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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.
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]
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