We are pleased to present the 2024-25 Canadian Bar Association - Newfoundland and Labrador Branch Executive Committee (term of office September 1, 2024- August 31, 2025).
Executive Director
Robyn Coish
Canadian Bar Association - Newfoundland & Labrador
St. John's

Young Lawyers Chair
Claire Dowden
President
Lynn Sullivan
Cox & Palmer
St. John's
Lynn Sullivan
Biography
Lynn Sullivan is a Lawyer with the St. John’s office of Cox & Palmer. She carries a broad corporate commercial legal practice, advising clients on issues ranging from general corporate matters to commercial and civil litigation. Lynn has an extensive business background spanning twenty years, as a business owner, as well as experience in senior management roles in the natural resources industry, professional services, and as an executive in the public sector. She is an avid community volunteer, having served on the boards of the St. John’s Board of Trade, Public Legal Information Association of Newfoundland & Labrador, Community Sector Council, and YMCA of Newfoundland & Labrador. Lynn is currently an executive member of the Canadian Bar Association’s Newfoundland & Labrador branch and serves as director and Treasurer on the board of Taskforce NL and techNL.
Lynn holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree from Memorial University, has her CPA, CA, and ICD.D designations, and obtained her law degree from Dalhousie University’s Schulich School of Law.
Vice President
Eugene Chao
Department of Justice and Public Safety, Newfoundland and Labrador

Western Regional Rep
John Noseworthy

Central Regional Rep
Patricia Kirby

CLE Chair
Morgan Chafe