• Law Society of British Columbia 
• Canadian Bar Association, B.C. Branch: Employment Law Section Executive and Restorative Justice Committee Member
• Federation of Asian Canadian Lawyers, B.C. Branch 

Shemay maintains a diverse practice with a focus on civil litigation. She has represented clients before the Supreme Court of British Columbia and assisted with trials in both the Supreme Court of British Columbia and British Columbia Court of Appeal.

Prior to joining Mackenzie Fujisawa, Shemay articled at one of Canada’s leading litigation firms and a prominent family law firm in Vancouver, gaining experience across a wide range of practice areas.

Shemay earned her J.D. at Thompson Rivers University, where she was awarded the Dean’s Course Prize for Civil Procedure. During law school, she worked at the British Columbia College of Nurses and Midwives and volunteered at the Thompson Rivers University Community Legal Clinic.

Shemay authored an article for the Canadian Bar Association, B.C. Branch’s journal BarTalk, titled “Contract Negotiation: Honesty Not Required” (2025). She also served as an editor for the Canadian Journal of Comparative and Contemporary Law’s “Democratic Decay: Challenges for Constitutionalism and the Rule of Law” (2021).

Before pursuing a legal career, Shemay was a research assistant at McGill University’s Gerald Bronfman Department of Oncology, where her data management contributions were acknowledged in multiple publications.

She is fluent in English and Cantonese, and has a limited working proficiency in Mandarin.