Cheri joined Brunini in 1988 and became a member of the Firm in 1992. Cheri has a broad litigation practice ranging from commercial litigation, single-plaintiff personal injury and multi-plaintiff mass tort dockets. She also has an extensive insurance practice concentrating on defense of bad-faith claims, coverage litigation and health care issues, including ERISA, HIPAA and mental health care.

Cheri headed up the Firm’s mass-tort Silica Division. This role included management of the State Court cases as well as the National MDL 1553 docket where she was one of five members of the Steering Committee before the MDL was de-activated.

in 2008-09, Cheri was involved in representation of national energy companies relating to natural gas and liquid petroleum pipelines.

Representative Matters

• Cheri represents various types of clients including health insurance and medical providers in insurance and health care issues including the new Affordable Care Act.
• As a member of the Defense Steering Committee for the MDL 1553 Silica Docket, Cheri has successfully defended over 10,000 MDL cases and 8,000 state cases.
• Cheri has successfully defended her clients in multiple Benzene personal injury cases which also resulted in the dismissal of co-defendants.
• Presently, Cheri is lead attorney for clients in multiple state and federal asbestos and drilling mud related litigation.

Speeches & Publications

• Cheri Green & Lane Staines, Health Care Reform: A Look at Employer-Based Wellness Programs, Miss. Med. News, August 2010.

• "Medicaid Expansion Under Health Care Reform: Fly Over View," Mississippi Medical News, July 2010 (View Article)

• Quoted in two Mississippi Business Journal Articles:
  "Changes in the Insurance Industry," Mississippi Business Journal, June 21, 2010 (View Article) and "Lawyers are Winners in Healthcare Reform," Mississippi Business Journal, june 21, 2010 (View Article)

• Cheri Green & Lane Staines, What Healthcare Entities Need to Know about HIPAA, Miss. Business Journal, A Guide to Mississippi Stimulus Spending, July 27-Aug. 2, 2009, at 18.

• Client newsletters on COBRA Premium Subsidy under ARRA and CHIPs' Reauthorization Act of 2009.

• C. Green and M. Graves, "Allocation of Fault: Joint Tort Feasors in the court and the ones who should be," 63 Miss. L. J. 647 (1994). Cited by various courts and legal journals on the issue of allocation of fault.

• C. Green and W. Ray, 1985 Supreme Court Review, Civil Procedure, 56 Miss. L.J. (1986)
  
• Mental Health Updates
  
• Mississippi Defense Bulletins
  
• National Business Institute lecturer on various trial practice topics
  
• Health Education lecturer on mental health topics

Community & Professional Activities

• Hinds County Bar Association
• Mississippi Bar Association (Mississippi Bar Litigation Section Past President, Fellow of the Young Lawyers of the Mississippi Bar)
• Mississippi Defense Lawyers Association
• Defense Research Institute
• Madison County Leadership 2008
• Madison County Leasership Executive Committee and Trustee 2009-Present