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Webinar: Implicit Bias & Diversity
August 10, 2022 @ 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm
This presentation, given by award-winning trial attorneys Keith & Dana Cutler of James W. Tippin & Associates in Kansas City, Missouri, will explore the history and research behind implicit bias – the attitudes and stereotypes which affect our understanding, decision-making and behavior without realizing it – and will provide insight as to how implicit bias manifests in the legal system and the courtroom, and what can be done to address implicit bias from the practitioner’s viewpoint.
Presented by the Civil Rights Law Section, Federal Litigation Section, Federal Judicial Law Clerk Committee, Labor & Employment Law Section, Diversity & Inclusion Standing Committee and the Kansas and Western District of Missouri Chapter
About the Presenters
Keith A. Cutler & Dana Tippin Cutler, Trial Lawyers at James W. Tippin & Associates
Keith & Dana are award-winning trial lawyers who practice in the areas of Civil Defense Litigation, Education Law and Small Business Representation. They are also the hosts of the television program “Couples Court with the Cutlers”.
Dana received her B.A. in English from Spelman College in Atlanta, Georgia, in 1986, and her J.D. from the University of Missouri – Kansas City School of Law in 1989. She is licensed to practice in the State of Missouri, the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Missouri, the U.S. District Court for the District of Kansas, the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit & the United States Tax Court. Dana served as President of the Missouri Bar from 2016-2017, President of the Board of Directors of the Missouri Bar Foundation from 2017-2018, a Member of the ABA House of Delegates since 2018 and an Appointed Member of the Missouri Supreme Court Civil Rules Committee since 2017, among many other leadership positions. Dana has also received numerous awards including being named one of the “30 Most Powerful Education Attorneys in Missouri” by Missouri Lawyers Weekly, receiving the President’s Award and Alumni Achievement Award from the UMKC School of Law, being named the “Woman of the Year” from Missouri Lawyers Weekly Women’s Justice Awards, and Dana was named one of the “50 Missourians You Should Know” by Ingram’s Magazine.
Keith received his B.S. in Physics from Morehouse College in Atlanta, Georgia, in 1986, and his J.D. from the University of Missouri – Kansas City School of Law in 1989. He is licensed to practice in the State of Missouri, the State of Kansas, the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Missouri, the U.S. District Court for the District of Kansas, the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit & the United States Tax Court. Keith served as Vice-President of the Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association in 2022, an Appointed Member of the Missouri Supreme Court Advisory Committee since 2016, President of the Jackson County Bar Association from 2006-2007, Chair of The Missouri Bar Legal Education Committee from 2012-2015 (Appointed Member from 2006-2020), and has held many other leadership positions. Keith has also received numerous awards, including being named one of the “30 Power Defense Attorneys in Missouri” by Missouri Lawyers Weekly, “Best of the Bar” in 2009 by Kansas City Business Journal, receiving the Alumni Achievement Award from the UMKC School of Law, and receiving the Judge Lewis W. Clymer Award from the Jackson County Bar Association in 2013.
Registration
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