Lawyer Profile
Michelle Chai
Halifax, Nova Scotia
Overview
Michelle provides sound legal solutions and risk management to corporate commercial clients in a variety of industries including banking, energy, telecommunications, customs (imports) and procurement. She also works with insurers in such areas as disability insurance, personal injury and property insurance. Michelle has represented clients in commercial arbitrations, Nova Scotia Supreme, Small Claims and Federal Court matters, as well as appeals before the Canadian International Trade Tribunal, Federal Court of Appeal, Nova Scotia Court of Appeal and Supreme Court of Canada.
Université de Moncton, Trial Advocacy Program, 2016 Dalhousie University, JD, 2012 Queen’s University, BAH Political Studies & History, 2009
Member, Stewart McKelvey Halifax Students Committee Member, Stewart McKelvey Diversity & Inclusion Committee, 2024 – 2025 Member, Board of Directors, Lawyers Insurance Association of Nova Scotia, 2021 – present Co-Chair, Gender Equity Committee, Nova Scotia Barristers’ Society, 2022 – present Member, Gender Equity Committee, Nova Scotia Barristers’ Society, 2019 – present Instructor, Civil Trial Practice, Dalhousie University Schulich School of Law, Winter 2020 – Winter 2021 Member, Board of Directors, Legal Information Society of Nova Scotia, 2014 – 2021 Member, The Advocates Society, 2024 – present Member, Canadian Defence Lawyers Association, 2013 – present Member, Board of Directors, Young Canadian Arbitration Practitioners, 2017 – 2020 Member, Young Canadian Arbitration Practitioners, 2011 – present Member, Canadian Bar Association, 2012 – present Member-at-Large, Canadian Bar Association, Women’s Lawyer Forum, 2018 – 2019 Member, Canadian Bar Association Equality Committee, 2014 – 2017
Best Lawyers “Ones to Watch”, Alternative Dispute Resolution, 2025 – 2026 Best Lawyers “Ones to Watch”, Insurance Law, 2025 – 2026
Practice Areas
Bar Information
Called to the bar: 2013 (NS)