both in Illinois and Florida and serves clients in both states.
Practice areas
Business/Corporate, Mergers & Acquisitions, Franchise/Dealership, Intellectual PropertyFirst Admitted: 2010, Illinois
Bar / Professional Activity
- Danya was admitted to the Illinois bar in 2010 and to the Florida bar in 2012., 2010
Educational Background
- University of South Florida Bachelors of Art in International Studies, 2003-2006
- Florida International University College of Law Juris Doctor, 2006-2009
White Papers
- Danya Shakfeh writes about using legal analyses to address claims of spiritual and religious abuse., Using Legal Analysis to Address Claims of Spiritual Abuse, 2018
- “Bamboozled. Hoodwinked. Defrauded. Those words send shivers up our spines, as we have all probably been taken for a ride once or twice in our lives,” writes Danya Shakfeh in her July 2021 Illinois Bar Journal article, “Justifiably Defrauded?” Shakfeh notes the legal definition and standard for demonstrating fraud makes it hard for plaintiffs to prove, or even plead, fraud. Illinois courts have made fraud an extremely subjective and fact-specific claim, she adds. This subjective standard is evidenced by the First District of the Illinois Appellate Court’s September 2020 decision in Metropolitan Capital Bank & Trust v. Feiner. Given the many ways a person can lie, the varying levels of information available, and the sophistication of plaintiffs, Shakfeh goes on to discuss how Illinois courts are presented with an array of decisions with no objective standard to determine whether a plaintiff justifiably or reasonably relied on a defendant’s representations., Justifiably Defrauded?, Business Law, Banking, 2021
- Danya Shakfeh explores the latest employment laws that are evolving with technological trends., New Employment Laws for a New Generation?, Business Law, Employment Law, 2019
Honors
- Rising Star, Super Lawyers, 2026
- Rising Star, Super Lawyers, 2025
- Rising Star, Super Lawyers, 2024
- Rising Star, Super Lawyers, 2023
- Rising Star, Super Lawyers, 2022
- Rising Star, Super Lawyers, 2021
- Rising Star, Super Lawyers, 2020
- Rising Star, Super Lawyers, 2019
- Rising Star, Super Lawyers, 2018
- Rising Star, Super Lawyers, 2017
- Rising Star, Super Lawyers, 2016
- Rising Star, Super Lawyers, 2015
Industry Groups
- Food Industry
- Manufacturing
- Professional Services
- Retail
- Technology
Office location for Danya Shakfeh
2021 Midwest Rd
Suite 136
Oak Brook, IL 60523
Selections
- Rising Stars: 2015 - 2026