Principal Attorney, Martell Media House PLLC
Michèle Martell (she/her), JD, is an entertainment, licensing and intellectual property attorney and entrepreneur who has provided business guidance and legal insight to major brands including the Muppets, the WWE, Sony, Crayola, Hasbro, Samsung, and The Saturday Evening Post. Michèle started her business and legal consultancy, Martell Media House PLLC, in Austin in 2014, where she helps creators, entrepreneurs, artists and visionaries propel, protect and empower their businesses with insightful, practical and well-informed legal guidance. She is the licensing strategist behind the world’s most popular VR multiplayer game, Walkabout Mini Golf, and its licensed IP including Elvis, Wallace & Gromit, Exploding Kittens, Myst, Fraggle Rock and Meow Wolf.
Professionally, Michèle is the Secretary of the Entertainment and Sports Law sections of both the Texas and the Austin Bar Associations; the Co-Chair of the 2024 Racing Attorneys Conference; and founder of the Austin chapter of Women in Toys, Entertainment & Licensing.
Personally, Michèle serves on the Board of RISE, an anti-racist and liberatory early childhood education program, as well as on the Board of the Travis Audubon Society. She was recently the Board President of Austin’s award-winning Forklift Danceworks.