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 the Affordable Care Act.  Cheri has been selected as a leading lawyer by Best Lawyers in America® in the fields of Personal Injury Litigation, Product Liability Litigation; and, Mass Tort Litigation and by Mid-South Super Lawyers® in Products Liability Defense - Products. 

Representative Matters

• Cheri represents various types of clients including the largest health insurer in the State and medical providers in insurance and health care issues such as the Affordable Care Act.
• As a member of the Defense Steering Committee for the MDL 1553 Silica Docket, Cheri 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.
• In the last several years, Cheri participated in several oil and gas pipeline construction projects for various clients including condemnation and valuation.   
• Presently, Cheri is lead attorney for a client in its Mississippi state and federal asbestos related litigation.
• Riley v. Blue Cross Blue Shield of Mississippi, et al., No. 3:09cv674 (S.D. Miss. 2011)(grant of summary judgment in ERISA action finding Blue Cross was not a proper part to the action and finding that claim for breach of fiduciary duty was barred since claim for benefits was filed)
• Stephen Mantz v. McCoy Corporation, 2010 WL 2545467 (S.D. Miss. 2010)(summary judgment granted in part and denied in part)
• Cheryl Robley, Ph.D. v. Blue Cross Blue Shield of Mississippi, 935 So.2d 990 (Miss. 2006) (action based on alleged breach of confidentiality; on remand – tried to a defense verdict 2010)
• Rich Ellison v. Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Mississippi, 529 F.Supp.2d 620 (S.D. Miss. 2007)(ERISA action; summary judgment granted to Blue Cross)
• Gordon Fowler and Carolyn Fowler v. First Chemical Corporation, 2006 WL 2527317 (S.D. Miss. 2006)(summary judgment granted based on statute of limitation)
• 3M Company, et al. v. Letha C. Glass, et al. v. Charles H. Green, et al., (917 So.2d 90) (Miss. 2005)(seminal case finding requirement for severing claims of multiple plaintiffs in silica action)
• Vivian Rasberry and Eric Scott Pope v. Blue Cross Blue Shield of Mississippi, 850 So.2d 1194 (Miss.Ct.App.2002)(claims administrator for self funded plan not a proper party to a breach of contract action without finding of independent breach, and Blue Cross did not act in bad faith)
• Kay J. Burroughs v. FFP Operating Partners, L.P., 28 F.3d 543 (5^th Cir. 1994)(affirmed denial of intentional infliction of emotional distress and that emotional injuries did not meet standard and affirmed jury verdict on slander claim but reversed and remanded on embezzlement allegation being a jury question)
• Neal White v. Esmark Apparel, Inc., 788 F.Supp. 907 (N.D. Miss. 1992)(first decision on Mississippi’s allocation of fault statute; finding that non party alleged tort feasor could not be considered by the jury for allocation; Mississippi now allows juries to consider non parties for allocation of fault)(tried to defense verdict)
• Federal Land Bank of Jackson in Receivership v. Federal Intermediate Credit Bank of Jackson and National Bank for Cooperatives, 128 F.R.D. 182 (Miss. 1989)(discovery issue related to attorneys’ files)

Additional Cases Available

Speeches & Publications

• Mississippi Health Care Benefit Exchange Act, Mississippi Medical News, April 2011.
• Cheri Green & Lane Staines, Health Care Reform: A Look at Employer-Based Wellness Programs, Mississippi Medical 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 on the Affordable Care Act:
  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, Mississippi Business Journal, A Guide to Mississippi Stimulus Spending, July 27-Aug. 2, 2009, at 18.
• Client newsletters on the Affordable Care Act
• 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)
• Presentations on the Affordable Care Act [to various medical groups, chambers and local businesses]

Community & Professional Activities

• Capital Area 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 Leadership Executive Committee and Trustee 2009-Present
• Madison Heights Church, PCA