Ripley Rand
United States Attorney for the Middle District of North Carolina
In office
January 1, 2011  January 13, 2017
PresidentBarack Obama
Succeeded byMatthew Martin
Personal details
Born
Ripley Eagles Rand

1967 (age 5657)
RelationsTony Rand (father)
EducationUniversity of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (BA, JD)

Ripley Eagles Rand is an American attorney who served as the United States Attorney for the Middle District of North Carolina from 2011 to 2017. President Barack Obama nominated him to the post on July 28, 2010.[1]

Education

Rand earned both Bachelor of Arts and a Juris Doctor from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He co-wrote a children's book entitled I Want to Go to UNC![2]

Career

Prior to serving as United States Attorney, Rand was a Wake County Superior Court judge.[3]

Rand resigned from his role as United States Attorney one week before the inauguration of Donald Trump.[4] Rand is now a partner and criminal defense attorney at Womble Bond Dickinson in Raleigh, North Carolina.[5]

Personal life

Rand is the son of two-time state Senator Tony Rand.

References

  1. White House Press Office
  2. Chapel Hill Press
  3. WRAL (2010-12-11). "Rand named new U.S. attorney for central N.C. :". WRAL.com. Retrieved 2020-05-01.
  4. Ripley Rand steps down as US attorney in NC
  5. "Federal Criminal Defense Lawyer Ripley Rand | Womble Bond Dickinson". www.womblebonddickinson.com. Retrieved 2020-05-01.
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