Suite 1100, Cabot Place
100 New Gower St.
St. John’s, N.L.
A1C 6K3
Language(s) spoken: English
Bar Admission(s): Newfoundland and Labrador, 2009
Legal Assistant(s): Susan Greening
Largely focusing on litigation (commercial, construction and insurance), Erin is the chair of the Newfoundland and Labrador litigation group. She also deals in intellectual property, including trademark prosecution (registrations), copyright, entertainment, media law and privacy. Within her varied practice, Erin has assisted her clients by:
- Managing complex litigation files and obtaining excellent and timely results for her clients.
- Appearing before all levels of court in Newfoundland and Labrador.
- Developing and implementing high level litigation, privacy and corporate structuring strategies.
- Becoming fluent in major project litigation advanced document review and production platforms.
- Resolving complicated commercial real estate disputes.
- Acting as counsel for Premier Kathy Dunderdale at the Muskrat Falls Public Inquiry. Hearings proceeded for a full year and required the management of over a million documents.
- Acting as lead counsel for the applicant in the successful Afterlife obituary class action with over a million class members and resulting in an award of $20 million for class members.
- Acting as counsel for the successful plaintiff in a dispute over an alleged right-of-way.
- Acting as counsel for the Intervenor, APTN, in a significant media law appeal decision wherein an injunction was vacated relieving journalist Justin Brake of the consequences of a contempt order.
Education & Career
Education
McGill University, BA, 2001
University of New Brunswick, LLB/MBA, 2008
Activities
Chair, Canadian Bar Association National Intellectual Property Section, 2019 – present
Vice chair, Canadian Bar Association National Intellectual Property Section, 2018 – 2019
Chair, Stewart McKelvey Newfoundland and Labrador litigation practice group, 2017 – present
Founder and president, The Kitchen Party Newfoundland and Labrador Music Industry Think Tank, 2016 – present
Treasurer, Canadian Bar Association National Intellectual Property Section, 2016 – 2017
Co-chair, Stewart McKelvey Newfoundland and Labrador litigation practice group, 2016
Member, pro bono committee, Business & the Arts Newfoundland, 2014 – present
Co-chair, local operations committee, East Coast Music Association, 2014/2015
Chair, local partnerships committee, East Coast Music Association, 2014/2015
Vice-chair, East Coast Music Association, 2012 – 2015
Member, public awareness committee & insurance committee, Intellectual Property Institute of Canada (IPIC), 2012 – present
Director, St. John’s International Women’s Film Festival, 2011 – 2013
Co-chair, copyright working group preparing the CBA submission on Bill C-32, Copyright Modernization Act, Canadian Bar Association – National, 2010 – 2012
Secretary-treasurer, Canadian Federation of Musicians – local 820, 2010 – 2011
Chair, Intellectual Property section, Canadian Bar Association – Newfoundland and Labrador chapter, 2009 – 2019
Accolades
Lexpert® Rising Star: Leading Lawyer Under 40, 2017
Lexpert rating: Litigation – Corporate Commercial, 2020 – 2018
Lexpert rating: Intellectual Property Law, 2020 – 2018
Lexpert rating: Computer & IT Law, 2020
Rhind Scholarship from the Insurance Institute of Canada
Presentations
“Dynamic Equity Splits: What, why and how”, Invest NL
September 19, 2017
IP Basics for Lawyers, NL CBA IP Section
July 06, 2016
Expropriation and other popular municipal law issues, Municipalities NL Conference
May 05, 2016
Intellectual Property and Royalties for Creators, Business and the Arts NL
February 29, 2016
Implications of Sharing the Economy, Stewart McKelvey Insurance Day, Halifax
October 30, 2015
Business organizations and IP issues in film, Scene and Heard, SJWIFF
March 07, 2015