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Helen Mac Murray

Mac Murray & Shuster LLP
  • Recognized Since:
    2015
  • Recognized in:
    Advertising Law
    Government Relations Practice
  • Law School:
    University of Toledo
  • Website:
    http://www.mslawgroup.com
  • Location:
    6525 West Campus Oval, Suite 210
    New Albany, OH 43054

Helen Mac Murray has been a leader in the consumer protection area for more than two decades. A founding partner of Mac Murray & Shuster LLP, she consults with and represents numerous entities regulated by federal and state consumer protection laws, regularly working with in-house counsel, executive management, and marketing and sales personnel. Helen previously served as Chief of the Ohio Attorney General’s Consumer Protection Section, named in 2000 as “National Consumer Protection Agency of the Year” under her leadership. She also served as staff lead for the National Association of Attorneys General Consumer Protection Committee enforcement actions, including the country’s first actions involving dozens of state attorney general offices. Helen participated in and led multiple multistate investigations in this role, many in conjunction with the FTC, CFPB, and FCC. She also worked closely with the FTC on the drafting of many federal rules and laws including the Telemarketing Sales Rule. 

Helen now uses her experience and insights to focus on the defense of state, federal, and multistate consumer protection investigations. In addition to her defense work, she advises clients on proactively managing their compliance obligations, successfully identifying issues that only a trained “former regulator eye” will catch.

A leading voice on consumer protection matters, Helen is a frequent national speaker on regulatory issues. She has appeared, or been featured in, stories appearing on various media outlets including ABC News, PrimeTime Live, NBC Nightly News, Dateline NBC, The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, American Greed, and many others.

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Helen Mac Murray has been a leader in the consumer protection area for more than two decades. A founding partner of Mac Murray & Shuster LLP, she consults with and represents numerous entities regulated by federal and state consumer protection laws, regularly working with in-house counsel, executive management, and marketing and sales personnel. Helen previously served as Chief of the Ohio Attorney General’s Consumer Protection Section, named in 2000 as “National Consumer Protection Agency of the Year” under her leadership. She also served as staff lead for the National Association of Attorneys General Consumer Protection Committee enforcement actions, including the country’s first actions involving dozens of state attorney general offices. Helen participated in and led multiple multistate investigations in this role, many in conjunction with the FTC, CFPB, and FCC. She also worked closely with the FTC on the drafting of many federal rules and laws including the Telemarketing Sales Rule. 

Helen now uses her experience and insights to focus on the defense of state, federal, and multistate consumer protection investigations. In addition to her defense work, she advises clients on proactively managing their compliance obligations, successfully identifying issues that only a trained “former regulator eye” will catch.

A leading voice on consumer protection matters, Helen is a frequent national speaker on regulatory issues. She has appeared, or been featured in, stories appearing on various media outlets including ABC News, PrimeTime Live, NBC Nightly News, Dateline NBC, The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, American Greed, and many others.

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Education:

  • University of Toledo , J.D., graduated 1987

Bar Admissions:

  • Ohio, 1987
  • Missouri, 2011
  • Illinois, 2015
  • Kansas, 2015
  • Nebraska, 2016
  • New Jersey, 2019
  • Pennsylvania, 2014
  • Tennessee, 2016
  • Utah, 2017
  • West Virginia, 2016
  • Wisconsin, 2016
 

Court Admissions:

  • U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio
  • U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio
  • U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri
  • U.S. District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia

Affiliations:

  • ABA Consumer Protection Law Developments Manual - Contributor
  • American Bar Association - Chairperson, Consumer Protection Subcommittee (State & Local Government Section, Antitrust Committee member, Commission on Women in the Profession member
  • Better Business Bureau of Central Ohio - Past Board Member
  • CHOICES for Victims of Domestic Violence - Past Board President
  • Direct Marketing Association - Ethics Policy Committee vice chairperson, former Teleservices Ethics Committee founding member & vice chairperson
  • Ohio Consumer's Counsel Governing Board - Past Board Member
  • Ohio State Bar Association - Council of Delegates member, Silent Partner (provide advice & guidance to other attorneys), Jury Instructions & Legislative Screening Committee member, Women in the Profession Section board member, sustaining member
  • Ohio Women's Bar Association - Past President
  • OSBA Desk Manual Consumer Protection Law - Co-Author
  • The Fellows of the American Bar Foundation - Member
  • The University of Toledo School of Law - Advisory Board Member

Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America for work in:

  • Advertising Law
  • Government Relations Practice
 

Awards:

  • Ohio Super Lawyer
  • Top Attorneys in Ohio
  • Irish Legal 100
  • Certified Mediator, Institute for Conflict Management, Santa Monica, CA, 2006
  • NARI Community Service Award, 2002
  • Ohio Attorney General's Professionalism Award, 1996
  • Ohio Women's Bar Association and Foundation "Leading the Way" Award
 

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Mac Murray & Shuster LLP
http://www.mslawgroup.com
 
Headquarters
6525 West Campus Oval, Suite 210
New Albany, OH 43054
(614) 939.9955
 
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