Dana Tippin Cutler

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Dana Tippin Cutler is a lawyer and news personality. She and her husband, Keith Cutler, are the first married couple to preside over a television court show, Couples Court With the Cutlers. Cutler was the first Black woman elected as Missouri Bar president.

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Biography

Dana Tippin is the daughter of a lawyer, James Tippin. [1]

Dana Tippin attended Spelman College, earning her bachelor's degree in English. [2] While there, she began dating Keith Cutler. The couple married on June 10, 1989. [3] They have three sons.

Cutler earned her Juris Doctor degree from the University of Missouri-Kansas City Law School. [1]

Cutler is a partner at her father's firm, James W. Tippin & Associates, where she focuses on education law and civil defense litigation. [1] [4]

In 2016, Cutler was the first Black woman elected to serve as the Missouri Bar president. [1] In the position, she created the Courageous Collaboration program, which brings lawyers together to discuss implicit bias and unintentional judgment, for which she received a Partnership Award from the American Bar Association. [5]

Cutler is a DEI expert and teaches courses around the country. [6]

In 2017, "Couples Court With the Cutlers" debuted. In the show, the Cutlers advise couples struggling with infidelity allegations. [5] The show was nominated for the Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Legal/Courtroom Program in 2018 and 2019. [7] The show was canceled in 2020 and rebooted in 2023. [8]

In 2019, the Cutlers appeared in the Celebrity Judge Week of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire , winning $51,000 for UNCF. [9]

Awards and honors

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "Dana Tippin Cutler, Doreen Dodson receive 2022 Purcell Professionalism Award". Dana Tippin Cutler, Doreen Dodson receive 2022 Purcell Professionalism Award. Retrieved 2024-02-14.
  2. ↑ "Mr. and Mrs. Cutler Bio" (PDF). Louisiana State Bar.
  3. ↑ Strauss, Alix (2017-11-28). "Saving the Drama for the Courtroom". The New York Times. ISSN   0362-4331 . Retrieved 2024-02-14.
  4. ↑ "Diversity in the Courtroom". www.umkcalumni.com. Retrieved 2024-02-14.
  5. 1 2 3 "Alumna Wins American Bar Association Award for Bias Awareness Program". www.spelman.edu. Retrieved 2024-02-14.
  6. 1 2 "NCBP 2023 Fellows Award Winner - National Conference of Bar Presidents". ncbp.org. Retrieved 2024-02-14.
  7. ↑ Couples Court with the Cutlers (TV Series 2017– ) - Awards - IMDb , retrieved 2024-02-14
  8. ↑ Journal-Constitution, Rodney Ho, The Atlanta (2023-09-14). "The Cutlers return on a new Atlanta-based judge show 'Cutlers Court'". The Brunswick News. Retrieved 2024-02-14.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  9. ↑ Sandra (2019-03-12). "Who Wants to Help an HBCU? Celeb Judges the Cutlers Donate "Millionaire" Winnings to UNCF". UNCF. Retrieved 2024-02-14.
  10. 1 2 Staff Report (2018-03-16). "Cutler named 2018 Woman of the Year - Missouri Lawyers Media" . Retrieved 2024-02-14.
  11. ↑ ASSOCIATES, JAMES W. TIPPIN &. "JAMES W. TIPPIN & ASSOCIATES". JAMES W. TIPPIN & ASSOCIATES. Retrieved 2024-02-14.
  12. ↑ Haynes, Kelsey; Marketing, Strategic; Communications. "The Couple That Rules Together, Stays Together". www.umkc.edu. Retrieved 2024-02-14.
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