Dana Tippin Cutler

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.

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

• 2014: Litigation Practitioner Award, Missouri Lawyers[10]
• 2017: Partnership Award, American Bar Association[5]
• 2017: President's Award, University of Missouri-Kansas City Law School[11]
• 2018: Woman of the Year, Missouri Lawyer Weekly[10]
• 2018: Alumni Achievement Award, University of Missouri-Kansas City Law School[12]
• 2022: Purcell Professionalism Award, The Missouri Bar[1]
• 2023: National Conference of Bar Presidents Fellows Award[6]

References

1. "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. "Alumna Wins American Bar Association Award for Bias Awareness Program". www.spelman.edu. Retrieved 2024-02-14.
6. "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.
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. 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.