The Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR) announced this week that newly appointed federal immigration judges will serve in courts across the nation, including Cleveland, Ohio, where Judge Anthony Hurst, a standout member of ISDA, will preside.

EOIR Director Daren K. Margolin delivered remarks, and Chief Immigration Judge Teresa L. Riley administered the oath during a ceremony held at the Department of Justice’s Great Hall in Washington, D.C. on April 8.

Hurst will begin hearing Cleveland Immigration Court cases this month.

Hurst earned a Bachelor of Arts from Xavier University in 2013 and a Juris Doctor from Cleveland State University College of Law in 2016.

Hurst served with the Cuyahoga County Juvenile Court in Cleveland from April 2019 to March 2026, including as a magistrate from May 2021 to March 2026 and as a staff attorney from April 2019 to February 2023. From October 2020 to February 2023, he also served as an assistant prosecuting attorney with the Adams County Prosecutor’s Office in West Union, Ohio. He previously worked as an assistant prosecuting attorney with the Cuyahoga County Prosecutor’s Office from October 2017 to March 2019.

Earlier in his career, Hurst served with the Geauga County Probate and Juvenile Court in Chardon, Ohio, first as a law clerk and later as a staff attorney from May 2014 to October 2017. He is a member of the Ohio State Bar.

Hurst and his wife, Nina, have two sons, and the family belongs to ISDA’s Our Lady of Mount Carmel Lodge, located in Cleveland’s Gordon Square neighborhood.

The couple remains active in under-40 Italian American initiatives at both the local and national level, including their support of ISDA’s Inizio Lodge in Cleveland’s Little Italy and their attendance at the fourth annual Italian American Future Leaders (IAFL) Convention this past January in South Florida.

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