Michele Shuster

Michele is a founding partner of Mac Murray & Shuster, where she brings extensive experience in working with clients of all sizes involved in highly regulated industries. She has established a solid record of representing clients in consumer protection matters before state attorneys general, the FTC, and FCC, in addition to conducting regulatory compliance audits and providing counsel on advertising and privacy issues.

A trusted advisor to leading industry associations, Michele served for 12 years as General Counsel to the Professional Associations for Customer Engagement (PACE), where she also helped create and oversee its Self-Regulatory Organization. With her depth of experience related to TCPA compliance, she was an integral part of PACE’s successful challenge to the FCC’s 2015 TCPA Declaratory Ruling, resulting in the landmark decision in ACA vs. FCC that overturned TCPA interpretations, as well as Facebook v. Duguid, which redefined the application of the TCPA. She has an exceptional foundation in U.S. privacy and is accredited as both a Certified Information Privacy Professional (CIPP/US) through the International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP) and Customer Engagement Compliance Professional (CECP) through PACE.

Previously, Michele served as Chief of the Ohio Attorney General’s Consumer Protection Section, where she was instrumental in creating Ohio’s Do Not Call and other prominent telemarketing laws.

Michele is a highly sought-after national speaker on consumer protection matters, frequently addressing state and federal government agencies and serving as keynote presenter to leading industry groups. She has written and presented extensively on the TCPA and other telemarketing regulations.

Michele is rated AV Preeminent by Martindale-Hubbell and has been recognized for her professional achievements by Best Lawyers® and Ohio Super Lawyers®, among other professional and industry organizations. A past president of the Ohio Women’s Bar Association, she is a powerful advocate for women in law, and is a member of the National Association of Minority & Women Owned Law Firms (NAMWOLF).