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Biographical Info
Rhona Buchan is a lawyer and an accredited family mediator. After 20 years of practising in courts, Rhona opened Buchan Law & Dispute Resolution in 2023 in St. John’s, Newfoundland & Labrador to provide a specialized focus on out-of-court dispute resolution, including family law mediation. She is also a Senior Associate with the consulting firm Goss Gilroy Inc. Rhona holds a Masters of Law (LL.M) in Dispute Resolution from Osgoode Hall Law School, York University (2021), a LL.B from the University of Ottawa (2000), a B.A. from Memorial University of NL (1996). She has been a member of the Bar of Newfoundland and Labrador since 2001. Rhona practised with Legal Aid NL from 2001 – 2021, litigating family law, child protection law and criminal law, in provincial, supreme and appeal courts throughout Newfoundland and Labrador, including in indigenous communities. At Legal Aid NL she held the positions of Area Director, Staff Solicitor, and Duty Counsel at the Supreme Court of NL Family Division.
Rhona is passionate about access to justice and the role of dispute resolution processes. She became the founding chair of FDRIA (Family Dispute Resolution Institute Atlantic) a professional network to advance knowledge and use of family dispute resolution in Atlantic Canada, and since 2020 she has taught the Dispute Resolution section of the Bar Admission course for the Law Society of Newfoundland and Labrador.
In the rest of her life, Rhona teaches yoga, is a parent of twin teens, an active member of school councils, a keen traveller, and an actor, having graduated in Theatre Performance from Toronto Metropolitan University (1991).
