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Richard C. (Rip) Sullivan, Jr.
6th District
Preferred Name: Rip
D - County of Fairfax (part)
Majority Caucus Chair (2020-2022); Minority Caucus Campaign Chair (2016-2019)
Member Since: September 12, 2014
Room Number: 908 Map It
Office: (804) 698-1006
Email Address: DelRSullivan@house.virginia.gov
Legislative Assistant: James Baxter Carter
Administrative Assistant During Session: Lisa Shiffert
McLean, VA 22101-0994
Office: (571) 210-5876
County of Fairfax (part)
House District: 6th
Congressional District: 8th and 11th
Congressional District Residence:
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Birth Year: 1959
Place of Birth: New York, NY
Gender: Male
Race(s)/Ethnicity: Caucasian
Spouse: Elizabeth C.
Children: Corey, Ryan, Jack, and Joe
Occupation/Profession: Attorney
House Leadership: Majority Caucus Chair (2020-2022); Minority Caucus Campaign Chair (2016-2019)
Membership & Affiliation
- Virginia State Bar
- District of Columbia Bar
- U.S. Supreme Court Bar
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit Bar
- VSB/VBA Joint Committee on Alternative Dispute Resolution (former chair and member)
- Virginia State Bar, Council (two terms), Access to Justice Committee (former member), Funding Alternatives and Awards subcommittees (former chairman), Task Force on Emergency Legal Services (former chairman), Special Committee on the Resolution of Fee Disputes (former chairman), Professionalism Course (former faculty member)
- Virginia Bar Association (former member, Board of Governors), Committee on Federal Judgeships-Eastern District
- Virginia Law Foundation (fellow)
- Fairfax County, Park Authority (former board member), Redevelopment and Housing Authority (former vice chairman), Transportation Advisory Commission (former member), Consumer Protection Commission (former member)
- Virginia Civics Commission (former member)
- Budget Task Force, Dranesville (former chairman)
- Fairfax Law Foundation (former member, board of directors)
- Alexandria Bar Foundation (former board member)
- Legal Services of Northern Virginia (former president and member)
- Potomac Legal Aid Society (former member)
- Homestretch, Inc. (former vice chairman, board of directors)
- McLean Community Foundation (former president, board of trustees)
- United States Institute of Peace, Chairman's International Advisory Council
- Sorensen Institute for Political Leadership (former member, board of directors)
- George Mason University School of Law (former adjunct professor)
Education:
Amherst College, MA (B.A., Magna Cum Laude, 1981)
University of Virginia School of Law (J.D., 1987)
Finance – Vice Chair