Ripley Rand
Ripley Eagles Rand is an American attorney who served as the United States Attorney for the Middle District of North Carolina beginning from 2011 to 2017. President Barack Obama nominated him to the post on July 28, 2010.Education
Rand earned both B.A. 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!Career
Prior to serving as United States Attorney, Rand was a Wake County Superior Court judge.
Rand resigned from his role as United States Attorney one week before the inauguration of Donald Trump. Rand is now a partner and criminal defense attorney at Womble Bond Dickinson in Raleigh, North Carolina.Personal life
Rand is the son of two-time state Senator Tony Rand.