Unrivaled Experience

We don’t work behind iron doors; we are true partners to our clients. Our decades of experience working on all sides of complex consumer protection and privacy laws has proven invaluable to helping businesses take on their most challenging compliance issues – whether that’s proactively managing their compliance programs, assessing the impact of legislative developments, or successfully defending against litigation and regulatory enforcement.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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OF COUNSEL

Betty Montgomery

Former Ohio Attorney General Betty Montgomery focuses her practice on helping clients understand and meet their regulatory compliance obligations and representing them before state regulators across the country.

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SENIOR ATTORNEY

Erica Hollar

Drawing on previous experience as in-house counsel, Erica advises clients on federal and state consumer protection laws and defends them in litigation and government enforcement actions.

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ASSOCIATE

Ben Jewell

Ben works with the firm’s Compliance team, advising clients on proactive compliance with federal and state telemarketing and privacy laws. He has a particular depth of experience within the healthcare and life sciences sectors.

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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.

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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.

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OF COUNSEL

Greg May

Greg works with Cannabis, CBD, and Hemp clients, advising both licensed operators and ancillary businesses on how to navigate the complex, highly regulated, emerging cannabis and hemp industries.

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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.

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