Background
VANCE, SARAH was born on January 16, 1950 in Donaldsonville, Louisiana, United States.
VANCE, SARAH was born on January 16, 1950 in Donaldsonville, Louisiana, United States.
Louisiana State University (Bachelor of Arts, summa cum laude, 1971). Tulane University (Juris Doctor, summa cum laude, 1978). Order of the Coif; Phi Kappa Phi.
Member, Board of Editors, 1977 and Managing Editor, 1977-1978, Tulane Law Review.
Born in Donaldsonville, Louisiana, Vance received a Bachelor of Arts from Louisiana State University in 1971 and a Juris Doctor from Tulane Law School in 1978. She was in private practice in New Orleans, Louisiana from 1978 to 1994. On June 8, 1994, Vance was nominated by President Bill Clinton to a seat on the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana vacated by Henry A. Mentz, Junior.
Vance was confirmed by the United States Senate on September 28, 1994, and received her commission on September 29, 1994.
She served as chief judge from 2008 to 2015. In May 1996, Vance was elected to the American Law Institute.
She served as an Adviser on ALI"s Recognition & Enforcement of Foreign Judgments project and now serves as an Adviser on the Principles of the Law of Liability Insurance project In May 2013, Vance was elected to a five-year term on the ALI Council.
New Orleans, Louisiana State (Member, Section on Civil Practice. Secretary-Treasurer, Antitrust and Trade Regulation Section, 1990-1991) and American (Member, Sections on: Litigation. Antitrust Law, Vice Chairman, Membership Committee, 1989-1991 and Member, Civil Practice and Procedure Law Committee) Bar Associations.