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{{Short description|American judge}}
{{Infobox officeholder
|name = Loretta Rush
|office = Chief Justice of the [[Indiana Supreme Court]]
|image = Loretta Rush - 2018.jpg
|caption = Loretta Rush in 2018
|term_start = August 18, 2014
|term_end =
|predecessor = [[Brent Dickson]]
|successor =
|office1 = Justice of the [[Indiana Supreme Court]]
|appointer1 = [[Mitch Daniels]]
|term_start1 = November 7, 2012
|term_end1 =
|predecessor1 = [[Frank Sullivan (judge)|Frank Sullivan]]
|successor1 =
|birth_date = {{birth date and age|1958|05|11}}
|birth_place = [[Scranton, Pennsylvania]], U.S.
|death_date =
|death_place =
|education = [[Purdue University]] ([[Bachelor of Arts|BA]])<br>[[Indiana University Bloomington|Indiana University, Bloomington]] ([[Juris Doctor|JD]])
|website = {{url|https://www.in.gov/courts/supreme/justices/loretta-rush/|Official biography}}
}}

'''Loretta Hogan Rush'''<ref name="Alumni">{{Cite journal |title=Loretta Hogan Rush |url=https://www.repository.law.indiana.edu/notablealumni/19 |access-date=October 22, 2020 |journal=Maurer Notable Alumni|date=January 1958 }}</ref> (born May 11, 1958) is an American lawyer and judge who has served as an associate justice of the [[Indiana Supreme Court]] since 2012 and as Chief Justice since 2014.

== Early life and education ==
Rush was born in 1958 in [[Scranton, Pennsylvania]]. She settled in [[Indiana]] in 1972. She earned her undergraduate degree from [[Purdue University]] and her [[Juris Doctor]] from the [[Indiana University Maurer School of Law]] in [[Bloomington, Indiana]].<ref name="ChiefJusticeRush">{{cite web | url=http://www.in.gov/judiciary/citc/3582.htm | title=Chief Justice Loretta H. Rush | publisher=Courts.In.Gov}}</ref>

== Career ==
Rush spent 15 years in general practice as an associate and then partner at the [[Lafayette, Indiana]] firm of Dickson, Reiling, Teder and Withered. Her practice consisted of civil litigation, family law, business, personal injury, corporate, probate and workers compensation cases.<ref name="Alumni" /> Prior to her appointment to the [[Indiana Supreme Court]], she was elected Tippecanoe Superior Court 3 judge and served for 14 years. As juvenile court judge in Tippecanoe County she assisted with the creation of the county's Court Appointed Special Advocate (CASA) program. She also implemented a certified juvenile drug treatment court, and initiated a twenty-four-hour assessment center for youth.<ref name="ChiefJusticeRush" />

===Indiana Supreme Court===
Rush was appointed to the [[Indiana Supreme Court]] by Governor [[Mitch Daniels]] in September 2012. She took the oath of office as Indiana's 108th Supreme Court Justice on November 7, 2012. She became Chief Justice on August 18, 2014. She is Indiana's first female chief justice.

Rush is a member of the Tippecanoe, Indiana, Indianapolis, Seventh Circuit and [[American Bar Association]]'s Indiana and National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges.

== Awards ==
In 2003, she was awarded the Kinsey Award for Juvenile Judge of the Year and was presented with the Fiscal Responsibility Award by the Tippecanoe County Council and Commissioners in 2001.<ref name="ChiefJusticeRush" /> In 2013 she was selected as one of ''[[Indianapolis Business Journal]]'s'' 2013 "Women of Influence."

==See also==
{{Portal|Indiana}}
*[[List of justices of the Indiana Supreme Court]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}
{{Current Indiana statewide political officials}}
{{Current US state Chief Justices}}
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==External links==

* [https://www.in.gov/judiciary/supreme/2582.htm Biography] at [[Indiana Supreme Court]]

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