Personal Background
Michelle Greene is a Senior Attorney at The Lanier Law Firm. She represents clients in complex civil litigation matters, with a focus on toxic torts, environmental contamination, and products liability. Prior to joining The Lanier Law Firm, Ms. Greene passionately represented individuals, communities, and municipalities across the country injured as a result of exposure to toxic chemicals.
This includes representing individuals harmed by Aqueous Film-Forming Foam (AFFF) and per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) contamination in the multi-district litigation.
Michelle lives in New York and is an active volunteer for local animal shelters and wildlife conservation programs. As an outdoor enthusiast, she enjoys hiking, visiting national parks, traveling, and playing sports.
Representative Cases
Camp Lejeune
Ms. Greene manages The Lanier Law Firm’s Camp Lejeune litigation, where she serves as the firm’s lead attorney representing military veterans and their families who developed cancer and other serious illnesses from decades of water contamination at the Marine Corps base. She oversees all aspects of the Camp Lejeune cases, from filing claims with the Navy JAG and the Department of Justice to developing creative strategies for proving exposure in cases involving service members from the 1950s through the 1980s.
Social Media Addiction
Michelle is also a key member of the firm’s bellwether trial team in JCCP 5255, In re: Social Media Adolescent Addiction/Personal Injury Products Liability Litigation, Before the Hon. Carolyn B. Kuhl, Los Angeles Superior Court. In that case, a jury returned verdicts totaling $6 million against Meta Platforms, Inc. and Google LLC (YouTube) for the addictive design of social media platforms that caused severe mental health harm to a young plaintiff during her preteen and teenage years. The social media addiction lawsuit verdict was the first in the nation holding social media companies liable for platform design defects under a product liability theory.
Media and Speaking Engagements
Publications
Ms. Greene is a published author on topics including toxic tort statute of limitations issues, with articles appearing in the New York Law Journal and Lawyer Monthly.
Speaking Engagements
- Panelist and speaker at water contamination conferences hosted by the American Water Works Association (AWWA) and the New York State Association of Counties (NYSAC)
- speaker at the 2026 Perrin Web Conference covering the Social Media Addiction litigation; and guest speaker at the 2026 Civil Litigation Institute.
- Guest on the “We the Plaintiffs” podcast alongside Lanier Law Firm attorney Abigail Harris, discussing the landmark social media addiction trial.
- Discussed social media bans for users under 16 and the legal and practical obstacles on News Recap.