Attorney General Raúl Labrador has announced the promotion of Michael Zarian to become Idaho’s Solicitor General following the departure of Alan Hurst, who has served in the role since January 2024. Hurst will be returning to private practice in his home state of Utah, where he was working before he joined the Idaho Attorney General’s office.
The Solicitor General leads the Office of Attorney General’s appellate litigation, representing Idaho before the U.S. Supreme Court, federal appeals courts, and the Idaho Supreme Court in the state’s most significant constitutional and legal challenges.
Zarian has served as Deputy Solicitor General since January 2024, playing a significant role in many of the office’s most consequential appeals in state and federal court.
An Idaho native who graduated from Eagle High School, Zarian graduated magna cum laude from Brigham Young University with a Bachelor of Science in Applied Physics with minors in Mathematics and Business Management. He obtained his law degree from the University of Chicago Law School, where he graduated with High Honors and served as a member of the University of Chicago Law Review.
