Vance was a prominent state official who was convicted in 1987 on a federal charge of conspiracy to transport a firearm that was used in a murder. The conviction was based on al allegation that Vance supplied a gun that he knew was going to be used to kill a Florida man. But that conviction didn't result in Vance losing his Kentucky insurance license until 2000, when the Insurance Department reviewed his renewal application and decided to deny Vance a license based on his 1987 felony conviction. Vance sued, losing in Franklin Circuit Court. He's now lost at the Court of Appeals level too. The appelate judges voted 3-0 to uphold the Insurance Department's denial of a license to Vance. Vance's two lawyers are Lacey Smith, a former legislator who was tried himself on criminal charges and is now a member of Steve Beshear's transition team, and a guy Vance once worked for, former governor Julian Carroll.