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.

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

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

In 2016, Cutler was the first Black woman elected to serve as the Missouri Bar president.

Cutler is a DEI expert and teaches courses around the country. The show was canceled in 2020 and rebooted in 2023.

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

Awards and honors 2014: Litigation Practitioner Award, Missouri Lawyers 2017: Partnership Award, American Bar Association 2018: Woman of the Year, Missouri Lawyer Weekly 2022: Purcell Professionalism Award, The Missouri Bar