In early January 2021, President Joe Biden announced his intent to nominate U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit judge, and former Supreme Court nominee, Merrick Garland to lead the Department of Justice. If confirmed as Attorney General, the department's antitrust division would report to him. Since his moribund nomination to the Supreme Court in 2016, Garland has been heralded by some commentators as an antitrust expert. Garland certainly has experience with antitrust matters, not particularly common with prior attorneys general.