Cyrus Roberts Vance, Jr.

Cyrus Vance Jr.
Cyrus R. Vance Jr.
New York County District Attorney
Incumbent
Assumed office January 1, 2010
Preceded by	Robert M. Morgenthau
Personal details
Born	Cyrus Roberts Vance Jr. (1954-06-14) June 14, 1954 (age 63) Manhattan, New York City, U.S.
Political party	Democratic
Spouse(s)	Peggy McDonnell (m. 1984)
Children	2
Residence	New York City
Alma mater	Yale University Georgetown University Law Center
Occupation	Attorney
Website	www.manhattanda.com
Nickname(s)	Cyrus "White Shoes" Vance

Cyrus Roberts Vance Jr. (born June 14, 1954) is the incumbent New York County District Attorney (Manhattan), and was previously a principal at the law firm of Morvillo, Abramowitz, Grand, Iason, Anello & Bohrer, P.C. He is the son of Cyrus Vance, former Secretary of State under President Jimmy Carter. He is known as an outspoken critic of encryption of mobile devices.

Vance grew up in New York City. He is the son of Grace Elsie (Sloane) and Cyrus Vance, Sr., who served as Secretary of the Army under presidents John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson and Deputy Secretary of Defense under President Johnson, then Secretary of State to President Jimmy Carter.

Vance attended the Buckley School and Groton School, and then he went on to graduate from Yale University. He then earned his Juris Doctor from Georgetown University Law Center in 1982. While in law school, he planned campaign trips for Colorado Senator Gary Hart.

He moved to Seattle, Washington in 1989, and back to New York City in 2005. He and his wife, printer and photographer Peggy McDonnell, were married in 1984 and have two children, both of whom attended high school in New York City.

Upon graduating from Georgetown, Vance joined the Manhattan District Attorney’s office as an Assistant District Attorney, where he supervised grand jury investigations and prosecuted cases involving murder, organized crime, career criminals, political corruption, international art fraud, and white-collar crime.