Merrick B. Garland at a glance
- Current role
- Judge
- Jurisdiction
- District of Columbia · Federal
- Judicial service
- Active
Merrick B. Garland
Service record and verification
Judicial service and assignments
- U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia · Judge · Active · March 20, 1997–present
Appointment and verification
- Source authority
- CourtListener / Free Law Project
Biography
Professional career
- Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, 1997-2021
- Principal associate deputy attorney general, U.S. Department of Justice, 1994-1997
- Deputy assistant attorney general, Criminal Division, U.S. Department of Justice, 1993-1994
- Assistant U.S. attorney, District of Columbia, 1989-1992
- Special assistant attorney general, U.S. Department of Justice, 1979-1981
- Law clerk, Hon. William J. Brennan, Jr., Supreme Court of the United States, 1978-1979
- Law clerk, Hon. Henry J. Friendly, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, 1977-1978
- Attorney General: Merrick B. Garland Merrick Brian Garland was born on November 13, 1952, in Chicago, Illinois
- Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Education
- Harvard University — J.D. (1977)
- Harvard University — B.A. (1974)
- Harvard College
Additional information
- Private practice, Washington, D.C., 1992-1993
- Private practice, Washington, D.C., 1981-1989
- Date of birth: 1952-01-01
- chief judge
- Niles West High School
- Birth place: Chicago, IL
Published courtroom rules
Shared court rules
Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, December 1, 2025
U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia
Civil actions in United States District Courts; Rule 81 exceptions apply. Section-specific exceptions, waivers, later amendments and case orders remain applicable. This is a source excerpt, not an exhaustive statement of the rule.
Official source ↗ · Collected 2026-10-27Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure, December 1, 2025
U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia
Criminal proceedings in United States District Courts; this conservative mapping does not distribute appellate-specific provisions to appellate judges. Section-specific exceptions, waivers, later amendments and case orders remain applicable. This is a source excerpt, not an exhaustive statement of the rule.
Official source ↗ · Collected 2026-10-27Sources
Identity source checked June 30, 2026.
Biography sources checked August 2, 2026.
U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia current judicial profile
Identity source · HTML · CourtListener / Free Law Project · effective March 20, 1997 · Source checked August 2, 2026
View U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia current judicial profile ↗Federal Judicial Center: D.C. Circuit judicial service
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