Stephen Tuttle

Stephen Tuttle is general counsel and secretary of the Fashion Institute of Technology, serving as the college’s chief legal officer and as a member of the president’s cabinet.

Before joining FIT, Mr. Tuttle was senior vice president and chief legal officer for operations at Forest City Ratner Companies, the regional subsidiary of Forest City Enterprises, a publicly traded real estate development company with more than $9 billion in diversified assets. His responsibilities included managing a team of professionals that provided legal support on all matters related to the ownership and management of more than 30 commercial properties in the New York metropolitan area. In addition to real estate matters, his responsibilities extended to providing counsel on a broad range of general corporate matters and initiatives. Prior to Forest City, Mr. Tuttle’s career included more than 12 years of corporate and investment-related in-house service to the New York Life Insurance Company, as well as law firm experience as an associate in the banking and finance practice group of Dreyer and Traub. He also served a term as a New York Supreme Court law secretary.

Mr. Tuttle earned his Juris Doctorate degree from Syracuse University College of Law and his Bachelor of Arts from Franklin and Marshall College. He has been an active participant in various industry and bar associations, committees and groups, including the New York Bar Association, the Association of Corporate Counsel, and the National Association of College and University Attorneys.