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Natalie Tuttle

Adjunct Professor of Law

Adjunct

School of Law

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Natalie Tuttle currently serves as a General Magistrate/Hearing Officer for the Fourth Judicial Circuit presiding over family law matters. Magistrate Tuttle has been a member of the judiciary since 2017. Prior to becoming a member of the judiciary, Magistrate Tuttle was a full time Professor, and later, the Supervising Attorney/Professor of Law for the In House Family Law Clinic at Florida Coastal School of Law. During her fifteen years of teaching, Magistrate Tuttle, has taught first year and upper level Legal Writing Courses, Florida Practice and Procedure Courses, including Florida Civil Procedure, Florida Criminal Procedure and Florida Family Law Practice and Procedure. Magistrate Tuttle has also taught Family Law (doctrinal course) and family law related Alternative Dispute Resolution courses.  

Prior to teaching, Magistrate Tuttle was a judicial law clerk for the Honorable Douglas B. Shivers and Larry G. Smith at the First District Court of Appeal, Tallahassee, Florida. While serving as an Adjunct Professor and before becoming a full time Professor, Magistrate Tuttle continued to practice in the area of complex commercial litigation, appellate litigation, and family law, actively litigating cases in both Federal and State Courts.   

Magistrate Tuttle is a Certified Family, Appellate, and County Mediator and has conducted over 800 mediations in Northeast Florida. Magistrate Tuttle has also served as a Custody Evaluator/Social Investigator and Guardian Ad Litem for the Fourth Judicial Circuit and surrounding circuits and Southeast Georgia. She has performed over 150 evaluations and has appeared as an expert in State Court on numerous occasions.