Erin K. Breen was born and raised in St. John’s and is a Gonzaga High School graduate of the Class of 1992. She completed her Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in 1997 and earned her Master of Arts (History) in 1998 at Memorial University of Newfoundland & Labrador. In 2002 she graduated from the University of New Brunswick Law School with a Bachelor of Law degree and was the recipient of the Canadian Counsel of Criminal Defence Lawyers prize and the Blake Lynch prize in criminal law & evidence. She was called to the Newfoundland and Labrador bar in 2003. She has volunteered with the Association in Defence of the Wrongly Convicted in Toronto, Ontario as a case review lawyer. Since 1998 she volunteered at MacMorran Community Centre and served as a Board member. From 2010-2016 she was the Canadian Bar Association representative on the Judicial Advisory Committee for Newfoundland and Labrador. In 2013 she was named the recipient of the Michael F. Galway Gonzaga High School Alumnus of the year award. In 2017, Erin represented the family of Donald Dunphy at the Dunphy Inquiry. Since 2017, she has been recognized and included in the Best Lawyers in Canada and was named Lawyer of the Year in the practice area of criminal defence for 2020. In 2019 she was named a fellow of the Litigation Counsel of America. Erin practices in all aspects of criminal defence with a special focus in the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act.
Contact info:
ebreen@sbdefence.ca
T: 709.739.4141