Discover the defining moments in the early life of Merrick Garland. From birth to education, explore key events.
Merrick Garland is an American lawyer and jurist. He served as the 86th United States Attorney General from 2021 to 2025. Prior to this role, he was a circuit judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit from 1997 to 2021. Notably, in 2016, President Barack Obama nominated Garland to the Supreme Court, but the Senate declined to hold a confirmation vote on his nomination.
In 1915, Merrick Garland's father, Cyril Garland, was born.
In 1925, Merrick Garland's mother, Shirley (née Horwitz), was born.
In 1970, Merrick Garland graduated as the class valedictorian from Niles West High School in Skokie, Illinois.
In 1974, Merrick Garland graduated from Harvard with a Bachelor of Arts, summa cum laude.
In 1977, Merrick Garland graduated from Harvard Law School with a Juris Doctor, magna cum laude.
In September 1987, Garland married Lynn Rosenman at the Harvard Club in Midtown Manhattan.
In 2003, Merrick Garland was elected to the Harvard Board of Overseers.
In 2009, Merrick Garland served as president of the Harvard Board of Overseers.
Financial disclosure forms in 2016 indicated that Garland's net worth at the time was between $6 million and $23M.
As of June 2018, Lynn Rosenman Garland advised government and nonprofit groups on voting systems security and accuracy issues.
In June 2018, Garland took part in the ceremony when his daughter Rebecca married Xan Tanner.
In early July 2020, Justice Elena Kagan hired Jessica Garland, a 2019 graduate of Yale Law School, as one of her law clerks to serve as a law clerk in 2022-2023.
As of 2021, Garland's net worth was estimated by Forbes at $8.6-33M.
 
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