Early Life, Education and Career
Lipinski was born in Chicago, and is the son of former U.S. Congressman Bill Lipinski. He holds a bachelor's degree from Northwestern University (earned 1988), a master's degree from Stanford University (1989), and a Ph.D. in political science from Duke University in 1998.
During the summer of 1992, he interned at the United States Department of Labor. He served in that same capacity for U.S. Congressman George E. Sangmeister from 1993 to 1995. From 1995 to 1996, he served as a legislative staff member for U.S. Congressman Jerry Costello. During the 1996 election season, he served on the campaign, and later the transition staff, for Cook County State's Attorney Richard A. Devine. After a short stint on the staff of then-U.S. Congressman Rod Blagojevich, Lipinski served as a communication staff aide to then-House Minority Leader Richard Gephardt.
From 2000 to 2001, Lipinski served on the faculty at the University of Notre Dame. In 2001, he joined the faculty of the University of Tennessee, where he remained until his election to Congress in 2004.
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