R. Richard Cirilli, Jr.
Member
R. Richard Cirilli, Jr.
Member
Biography
Richard Cirilli joined the Brunini firm in 1998 and is a member of one of the Firm’s litigation departments. Richard has extensive experience in complex commercial, products liability, and mass tort cases in Mississippi state and federal courts, as well as other jurisdictions. Richard has tried to jury verdict breach of contract, business torts, and nuisance lawsuits.
Richard has been recognized in The Best Lawyers® in America in Commercial Litigation, Mass Tort Litigation/Class Actions – Defendants, and Trademark Law. Mid-South© Rising Stars also recognized him in Business Litigation, and he is rated AV Preeminent by Martindale Hubbell.
Richard graduated magna cum laude from the University of Mississippi School of Law in 1995 and served as Associate Articles Editor for the Mississippi Law Journal. He received Outstanding Student Awards in Property I, Criminal Law, Securities Regulation and Family Law. While a student at the University of Mississippi School of Law, Richard was inducted into the Phi Kappa Phi honor society.
Richard is a member of Christ United Church and serves on the Board of Directors for the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation.
Education
- J.D., University of Mississippi, 1998 magna cum laude (Associate Articles Editor, Mississippi Law Journal)
- M.B.A., Delta State University, 1995
- Bachelor of Accountancy, University of Mississippi, 1992
Admissions
- Mississippi (1998)
- United States District Courts of Mississippi (1998)
- United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit (1998)
Community & Professional Activities
- Cystic Fibrosis Foundation (Board of Directors)
- Capital Area Bar Association
- Mississippi Bar Association (Member, Section on Health Law)
- The American Bar Association (Member, Section on Health Law and Litigation)
- American Health Lawyers Association
- Jackson Young Lawyers Association
Representative Matters
- Richard has represented various medical providers in Certificate of Need (CON) hearings before the Mississippi Department of Health.
- Richard has assisted medical professionals in recruitment and employment contracts with various medical providers and institutions.
- Obtained dismissal along with Chuck McBride on behalf of five regional wireless carriers located in various parts of the United States from a patent infringement lawsuit pending in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York. The patent owner named Brunini’s clients as third-party defendants in the lawsuit, alleging that certain handsets and equipment sold or operated by the wireless carriers infringed upon its patent. McBride and Cirilli successfully argued the carriers were not subject to the personal jurisdiction of courts in New York and obtained their dismissal from the lawsuit on such grounds.
- Washington v. American Heritage Life Insurance Co., 500 F.Supp.2d 610 (N.D. Miss. 2007)
- A & F Properties, LLC v. Madison County Board of Supervisors, 933 So.2d 296 (Miss. 2006)
- Chew v. KPMG, LLP, 407 F.Supp.2d 790 (S.D. Miss. 2006)
- McWhorter v. Cal-Maine Farms, Inc., 913 So.2d 193 (Miss. 2005)
- Crowe v. Deutsch Bank, 330 F.Supp.2d 813 (S.D. Miss. 2004)
- Attala County Board of Supervisors v. Mississippi State Department of Health, 867 So.2d 1019 (Miss. 2004)
- A.B.E., Inc. v. City of Oxford, 830 So.2d 615 (Miss. 2002)
Speeches & Publications
- Richard Cirilli & Lane Staines, Understanding the Stark Law and the Rural Provider Exception for Physicians, Delta Business Journal, December 2009, at 32.
- Richard Cirilli & Lane Staines, Implementing the Second Phase of Stark IV: A Glimpse of What’s Ahead, Miss. Med. News, July 2009, at 5.
- Co-author of Public Utilities section, West’s Encyclopedia of Mississippi Law
- “Navigating Your Medical Group Practice Through the Health Care Reform Minefield,” presented in June 2010 to the Mississippi Medical Group Management Association.
Honors & Awards
- Mid-South Super Lawyers Rising Star in Health Care (2010)
- Best Lawyers in America©: Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Defendants and Product Liability Litigation – Defendants
News
- BRUNINI ATTORNEYS RECOGNIZED IN THE BEST LAWYERS IN AMERICA© 2023 EDITION
- Brunini Named Best Law Firm in Mississippi for Third Year in a Row
- Brunini Attorneys Recognized in the 2022 Edition of Best Lawyers
- Covid-19’s impact on the healthcare industry
- Brunini Attorneys Recognized by Best Lawyers
- Brunini Attorneys Recognized by Best Lawyers
- Carmody, Singley, Cirilli, and Lawhorn Win Defense Verdict for Peco Foods, Inc.
- Twenty- seven honored by Best Lawyers® 2017, Four attorneys named “Lawyer of the Year”
- Kaufman and Cirilli Victorious in Mississippi Supreme Court Appeal of Chancery Court Ruling Regarding Cost for Lamar County to Withdraw from the Pat Harrison Waterway District
- Mississippi Commission on Environmental Quality Summary of Meeting Held November 20, 2014
- Mississippi Environmental Quality Permit Board Summary of Meeting Held November 4, 2014
- Mississippi Environmental Quality Permit Board Summary of Meeting Held October 14, 2014
- Mississippi Commission on Environmental Quality Summary of Meeting Held September 24, 2014
- Mississippi Environmental Quality Permit Board Summary of Meeting Held September 9, 2014
- EMPLOYER MANDATE AND REPORTING REQUIREMENTS – STILL AWAITING GUIDANCE
- Brunini Attorneys Named ‘Intellectual Property Stars’ in International Survey
- An Overview of the Legal Issues Associated with Hospital-Physician Recruitment Arrangements