Serving cooperatives since 1911, bringing cooperative legal practice into the 21st Century.

In 1911, Thérèse Tuttle’s great-grandfather, Edward W. Tuttle, formed a Los Angeles law partnership with Job Harriman and J. H. Ryckman, under the name Harriman, Ryckman and Tuttle.  Tuttle and Harriman ran on the Socialist platform for the positions of Los Angeles City Auditor and Mayor, respectively.  A scholar interested in social reform, Tuttle joined the faculty of USC School of Law, where he wrote numerous articles and a major expansion of the 1893 treatise Freeman on Judgments. 

In 1941, he formed the law firm Tuttle & Tuttle with his son, Edward E. Tuttle.  The firm represented agricultural cooperatives, organizing and supporting citrus, grape and nut growers in Southern California and in the San Joaquin Valley.  In 1951, they hired Robert Taylor and became Tuttle & Taylor

Both father and son believed that the cooperative form of business enterprise was the cornerstone of a well-functioning economic democracy. Tuttle Law Group continues this tradition in the 21st Century, organizing and supporting a broad range of cooperative structures across various sectors of the economy.