Robert Merrill Joins Sen. Todd Young's Office as General Counsel

From Marine Corps to Senate

Robert Merrill has joined the personal office of Sen. Todd Young (R-IN) as general counsel, effective Oct. 1. Young sits on the Senate Finance Committee, the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence (SSCI), the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee, the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee, and the Senate Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee. ​

Merrill holds a master's degree in national security policy studies from the U.S. Army War College, earned 2020 to 2021, as well as a JD from Harvard Law School and a BA in political science and government from the University of Chicago. This is his first appointment to a personal office in the current Congress. Previously, Merrill served as a judge advocate in the U.S. Marine Corps from Nov. 2008 to Oct. 2026, and before that, as an infantry officer in the Marine Corps from 2001 to 2005.

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