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Merrick Garland Biography
Merrick Garland is one of the most popular and richest Judge who was born on November 13, 1952 in Chicago, Illinois, United States.
Merrick Brian Garland (born November 13, 1952) is an American lawyer and jurist who serves as a United States Circuit Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. He has served on that court since 1997.
Garland 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.
Name | Merrick Garland |
Occupation | Judge |
Birthday | November 13 |
Birth Year | 1952 |
Place of Birth | Chicago |
Home Town | Illinois |
Birth Country | United States |
Birth Sign | Scorpio |
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Father | Not Available |
Mother | Not Available |
Siblings | Not Available |
Spouse | Lynn Garland (m. 1987) |
Children(s) | Not Available |
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Garland attended Harvard College on a scholarship, graduating as valedictorian with a A.B. degree summa cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa in social studies in 1974. He initially wanted to become a physician, but quickly decided to become a lawyer instead. Garland allied himself with his future boss, Jamie Gorelick, when he was elected the only freshman on a campus-wide committee. During his college summers Garland volunteered as Congressman Abner J. Mikva’s speechwriter. After President Carter appointed Mikva to the D.C. Circuit, Mikva would rely on Garland when selecting clerks. At Harvard, Garland wrote news articles and theater reviews for the Harvard Crimson and worked as a Quincy House tutor. Garland wrote his 235-page honors thesis on industrial mergers in Britain in the 1960s.
Merrick Garland Net Worth
Merrick Garland is one of the richest Judge from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Merrick Garland's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)
Merrick Brian Garland was born on November 13, 1952, in Chicago, Illinois. He was raised in the northern suburb of Lincolnwood in the Chicago area. His mother Shirley (née Horwitz) was a director of volunteer services at Chicago’s Council for Jewish Elderly (now called CJE SeniorLife); his father, Cyril Garland, headed Garland Advertising, a small business run out of the family’s home. Born to a Jewish family, Garland was raised in Conservative Judaism. His grandparents left the Russian Empire (then the Pale of Settlement) in the early 20th century, fleeing antisemitic pogroms and seeking a better life for their children in the United States.
Net Worth | $5 Million |
Salary | Under Review |
Source of Income | Judge |
Cars | Not Available |
House | Living in own house. |
Following graduation, Garland served as a law clerk for Judge Henry J. Friendly of the Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit from 1977 to 1978, and then Justice Brennan of the U.S. Supreme Court from 1978 to 1979.
Garland then attended Harvard Law School, graduating with a J.D. magna cum laude in 1977. During law school, Garland was a member of the Harvard Law Review, serving as an articles editor from 1976 to 1977. As an articles editor, Garland assigned himself to edit a submission by Justice William Joseph Brennan Jr. on the topic of the role of state constitutions in safeguarding individual rights. Garland’s correspondence with Brennan ultimately helped him win a clerkship with the justice. Garland ran for president of the Review, but lost to Susan Estrich.
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Weight | Not Known |
Body Measurements | Under Review |
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Garland had more federal judicial experience than any other Supreme Court nominee in history, and was the oldest Supreme Court nominee since Lewis F. Powell, Jr. in 1971. The American Bar Association (ABA) Standing Committee on the Federal Judiciary unanimously rated Garland “well-qualified” (the Committee’s highest rating) to sit on the Supreme Court.
Garland and his wife, Lynn, have been married since 1987. Lynn Garland’s grandfather, Samuel Irving Rosenman, was a justice of the New York Supreme Court (a trial-level court) and a special counsel to Presidents Franklin D. Roosevelt and Harry S. Truman. Garland and his wife have two daughters, Rebecca and Jessica; both are graduates of Yale University. He is a second cousin of six-term Iowa Governor Terry Branstad.
Who is Merrick Garland Dating?
According to our records, Merrick Garland married to Lynn Garland (m. 1987). As of December 1, 2023, Merrick Garland’s is not dating anyone.
Relationships Record: We have no records of past relationships for Merrick Garland. You may help us to build the dating records for Merrick Garland!Garland was special assistant to Attorney General Benjamin Civiletti from 1979 to 1981. After the Carter administration ended in 1981, Garland joined the law firm Arnold & Porter as an associate, and was a partner at the firm from 1985 to 1989. While at Arnold & Porter, the white shoe firm founded by Justice Abe Fortas, Garland mostly practiced corporate litigation. In Motor Vehicles Manufacturers Ass’n v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co. (1983) Garland acted as counsel to an insurance company suing to reinstate an unpopular automatic seat belt mandate. After winning the case in both the D.C. Circuit and the Supreme Court, Garland would write an eighty-seven page Harvard Law Review article describing the way courts use a heightened “hard look” standard of review and scope of review when an agency chooses deregulation, with increasing focus on the fidelity of the agencies’ actions to congressional intent. In 1985-86, while at Arnold & Porter, Garland was a lecturer in law at Harvard Law School, where he taught antitrust law. He has also published an article in the Yale Law Journal urging a broader application of antitrust immunity to state and local governments.
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Ranked on the list of most popular Judge. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Merrick Garland celebrates birthday on November 13 of every year.
In 1989, desiring to return to public service and do more trial work, 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 three principal prosecutors who handled the investigation into Washington, D.C. mayor Marion Barry’s possession of cocaine.
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