Judge Nancy A. Fuerst has been on the Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas bench since 1997 and has been re-elected every term since. Judge Fuerst began her career in the general practice of law after serving as a Law Clerk for a Federal Magistrate and as a Clerk at the Court of Appeals of Ohio, Eighth Appellate District. Her father was the esteemed Judge Norman Fuerst, Class of 1953, and her family has a long tradition of public service, which extends back to 1940. Judge Fuerst and her husband created the Judge Nancy A. Fuerst & Dr. John F. Burke, Jr. Endowed Scholarship Fund to provide scholarships to academically outstanding law students. Judge Fuerst served on the CSU College of Law Board of Visitors, and is a life member and former Board of Trustee for the CSU College of Law Alumni Association.