Christopher Greene

Partner and Chief Legal Officer

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Overview

Christopher Greene is a Partner in the Atlanta office of Freeman Mathis & Gary, LLP, where he serves as Chief Legal Officer overseeing Legal Operations and the Practice Support functions.

Mr. Greene brings more than 30 years of leadership experience across the insurance and legal industries, with expertise in claims and litigation management, corporate governance, regulatory compliance, enterprise risk management, and complex commercial operations. He has held senior executive legal roles at national insurance organizations, advising boards and executive leadership on high-stakes legal and strategic matters. He has also led enterprise-wide legal and claims functions, oversaw regulatory and legislative affairs, directed complex litigation nationwide, and guided compliance, and risk mitigation initiatives. His background includes developed expertise on litigated matters involving the transportation industry.

Mr. Greene is a member of the Alabama State Bar. He has been awarded the Certified Insurance Counselor (CIC), Certified Claims Professional (CCP), and the Advanced Claims Professional (ACP) designations. He is an active member of the Defense Research Institute (DRI), the Federation of Defense and Corporate Counsel (FDCC), the Claims and Litigation Management Alliance (CLM), and the American Bar Association (ABA). He has also been inducted as a Fellow into the American Bar Foundation.

Alabama

Alabama State Courts

Education

J.D.

Birmingham School of Law

LL.M.

University of Alabama School of Law

B.S.

University of Montevallo

Representative Cases & Clients

Ex parte Jordan, 779 So.2d 183
Barnett v. Funding Plus of America, Inc., 740 So.2d 1069
Ennis v. Kittle, 770 So2d 1090

Affiliations

Alabama State Bar
Defense Research Institute (DRI)
Federation of Defense and Corporate Counsel (FDCC)
Claims and Litigation Management Alliance (CLM)
American Bar Association (ABA)
American Bar Foundation – Fellow

Awards & Recognition

Certified Insurance Counselor (CIC)
Certified Claims Professional (CCP)
Advanced Claims Professional (ACP)

Classes/Seminars Taught

Exploring Opportunities to Enhance Partnerships Between Carriers and Law Firms; CLM Annual Conference, 2025
Conferencing 101; Wisdom Wednesday – RISE, May 2025
Battle of the Experts; Panelist, Magna Legal Services, Dec 2023
Speaker; National Conference, The Gavel, Jan 2023
Chopped For CHOP; Judge, Magna Legal Services, June 2022
Shooting Yourself in the Foot: Unfavorable Practices; DRI Trucking Law Seminar, May 2021
Speaker; National Conference, The Gavel, May 2021
Testing the Waters: Use of Mock Trials to Evaluate Claims, Formulate Strategy and Prepare for Trial; DRI Trucking Law Seminar, June 2021
Whose Skin is in the Game?; CLM Bad Faith/Extra Contractual Focus Seminar, Dec 2021
We Will Not Be Bullied…Carriers Have A Right To Defend Claims!; CLM Extra Contractual Focus Seminar, 2020
How to Defeat Plaintiff’s Funding Companies; International Society of Primerus Law Firms Transportation Seminar, 2020
It’s All for One and One for All — Until It Isn’t; CLM NYC Bad Faith Seminar, 2019
Bad Faith Litigation: Avoiding the Traps, Pits and Snares; CLM NYC Bad Faith Conference, 2017
Wretched Excess — Working with Umbrella and Excess Coverage to Manage the Large Claim; CLM Annual Conference, 2017
Speaker; DRI Trucking Law Seminar, April 2016
The Challenge of Integrated Data and Information Management When Splitting the Claim File; CLM Insurance Bad Faith and Coverage Conference, 2014
To Split or Not to Split: Avoiding Bad Faith When Defense and Coverage Collide; CLM Annual Conference, 2014

Practice Sections

Interdisciplinary Teams