Lane Staines joined the Brunini firm in 2008 as an associate in the firm's regulatory department.  She received her Bachelor of Business Administration degree in Business Administration and English magna cum laude from Millsaps College in 2005.  Lane received her Juris Doctor cum laude from the University of Mississippi School of Law, where she served as Managing Editor of the Mississippi Law Journal, in 2008.  She was also a member of the Moot Court Board, serving as Executive Editor of the Mississippi Review of First Impressions, and the Phi Delta Phi legal fraternity. 

Representative Matters

• Obtained summary judgment with Sharon Bridges for a major retail company. The plaintiff in the state court action alleged negligence contributing to a slip and fall. Bridges and Staines were successful in obtaining dismissal of all claims.

Speeches & Publications

• Cheri Green & Lane Staines, Health Care Reform: A Look at Employer-Based Wellness Programs, Miss. Med. News, August 2010.
• Navigating Your Medical Group Practice Through the Health Care Reform Minefield" Medical Group Management Association of Mississippi Annual Meeting (2010)
• "Patient Protection and Affordable Health Care Act, as Reconciled: A Survey of the Insurance Slice" Regions Insurance (2010)
• "Navigating HIPAA and Recent Healthcare Reform: What You Need to Know" Medical Group Management Association of Mississippi (2010)
• Richard Cirilli & Lane Staines, Understanding the Stark Law and the Rural Provider Exception for Physicians, Delta Business Journal, December 2009, at 32.
• 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.
• "The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act and the Family Physician: What You Need to Know" Mississippi Academy of Family Physicians Annual Convention (2009)
• Richard Cirilli & Lane Staines, Implementing the Second Phase of Stark IV: A Glimpse of What's Ahead, Miss. Med. News, July 2009, at 5.

Community & Professional Activities

• Mississippi Bar Association
• Jackson Young Lawyers Association (City Mediation Committee)
• Mississippi Women Lawyers Association
• American Health Lawyers Association
• Capital Area Bar Association
• American Bar Association, member of Health Law Section and Chair of Young Lawyers Division Health Law Committee
• Mississippi Volunteer Lawyers Project
• Stewpot Legal Clinic Volunteer
• Member of the Metro Jackson Kappa Delta Alumni Association