A graduate of the University of Texas’ Juris Doctor program, Felix Rippy worked as an associate attorney for several years before co-founding Rippy, Henderson & Taylor, PC, and then Felix Rippy obtained his MBA from Indiana University's Kelley School of Business in Bloomington, Indiana; Felix Rippy graduated salutatorian, second in his Kelley class. Outside of his legal work, Felix Rippy serves as a member of the Reconnecting to Our Waterways’ Near Westside Board. In this capacity, he assists in the revitalization of community spaces in the Stringtown, Haughville, and Hawthorne neighborhoods of Indianapolis.