Sarah Vance
| Sarah Vance | |
| Current Court Information: | |
| United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana | |
| Title: | Chief Judge |
| Position: | Seat #5 |
| Station: | New Orleans, LA |
| Service: | |
| Appointed by: | Bill Clinton |
| Active: | 09/29/1994 - Present |
| Chief: | 2008 - Present |
| Preceded by: | Henry Mentz |
| Personal History | |
| Born: | 1950 |
| Home State: | Donaldsonville, LA |
| Bachelors: | Louisiana State U., B.A., 1971 |
| Law School: | Tulane Law School, J.D., 1978 |
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Sarah S. Vance is an Article III federal judge for the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana. She joined the court in 1994 after being nominated by President Bill Clinton. Vance has been the Chief Judge of the court since 2008.
Early life and education
Born in Donaldsonville, Louisiana, Vance graduated from Louisiana State University with her Bachelor's degree in 1971 and later obtained her J.D. from Tulane Law School in 1978. [1]
Professional career
Vance was in private practice in the State of Louisiana from 1978 to 1994. [1]
Judicial career
Eastern District of Louisiana
On the recommendation of Louisiana U.S. Senators John Breaux and Bennett Johnston, Vance was nominated to the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana by President Bill Clinton on June 8, 1994, to a seat vacated by Henry Mentz. Vance was confirmed by the U.S. Senate on September 28, 1994 and received commission on September 29, 1994. She began serving as chief judge for the court in 2008. [1][2]
Notable cases
Road home thief case
| United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana *USA v. Dowl 2:08-cr-00164-SSV-SS |
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| Judge Vance was the judge that presided in the case of Barbara Simmons Dowl. Dowl was known for her role in the infamous Road Home thief scandal. Dowl was convicted in June of 2009 of theft, making false statements and wire fraud. Judge Vance sentenced Dowl to nearly six years in prison on October 7, 2009, one more year than the federal sentencing minimum, citing the emotional distress of victims for the additional time. [3] |
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| Federal judicial offices | ||
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| Preceded by: Henry Mentz |
Eastern District of Louisiana 1994–Current Seat #5 |
Succeeded by: NA |
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| 1993 |
Adams • Ambrose • Barnes • Brinkema • Bucklew • Chasanow • Coffman • Daughtrey • Ferguson • Ginsburg • Hagen • Jackson • Lancaster • Leval • Lindsay • Messitte • Michael • Piersol • Saris • Schwartz • Seybert • Shanahan • Shaw • Stearns • Trager • Vazquez • Wilken • Wilson | ||
| 1994 |
Baer • Barkett • Batts • Beaty • Benavides • Bennett • Berrigan • Biery • Block • Borman • Breyer • Briones • Bryson • Bucklo • Burgess • Burrage • Cabranes • Calabresi • Carr • Casellas • Castillo • Chatigny • Chin • Cindrich • Coar • Collins • Cooper • Cote • Currie • Davis • Dominguez • Downes • Duval • Friedman • Furgeson • Garcia • Gertner • Gettleman • Gillmor • Gilmore • Gleeson • Haggerty • Hamilton • Hannah • Hawkins • Henry • Holmes • Hood • Hull • Hurley • Jack • Jones • Jones • Kaplan • Katz • Kern • Kessler • Koeltl • Lisi • Manning • McKee • McLaughlin • Melancon • Miles-LaGrange • Moore • Motz • Murphy • O'Malley • O'Meara • Oliver • Paez • B. Parker • F. Parker • R. Parker • Perry • Ponsor • Pooler • Porteous • Rendell • Riley • Robertson • Rogers • Ross • Russell • Sands • Sarokin • Scheindlin • Silver • Squatrito • Stewart • Sullivan • Tatel • Thompson • Timlin • Urbina • Vanaskie • Vance • Walls • Wells • Williams | ||
| 1995 |
Arterton • Atlas • Black • Blake • Briscoe • Tena Campbell • Todd Campbell • Chesney • Cole • Collier • Daniel • Davis • Dennis • Dlott • Donald • Duffy • Economus • Evans • Fallon • Folsom • Gaughan • Goodwin • Heartfield • Hunt • Illston • Jones • King • Kornmann • Lawson • Lenard • Lucero • Lynch • McKinley • Moody • Moore • Moskowitz • Murphy • Murtha • Nugent • O'Toole • Orlofsky • Pogue • Sessions • C. Smith • O. Smith • Stein • Thornburg • Tunheim • Wallach • Wardlaw • Webber • Whaley • Winmill • Wood | ||
| 1996 |
Broadwater • Clevert • Fenner • Gershon • Gottschall • Greenaway • Hinkle • Jones • Kahn • Laughrey • Lemmon • Marten • Miller • Molloy • Montgomery • Pregerson • Rakoff • Sargus • Tashima • Thomas • Zapata | ||
| 1997 |
Adelman • Bataillon • Breyer • Caputo • Casey • Chambers • Clay • Damrell • Droney • Friedman • Gajarsa • Garland • Gilman • Gold • Gwin • Hall • Hayden • Hull • Ishii • Jenkins • Kauffman • Kennedy • Kimball • Kollar-Kotelly • Lazzara • Marbley • Marcus • Middlebrooks • Miller • Moon • Pratt • Rendell • Sippel • Siragusa • Snyder • Thrash | ||
| 1998 |
Aiken • Barbier • Barzilay • Berman • Buttram • Carter • Collins • Dawson • Dimitrouleas • Fletcher • Fogel • Frank • Graber • Hellerstein • Herndon • James • Johnson • Kane • Kelly • G. King • R. King • Lasnik • Lee • Lemelle • Lindsay • Lipez • Manella • Matz • McCuskey • McKeown • McMahon • Mickle • Mollway • Mordue • Moreno • Morrow • Munley • Murphy • Pallmeyer • Pauley • Polster • Pooler • Rawlinson • Ridgway • R. Roberts • V. Roberts • Sack • Scott • Seitz • Seymour • Shea • Silverman • Sleet • Sotomayor • Steeh • Story • Straub • Tagle • Tarnow • Trauger • Traxler • Tyson • Wardlaw • Whelan • Young | ||
| 1999 |
Alsup • Barry • Brown • Buchwald • Cooper • Eaton • Ellison • Feess • Fisher • Gould • Guzman • Haynes • Hibbler • Hochberg • Hurd • Huvelle • Jordan • Katzmann • Kennelly • Linn • Lorenz • Lynn • Marrero • Murguia • Pannell • Pechman • Pepper • Phillips • Schreier • Stewart • Underhill • Ward • Williams • Wilson | ||
| 2000 |
Ambro • Antoon • Battani • Berzon • Bolton • Brady • Bye • Cavanaugh • Daniels • Darrah • Dawson • Dyk • Fuentes • Garaufis • Garcia-Gregory • Gregory • Hamilton • Huck • Hunt • Lawson • Lefkow • Lynch • Martin • McLaughlin • Moody • Murguia • Paez • Pisano • Presnell • Rawlinson • Reagan • Schiller • Singal • Steele • Surrick • Swain • Tallman • Teilborg • Tucker • Whittemore | ||
