Who is Keisha Lance Bottoms?

Keisha Lance Bottoms is an American politician and lawyer by profession. She is the 60th Mayor of Atlanta city in Georgia since 2017 and was before a member of the Atlanta city council. Keisha has worked as a lawyer since the early 2000s and later shifted to politics. She has been actively trying to bring social as well as exemplary changes in the city.

Keisha Lance Bottoms started her career in law after graduating and started practicing as a prosecutor. She was the state prosecutor representing children in different juvenile court matters. Keisha later became the Magistrate Judge of Atlanta in 2002.

Keisha Lance Bottoms- Birth, Parents, Siblings & Education

Keisha was born on the 18th of January 1970 in Atlanta city, Georgia, USA. Her father Major Lance is an R&B artist and her mother is Sylvia Robinson She resided with her family in Atlanta and grew up in the city itself.

She is not known to have any siblings and is a single child to her parents. Keisha completed her high school studies at Frederick Douglass High School in Atlanta. She was interested in social issues and politics and thus opted to pursue her further education in media and communications.

Keisha further decided to study law and went on to seek the Juris Doctorate degree from Georgia State University College of Law. She finished with a Doctorate degree in law in 1994. While at college, she was also part of sororities like the Delta Sigma Theta sorority.

Net Worth of Keisha Lance Bottoms? Salary, Earnings

Keisha has worked as a lawyer since the early 2000s and later shifted to politics. She has been actively trying to bring social as well as exemplary changes in the city.

She is well respected and has earned a lot of wealth through her profession as a lawyer and judge in earlier years and now majorly sources her income through her profession as a politician. Her net worth as of 2021 is estimated to be around $1 million.

Facts of Keisha Lance Bottoms

Keisha Lance Bottoms- Relationship, Married Life, Boyfriend/ Girlfriend

Keisha is married to Derek W Bottoms who is also a lawyer. He is currently vice president of employment practices and associate relations for The Home Depot.

The couple got married in 1994 at the Ben Hill United Methodist Church. They met in the first year of their college in Georgia state University college of law.

The couple made several failed attempts to conceive a child and thus had to adopt. They are currently parents to four adopted children but their names have not been shared.

Body Measurements- Height, Weight, Hair Colour

Keisha Lance Bottoms’s height in feet inches is 5’ 6” and in Centimeters is 168 cm (Approx). Her weight in Kilograms is 60 kg and in Pounds is 132 lbs (Approx).

Keisha Lance Bottoms- Professional Career

Keisha started her career in law after graduating and started practicing as a prosecutor. She was the state prosecutor representing children in different juvenile court matters. Keisha later became the Magistrate Judge of Atlanta in 2002.

She practiced as a judge on the Atlanta bench 2009 until she became an elected member of the Atlanta city council as a representative of the southern district. Meanwhile, in 2015, she also became the executive director of the Atlanta Fulton County Recreation Authority.

She stepped in as a politician in 2017 when she stood for the Mayor elections in Atlanta and was elected after defeating Mary Norwood, another member of the Atlanta city council.

Keisha became the 6th African American to serve as Mayor. She also became 2nd African-American woman to serve as a mayor.

During her stint as a Mayor, she stood against the immigrant rights breaches and refused to hold Immigration and Customs Enforcement detainees in the city jails in 2018. She also campaigned for refugee rights and also pushed towards a better life for LGBTQ populations in Atlanta.

Keisha also established up the very first LGBTQ advisory board in 2018 for this. The board produced a report in 2020 on LGBTQ matters focused on policies, initiatives, and incentives for them.

Keisha Lance Bottoms- Love & Support from People

Recently owing to the death of George Floyd, the county was in a state of upheaval and she also screamed against those who were implicated.

She also garnered the public trust as being black herself she encouraged people to vote for her to ensure better representation of Blacks.

She also blasted Trump for being racist and generating rioting and hatred among the populace. Moreover, she sought to treat it in the best methods during the Covid 19 pandemic which is currently an outbreak.

She implemented stronger rules to prevent less spreading of disease and held back from re-opening the city and businesses.

In the recent 2020 presidential elections, she stood in support of Joe Biden and was named the permanent vice chair of the Democratic National Convention in 2020 for Civic Engagement and Voter protection for the term of 2021-25. She also revealed that she will again compete for the Mayor of Atlanta city in the 2021 elections.

Keisha Lance Bottoms- Controversy

Keisha was once investigated back in 2017 during the mayor elections for irregular reporting of campaign funds reaching up to $180,000. She eventually refunded $25,700 which she had received from an Engineering contractor organization named PRAD.

During her campaigns in 2017, she was also under media notice owing to bogus racist calls made in her name particularly to white groups living in Atlanta. She later requested the services of the attorney general of Georgia to investigate it.

Recently also during the COVID 19 pandemic, instances grew in Atlanta, and all her attempts to curb it were failing and the Governor of Georgia, Brian Kemp annulled just her orders launching a complaint against her and did not do so to other towns.

She earlier has a split with the governor over his decision to re-open Georgia and opposed his step as it was too soon for the measure. Moreover, in July 2020 she tested positive for COVID 19 and recovered in late July.

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Quick Facts of Keisha Lance Bottoms

• She is the 60th Mayor of Atlanta city in Georgia since 2017 and was earlier a member of the Atlanta city council.
• She has recently declared her will to re-run for the Mayor of Atlanta this year and is also nominated as a vice-chair of civic engagement and voter protection for a democratic national convention for the term 2021-25.
• She was born on the 18th of January 1970 in Atlanta city, Georgia, USA.
• During her term as a Mayor, she stood against the immigrant rights violations and refused to hold Immigration and Customs Enforcement detainees in the city jails in 2018.
• She also announced that she will again run for the Mayor of Atlanta city in the 2021 elections.
• Moreover, in July 2020 she tested positive for COVID 19 and recovered in late July.