Four years ago, the Women’s Justice Awards honored Dana Tippin Cutler as a Litigation Practitioner. It’s fair to say that she has not been content to rest on her laurels.
Cutler is Missouri Lawyers Weekly’s 2018 Woman of the Year. She’s a fitting choice as we mark the 20th year of the awards.
Last year, Cutler wrapped up her term as the first woman of color to serve as president of The Missouri Bar. She used her historic post to address the problems of implicit bias and created the Courageous Collaboration initiative to foster tough but necessary conversations in the workplace.
In what is surely also a first for a bar president, she embarked on a television career. Cutler’s show, “Couples Court with the Cutlers,” premiered nationwide. Cutler and her husband, Keith Cutler, dispense advice to couples in crisis and impart the wisdom they’ve gleaned through their long marriage.
Cutler leads this year’s list of 51 honorees, which includes judges, in-house counsel, legal scholars and private practitioners from around the state, as well as outstanding students at Missouri law schools.
The 20th annual Women’s Justice Awards event is set for Thursday, May 3 at the Four Seasons Hotel in downtown St. Louis. The winners will be profiled in a special section of Missouri Lawyers Weekly on April 30.
The event also commemorates two decades of the Women’s Justice Awards, which since 1999 have celebrated extraordinary women lawyers, law students, rising stars, public officials and others in recognition of the standards of professional excellence they’ve set for their peers. For information on the event or to purchase tickets, click here.
The 2018 honorees are:
Woman of the Year
This woman truly stands out in making an extraordinary difference to improve the quality of justice or exemplify the highest ideals of the legal profession.
Dana Tippin Cutler, immediate past president of The Missouri Bar, James W. Tippin & Associates, Kansas City
Corporate Award
These women serve as general or in-house counsel, advising businesses on complex legal matters.
Randa Rawlins, executive vice president and secretary of Shelter Insurance Companies, Columbia
Janet Mark, associate general counsel of Hallmark Cards, Inc., Kansas City
Courtney Hayes, in-house counsel of AG Financial Solutions, Springfield
Jessica Johns, assistant general counsel of CoxHealth, Springfield
Rebecca Kujawa, senior vice president, general counsel and corporate secretary of Huttig Building Products, St. Louis
Lynette McCloud, deputy general counsel of Edward Jones, St. Louis
Mary Moorkamp, chief legal and external affairs officer and corporate secretary, Schnuck Markets, Inc., St. Louis
Sally Terrace, vice president and deputy general counsel of BJC HealthCare, St. Louis
General Practitioner Award
These are the women who, as attorneys, do it all. They handle multiple practice areas with skill.
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