Unrivaled Experience

Experienced. Tenacious. Knowledgeable. Responsive. Creative. Diligent. Strategic. Efficient. Easy to work with. These are the words our clients use to describe us. Learn more about our attorneys.

Managing Partner

Michele Shuster

A founding partner of the firm, Michele brings more than two decades of experience working with consumer-facing businesses in highly-regulated industries nationwide.

Partner

Helen Mac Murray

A leader in the consumer protection arena for more than two decades, Helen is a founding partner of the firm. Her practice focuses on defense of federal, state, and multistate consumer protection investigations and enforcement actions.

Partner

Nick Whisler

Leading the firm’s Compliance practice area, Nick brings more than a decade of experience helping M&S clients understand and comply with federal and state privacy, advertising, and telemarketing laws and regulations.

Partner

Lisa Messner

The firm’s Litigation Director, Lisa defends highly regulated businesses in class actions, complex commercial litigation, and government enforcement actions brought by state and federal agencies.

Partner

Josh Stevens

Advising on a range of proactive and responsive matters, Josh helps clients achieve their business goals while complying with federal and state consumer protection & privacy laws.

Partner

Chris Wager

Chris advises clients on telemarketing and privacy matters, helping them develop proactive compliance programs and successfully defending them in government enforcement actions, litigation, and class action lawsuits.

Of Counsel

Betty Montgomery

As former Ohio Attorney General, Betty leverages her extensive public service experience to help clients with regulatory compliance and representation before state regulators nationwide.

Senior Attorney

Erica Hollar

Erica works on both our compliance and litigation, with over a decade of experience in advertising, marketing, teleservices, and consumer protection.

Associate

Walter (Chad) Blackham

Chad provides compliance guidance and litigation defense on matters related to advertising and marketing, teleservices, cannabis, and other consumer protection issues.

Associate

Aaron Parry

Aaron works across numerous highly-regulated industries, helping them comply with state and federal laws related to privacy and data security, cannabis, marketing, teleservices, and other consumer protection matters.

Of Counsel

Sandy Lynskey

Bringing decades of experience in public service and in state regulatory roles, Sandy represents businesses of all sizes in enforcement actions by state attorneys general, the FTC, and the CFPB.