President Barack Obama nominated him to the post on July 28, 2010.
[1] Rand earned both Bachelor of Arts and a Juris Doctor from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
[2] 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.