Traci Owen Vella

A native of Heflin, Alabama, Traci graduated from Auburn University, Magna Cum Laude, with a degree in Psychology and Pre-Law, and from the University of Alabama School of Law with a Juris Doctor.

Following her admission to both the Alabama and Tennessee Bar, Traci began her practice of Family Law in 1996 in Chattanooga, Tennessee, where she practiced with Leslie B. McWilliams for several years.
She then moved to Birmingham where she practiced with The Crittenden Firm, P.C., for four years.

Throughout her career Traci has devoted her practice primarily to family law, including adoptions, divorce, alimony, custody, visitation, paternity, prenuptial and postnuptial agreements, child support, grandparent visitation and custody, international custody disputes, and appellate review.

Traci has achieved her certification as a Family Law Advocate by the National Board of Trial Advocacy. She is a member of the Birmingham, Alabama andAmerican Bar Associations, as well as the Family Law and Women’s Sections of each. Traci is also a member of the National Association of Counsel for Children, an advocacy group for children.

As co-reporter for Alabama in the ABA Family Law Section’s Law in the 50 States publication, which summarizes family law issues around the country, she has reported the annual changes in Alabama Familiy Law for several years. Traci also participates in the Custody and PARTNERS committees of the ABA’s Family Law Section. She is a frequent lecturer on family law topics and has numerous reported appellate cases in both Tennessee and Alabama.

In her spare time, Traci enjoys participating in the Homewood-Oxmoor Rotary Club, and supporting various local charities such as the March of Dimes, the National Multiple Sclerosis Society, Voices Against Violence, YWCA, and the Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure. She was a member of the 2007 MS Leadership Class, and the 2006 Everyday Heroes Committee.