BIOGRAPHY
Dan Rippy
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Dan is a graduate of the Virginia Military Institute and received his law degree from DePaul University in 2000.
Dan was hired as a Will County Assistant State's Attorney in 2000 and was assigned to the Misdemeanor Division, which included his handling of hundreds of cases involving driving under the influence of alcohol, domestic battery, possession of narcotics, and other traffic related offenses. He was then promoted to the Grand Jury Division where his responsibility was to analyze cases presented by local police departments for prosecution. Dan also did extensive work before various Will County Grand Juries dealing with homicides, sexual assaults, and other various violent and non-violent felony offenses. In early 2002, Dan was again promoted to the Felony Division where he began handling some of the County's most important cases. In his capacity as a narcotics prosecutor, he was responsible for prosecuting the largest cocaine seizure to date involving over 2,000 kilograms of cocaine and $4 million in cash. In late 2004, the Illinois Senate Judiciary Committee recruited Dan as General Counsel. His duties included the creation and drafting of numerous criminal legislation including the Methamphetamine Precursor Control Act, revisions of laws involving intoxicated drivers, and identity theft revisions. Dan was also a staff member on the Death Penalty Reform Committee, and the C.L.E.A.R. Commission, which was responsible for rewriting the Illinois Criminal Code of 1963. Dan is currently employed in private practice with The Law Office of Jeff Tomczak in Joliet. Dan is married and resides in Plainfield, with his wife Debra and stepdaughter Catherine. Click to email Trustee Rippy |