Joyce Vance Biography
A native of St. George, Utah, United States, Joyce Vanceis an American lawyer who acted as the United States Attorney for the Northern District of Alabama from 2009 to 2017. However, she was one of the first five U.S. Attorneys, and the first female U.S. Attorney, nominated by President Barack Obama.
Joyce Vance Age
Vance is 62 years old as of 2022. She was born on 22 July 1960 in St. George, Utah, United States. She celebrates her birthday on 22 July every year.
Joyce Vance Height
Vance stands at a height of 5 feet 7 inches tall. Her weight is publicly not mentioned. We will update this section once the information is available.
Joyce Vance Education
In 1978, Vance attended Bates College and graduated in 1982 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Political science. Thereafter in 1982, she graduated with a Juris Doctor from the University of Virginia School of Law in 1985.
Joyce Vance Family
Vance was born in St. George, Utah, and grew up in the suburbs of Los Angeles. She was raised by a single-parent mom who taught preschool and was very devoted to education. Vance was interested in a lot of different things, and she benefited from that exposure. She had no siblings with her mom. Her mom and dad were divorced and Vance has got four half-brothers. She belongs of American nationality and white ethnicity.
Joyce Vance Husband
Joyce is cheerfully married to her beloved husband Bob Vance. The pair wedded in 1988. Vance and Bob have four kids together. Her husband is also a lawyer like she is and a jurist who is a circuit court judge on Alabama’s 10th Judicial Circuit, found in Birmingham, Alabama.
Joyce Vance Net Worth
Vance has an estimated net worth of $1.5 Million.
Joyce Vance Attorney
Vance was nominated to become U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Alabama by President Barack Obama on May 15, 2009, and unanimously approved by the U.S. Senate on August 7, 2009. She was sworn in on August 27, 2009, with U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder in attendance. Attorney General Holder tapped Vance to act on his first Attorney General’s Advisory Committee of U.S. Attorneys in October 2009.
She co-chaired the AGAC’s Criminal Practice Subcommittee alongside Vermont U.S. Attorney Tristram Coffin. The University of Alabama School of Law announced that she would join the law school as a Distinguished Visiting Lecturer in Law (effective August 2017), teaching in the areas of criminal justice reform, criminal procedure, and civil rights in April 2017.
Joyce Vance Career
Vance began her career in Washington D.C Metro Area in 1985. She delivered legal advice for individuals interested in lawsuits and represented them in court for various organizations including Kahn, Plotkin, Kinter, Fox, and Arent as well as Rose & White, Arant, and Bradley in Birmingham.
She officially started her career as a United States attorney in the northern district of Alabama. First, in the unlawful division in AUSA, then she advanced and moved to the Appellate division, followed by a promotion to a senior attorney.