Nobody Wants to Be THAT Person: Avoiding Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Faux Pas

“Nobody Wants to Be THAT Person: Avoiding Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Faux Pas”
Recorded Thursday, March 30, 2023
1.0 Ethics CLE Credits | CLE# VOD_2023012
Registration Fee: $65

 

Presented by Dana and Keith Cutler, James W. Tippin & Associates, St. Louis, MO

The language of inclusion is evolving. Most people don’t want to offend, but inadvertently do so. During this inter-active session, you’ll learn from attorneys known and honored for their outstanding leadership in promoting all aspects of diversity in their legal community. Dana and Keith Cutler will cover timely topics including micro-aggressions, implicit bias, and cultural appropriation. They will keep it real, keep it relevant and keep it entertaining.

About the Presenters

Award-winning trial attorneys Keith and Dana Cutler are partners in the law firm of James W. Tippin & Associates in Kansas City, Missouri, practicing in the areas of civil defense litigation, education law, and small business representation.

Dana has served in several positions of bar leadership during her career, including being the first woman of color elected as President of The Missouri Bar, in 2016.  Her numerous bar-related awards include the 2020 Eighth Circuit Richard S. Arnold Award for Distinguished Service; three President’s Awards from The Missouri Bar; a President’s Award from the Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association; the Ronda F. Williams Spirit of Diversity Award; and the Sly James Diversity and Inclusion Award, just to name a few.  She has been recognized as a Missouri Super Lawyer since 2014 and was honored as the 2018 Woman of the Year by Missouri Lawyers Weekly at their Annual Women’s Justice Awards Luncheon.  Dana’s practice is concentrated in Education Law with a focus on charter schools and general liability defense.  She has tried more than twenty bench and jury trials.  Dana received her Bachelor of Arts degree in English, with honors, from Spelman College in Atlanta, Georgia, and her J.D. degree from the University of Missouri at Kansas City.

In more than 30 years of practice, Keith has first-chaired over 80 civil trials in addition to arguments before the Courts of Appeals in Missouri and Kansas, the Missouri Supreme Court, and the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals.  He is also very active in the Bar -- he has served as president or chair of several bar associations and bar committees, is an Adjunct Professor of Trial Advocacy at University of Missouri at Kansas City (UMKC) School of Law, and is a frequent seminar speaker on trial practice, ethics, and professionalism.   His awards include the Lewis W. Clymer Award from the Jackson County Bar Association, the Decade Award from the UMKC School of Law, and the prestigious Lon O. Hocker Memorial Trial Award, given annually to three lawyers across the state of Missouri under the age of 36 who have demonstrated unusual proficiency in the art of trial advocacy.   Keith received his Bachelor of Science degree in Physics from Morehouse College in Atlanta, Georgia, and his J.D. degree from UMKC.