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Merrick Garland

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Merrick Brian Garland (born November 13, 1952) is an American retired 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, but the U.S. Senate refused to hold a vote on whether to confirm him. A native of the Chicago area, Garland attended Harvard University and Harvard Law School, where he was an editor of the Harvard Law Review. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Merrick Garland is the 16th most popular lawyer (up from 73rd in 2019), the 836th most popular biography from United States (up from 6,634th in 2019) and the 5th most popular American Lawyer.

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Among lawyers, Merrick Garland ranks 16 out of 136. Before him are Al-Nawawi, Aemilius Papinianus, Tobias Asser, Paul Alexander, J. Edgar Hoover, and Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.. After him are Rudolf von Jhering, Doug Emhoff, Roy Cohn, Tribonian, Bill Gates Sr., and Navi Pillay.

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Among people born in 1952, Merrick Garland ranks 31. Before him are Francis Fukuyama, Sylvia Kristel, Isabella Rossellini, Bell hooks, Jeff Goldblum, and Hun Sen. After him are Sammo Hung, Anneliese Michel, Gary Moore, Ryuichi Sakamoto, Larry Fink, and Péter Erdő.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Merrick Garland ranks 836 out of 20,380. Before him are Joan Crawford (1904), G. W. Bailey (1944), Ray Liotta (1954), John Carpenter (1948), Krist Novoselic (1965), and Roy J. Glauber (1925). After him are Allen Ginsberg (1926), King Oliver (1881), John Dillinger (1903), Steve Perry (1949), Jason Robards (1922), and Theodore Maiman (1927).

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Among LAWYERS In United States

Among lawyers born in United States, Merrick Garland ranks 5. Before him are John F. Kennedy Jr. (1960), Paul Alexander (1946), J. Edgar Hoover (1895), and Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. (1841). After him are Doug Emhoff (1964), Roy Cohn (1927), Bill Gates Sr. (1925), Warren Christopher (1925), Scooter Libby (1950), Kimberlé Williams Crenshaw (1959), and Judy Sheindlin (1942).

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