Ripley Eagles Rand is an American attorney who served as the

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for the Middle District of North Carolina from 2011 to 2017. President

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nominated him to the post on July 28, 2010.

Education

Rand earned both

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and a

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from the

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. He co-wrote a children's book entitled ''I Want to Go to UNC!''

Career

Prior to serving as

, Rand was a Wake County Superior Court judge. Rand resigned from his role as United States Attorney one week before the inauguration of

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. Rand is now a partner and criminal defense attorney at Womble Bond Dickinson in

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Personal life

Rand is the son of two-time state Senator

Tony Rand Anthony Eden Rand (September 1, 1939 – May 1, 2020) was an American attorney and politician who served as a member of the North Carolina General Assembly from 1981 to 1989 and again from 1995 to 2009. Early life Rand was born in southern Wake ...

References

WRAL: Rand named new U.S. attorney for central N.C.
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