A native of the Chicago area , Garland attended Harvard University for his undergraduate and legal education . After serving as a law clerk to Judge Henry J. Friendly of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit and Justice William J. Brennan , Jr. of the Supreme Court of the United States , he practiced corporate litigation at Arnold & Porter and worked as a federal prosecutor in the United States Department of Justice , where he played a leading role in the investigation and prosecution of the Oklahoma City bombers
Oklahoma City bombers
Oklahoma City bombing
Merrick Garland