Merrick Garland

Extracted Attributes

• Chair

  Executive Committee of the Judicial Conference of the United States

• Author

  Harvard Law Review, Yale Law Journal

• Editor

  Harvard Law Review

• Father

  Cyril Garland

• Gender

  male

• Mother

  Shirley Garland (née Horwitz)

• Education

  Harvard University (Social Studies), Harvard Law School (J.D.)

• Full Name

  Merrick Brian Garland

• President

  Board of Overseers of Harvard University

• Professor

  Harvard Law School

• Citizenship

  United States

• High School

  Niles West High School, Skokie, Illinois

• Date of Birth

  1952-11-13

• Place of Birth

  Chicago, Illinois, United States

• Former Law Firm

  Arnold & Porter

• High School Achievements

  Student Council President, Theatrical Productions, Debate Team, Valedictorian (1970), Presidential Scholar, National Merit Scholar

• Current Law Firm (as of May 23, 2025)

  Arnold & Porter

• Current Position (as of May 23, 2025)

  Partner, Appellate & Supreme Court practice group

Timeline

• Born in Chicago, Illinois. (Source: Wikipedia, Wikidata, Web Search)

  1952-11-13

• Graduated as valedictorian from Niles West High School in Skokie, Illinois. (Source: Web Search)

  1970

• Became an Assistant United States Attorney in the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Columbia. (Source: Web Search)

  1989

• Appointed to the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit by President Bill Clinton. (Source: Wikipedia, Web Search)

  1997-04

• Began serving as a circuit judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. (Source: Summary, Wikipedia)

  1997

• Became Chief Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. (Source: Wikipedia, Web Search)

  2013-02-12

• Nominated by President Barack Obama to serve as an Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court to fill the vacancy created by the death of Antonin Scalia. (Source: Summary, Wikipedia)

  2016-03

• His nomination to the U.S. Supreme Court expired at the end of the 114th Congress after the Senate refused to hold a hearing or vote. (Source: Wikipedia)

  2017-01-03

• Ended his tenure as Chief Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. (Source: Wikipedia, Web Search)

  2020-02-11

• Nominated by President Joe Biden as U.S. Attorney General. (Source: Summary, Wikipedia)

  2021-01

• Officially sworn in as the 86th United States Attorney General. (Source: Web Search)

  2021-03-11

• Began serving as the 86th United States Attorney General. (Source: Summary, Wikipedia)

  2021

• Gave a farewell address as outgoing Attorney General, emphasizing the importance of an independent Justice Department. (Source: Web Search)

  2025-01-16

• Concluded his term as the 86th United States Attorney General. (Source: Summary, Wikipedia)

  2025

• Returned to Arnold & Porter as a partner in the Appellate & Supreme Court practice group. (Source: Web Search)

  2025-05-23

Merrick Garland

Merrick Brian Garland (born November 13, 1952) is an American lawyer and jurist who served as the 86th United States attorney general from 2021 to 2025. He previously served as a circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit from 1997 to 2021. In 2016, President Barack Obama nominated Garland to the U.S. Supreme Court, however the U.S. Senate had refused to hold a confirmation hearing. A native of the Chicago area, Garland attended Harvard University and Harvard Law School, where he was editor of the Harvard Law Review. He served as a law clerk to Judge Henry Friendly of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit and to U.S. Supreme Court Justice William J. Brennan Jr., and then practiced corporate litigation at Arnold & Porter, after which he worked as a federal prosecutor in the United States Department of Justice, where he supervised the investigation and prosecution of the Oklahoma City bombers. President Bill Clinton appointed Garland to the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit in 1997, and he served as its chief judge from 2013 to 2020. President Barack Obama, a Democrat, nominated Garland to serve as an associate justice of the Supreme Court in March 2016 to fill the vacancy created by the death of Antonin Scalia. However, the Republican Senate majority refused to hold a hearing or vote on his nomination. The unprecedented refusal of a Senate majority to consider a Supreme Court nomination was highly controversial. Garland's nomination lasted 293 days (the longest to date), and it expired on January 3, 2017, at the end of the 114th Congress. Eventually, subsequent President Donald Trump, a Republican, nominated Neil Gorsuch to the vacant seat, and the Republican Senate majority confirmed him. President Joe Biden nominated Garland as U.S. attorney general in January 2021. He was confirmed by the Senate in a 70–30 vote, and took office in March of that same year. During his tenure, Garland was criticized for the pace of the prosecution of president Donald Trump. Some observers, including President Joe Biden, assigned Garland some responsibility for the fact that none of the indictments obtained by special counsel Jack Smith were likely to go to trial before the November 2024 election in which Trump prevailed and won re-election to a second non-consecutive term.

Web Search Results

• [PDF] Merrick B. Garland - Attorney General - Congress.gov

  Merrick B. Garland Attorney General Attorney General Merrick B. Garland was officially sworn in as the 86th Attorney General of the United States on March 11, 2021. As the chief law enforcement officer for the United States and career public servant, Attorney General Garland leads the Department of Justice’s 115,000 employees dedicated to the fair and impartial administration of justice on behalf of the American people. Attorney General Garland was born in Chicago, Illinois in 1952 and raised in [...] oversaw multiple high-profile cases, including the prosecutions of the Oklahoma City bombing and the Unabomber, Ted Kaczynski. In April 1997, Attorney General Garland was appointed to the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia. He served as Chief Judge from February 12, 2013 until February 11, 2020 and remained on the bench until his confirmation as Attorney General. In addition to being a published author in the Harvard Law Review and Yale Law Journal, Attorney General [...] Garland has taught as a professor at Harvard Law School, served as the president of the Board of Overseers of Harvard University, and as the Chair of the Executive Committee of the Judicial Conference of the United States.

• Former Attorney General and Chief Judge of the U.S. Court of ...

  WASHINGTON, D.C., May 23, 2025 — Arnold & Porter is pleased to announce that former Attorney General and Chief Judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, Merrick B. Garland, has returned to the firm as a partner in the Appellate & Supreme Court practice group, resident in Washington, D.C. During his time at the firm, Judge Garland’s practice involved civil and criminal litigation, antitrust, and administrative law. [...] Skip to main content News # Former Attorney General and Chief Judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals Merrick B. Garland Returns to Arnold & Porter May 23, 2025 [...] ## Share this with others: Merrick B. Garland Partner Washington, D.C. +1 202.942.5000 ## Related Services Appellate & Supreme Court Commercial Litigation Antitrust/Competition National Security White Collar Defense & Investigations State Attorneys General Investigations and Litigation Crisis Management & Strategic Response Administrative Law & Regulatory Litigation

• Merrick Garland - Wikipedia

  Garland was born on November 13, 1952, in Chicago. His mother Shirley (née Horwitz; 1925–2016) was a director of volunteer services at Chicago's Council for Jewish Elderly (now called CJE SeniorLife). His father, Cyril Garland (1915–2000), headed Garland Advertising, a small business run out of the family home. Garland was raised in Conservative Judaism; the family name had been changed from Garfinkel several generations earlier. His grandparents left the Pale of Settlement in the western [...] Desiring to return to public service and do more trial work, in 1989 Garland became an assistant United States attorney in the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Columbia. As a line prosecutor, Garland represented the government in criminal cases ranging from drug trafficking to complex public corruption matters. Garland was one of the three principal prosecutors who handled the investigation into Washington, D.C. Mayor Marion Barry's possession of cocaine. [...] Garland grew up in the north Chicago border suburb of Lincolnwood. He attended Niles West High School in Skokie, Illinois, where he was president of the student council, acted in theatrical productions, and was a member of the debate team. He graduated in 1970 as the class valedictorian. Garland was also a Presidential Scholar and National Merit Scholar. He then studied social studies at Harvard University. He initially wanted to become a physician, but soon decided to become a lawyer instead.

• Merrick Garland defends record, urges independence at Justice ...

  Attorney General Merrick Garland's address follows the Senate confirmation hearings of his potential replacement, former Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi. Ryan Knappenberger / January 16, 2025 Link copied WASHINGTON (CN) — Outgoing Attorney General Merrick Garland espoused the importance of an independent Justice Department in a farewell ceremony Thursday, days before President-elect Donald Trump takes office. [...] Before Garland became attorney general, he served at the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals between 1997 and 2021, where he served the last eight years as the chief judge of what is considered as the second most powerful court after the Supreme Court due to its jurisdiction over federal agencies. [...] Christopher Wray, the outgoing FBI director, highlighted Garland’s long career in law enforcement, including the prosecution of the Oklahoma City bombers, the “Unabomber” Ted Kaczynski and the Atlanta Olympics bombings as principal associate deputy attorney general, the Justice Department’s third-ranking position.

• Attorney General Merrick B. Garland Statement on the Fourth ...

  Published Time: 2025-01-06T08:05:59-05:00 Office of Public Affairs | Attorney General Merrick B. Garland Statement on the Fourth Anniversary of the January 6 Attack on the Capitol | United States Department of Justice Skip to main content Image 1 An official website of the United States government Here's how you know Here's how you know Image 2: Dot gov Official websites use .gov A .gov website belongs to an official government organization in the United States. Image 3: Https

• Award

  Order of Prince Yaroslav the Wise, 2nd class

• Image

  

• Gender

  male

• Educated At

  Harvard University

• Instance Of

  Q5

• Occupation

  judge

• Citizenship

  United States

• Date Of Birth

  11/13/1952

• Place Of Birth

  Chicago