Lane Staines joined Brunini in 2008 as an Associate in the Firm's Regulatory Department.  Lane focuses her practice in the health care area including regulatory, compliance and litigation. 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 dismissal for a long-term acute care hospital. The plaintiff in the federal court action alleged wrongful death, medical malpractice, fraud, and breach of fiduciary duties. Staines was successful in obtaining dismissal of all claims.
• Obtained summary judgment for a major retail company. The plaintiff in the state court action alleged negligence contributing to a slip and fall. Staines was successful in obtaining dismissal of all claims.
• Obtained dismissal for a long-term acute care hospital.  The plaintiff in the state court action alleged wrongful death, medical malpractice, fraud, and breach of fiduciary duties.
• Staines and Werne obtained summary judgment for a major metropolitan hospital.  The plaintiff in the state court action alleged medical malpractice. 
• Staines and Werne obtained dismissal for a major metropolitan hospital after plaintiff alleged medical malpractice in this state court action. 
• Staines and Werne obtained dismissal for a major metropolitan hospital in this medical malpractice action in state court. 

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, Health Law Section
• Mississippi Bar Association, Jackson Young Lawyers Division (Co-Chair, Outreach Projects Committee)
• Mississippi Women Lawyers Association (Chair, 2010-11 MWLA Awards)
• American Health Lawyers Association
• Capital Area Bar Association
• American Bar Association (Chair, 2010-11 Young Lawyers Division Health Law Committee)
• Mississippi Volunteer Lawyers Project
• Stewpot Legal Clinic Volunteer
• Mu Chapter of Kappa Delta Sorority (Millsaps College)Chapter Advisory Board Co-Chair (2010-Present)
• Member of Galloway Memorial United Methodist Church, Sunday School Teacher and Visitor and Greeter Ministry Coordinator (2009-Present)
• Junior League of Jackson